I worked for a Suzuki dealer in the 80s and bought a new '81 PE175 for cost just under $1000. I still own it, stored at my sister's farm. At my first enduro ever, a AMA regional national in Grand Rapods, MN, I placed 5th, where the ground miles that were around130 miles. Bought another '81 for parts a few years back for $300. It might be time to look into some vintage racing.
You got it cheap, because they were non sellers. Suzuki had their cookie cutter assembly line turn out a bunch of the the things, then nobody wanted them....I rode a new PE 175 and cripes, what a slug. It made a little brrrrriiiiip noise and went no where. For some thats all they need.
I have a 1982 PE 175 that I really enjoy. I actually just got it a few months ago. I did own 2 of these in 70’s and 80’s and the full floater suspension was great. The shock is not hardened or anodized so you may be able to rebuild may not if it is worn to much. A absolutely a great motorcycle!
Are you running 20:1 ratio for the gas? I put 1 size hotter plug in mine and to me seems to run better. I may take a picture of mine and send it to tomorrow. I also find I ride this bike just as much as my more modern bikes. I have a Husky 150 and a 2017 Suzuki rmz 250 that I got leftover.
Cool video. Brought back some memories. I had a new 1982 PE175 in 1984 in upstate N.Y. Fun bike. I did Boyseen Reeds, Answer aluminium silencer, blue 84 seat and a 81 RM250 pipe ran it at 32:1 - 40:1 pre mix 👍
I had a mid-70s Suzuki 175cc dual-sport that I used to throw my paper route during the week and race off-road on the weekend. Bought a Can-Am to qualify for the International Six Days Trial.
I owned the TS185 and then a few years later the PE175. Like you I was not a talented rider but enjoyed participating and doing some woods riding and enduro. Those bikes were so reliable just gas and go. I had tried other bikes like Bultaco Alpina and Maico radial head...but the simplicity of the Suzuki's were best for my ability.
i liked that you did Not do POV video of you riding around trails, which most people making bike videos do endlessly. you have a friend shoot you riding so we see how the bike looks, how it moves, how a person looks on it. not enough people are doing this very basic thing! drives me nuts. good job.
He changed every part possible on both those bikes, trying to make them go. In the end it was his skill that worked. He was paid to ride them, there's a difference.
I sure miss my 1981 PE400!! I owned it from 84 to 87 .. when it was stolen from me and used in a hit and run homicide "sadly".. on another island here in the Bahamas. The Police jailed three guys and confiscated two bikes.. my PE400 was kept as evidence.. and years later destroyed. I would love to own another Suzuki PE .. any cc would be great 👍
Everybody seems to miss the quick change rear wheel. This was a game changer in that era. Remember, there were no inserts to keep you from running flat. You could pull that back wheel before your competition could sneeze.
I was at the 1981 Blackwater 100. They had a fast tire changing competition. There were a couple of PE's, nobody else stood a chance....it wasn't even close. The rear hub design was brilliant and this bike was way underappreciated.
I had one with the full floater suspension when I was a kid and it was a huge upgrade from shocks. The engine lasted I never had a rebuild unlike the R.m.
Always loved 175cc started on the Suzuki 185 moved up to a 175 husky. Then it was was a choice of PE or IT. went it for the single shock. Alert a few months went to my father's machine shop made up some brass swing arm bushings. bushings to replace the crappy nylon ones. Got a yz 400 seat and 6" rise bars ,made caps for air adjust forks and had a nice light weight Enduro bike
I used to own a 1980 PE175 in the early eighties , bought it used from Crooks Suzuki in the UK . It was all original and ran great ,used it to get to work and trail riding . It was similar to the one you have there but it had twin back shocks . It was a super bike and wish I still had it .
Wow, GREAT quality video for only your second one out, nice work! 👏 Several shots, great sound, better quality than other decently established channels with more subs. We had a PE 175 several years back and riding it against a newer dirt bike in the woods was entertaining. Seeing this brings back some memories!
@@onelungracingwell done on your presentation you done well they are great bikes I’d very much like one down here but they are difficult to come by 👍🇦🇺
Thanks for the video,I had this exact bike back in the day,does it On and off road,I cut the exhaust in half and took out the restricting donut in there,had the head skimmed a bit as it told me in Dirt bike magazine,and it was then keeping up with rm250's,I'm looking for one now,thanks again.
I owned a 1980 PE250 with the twin shocks. Bought it barely used in 1980. It was an incredibly capable trail bike. I rode it for several years. I sure would love to get my hands on another one. Looks to me like your 175 needs new crank seals.
Cool video mate I enjoyed this! Little riding tip for you- stand on the pegs more instead of sitting down. It gives you way more control and is easier on your body 👍
I loved these Suzuki PE s so much I had 8 of them through the years in South Africa 🇿🇦. They were unbelievable and un breakable bikes. From the 175 to 250 to the 400 . All great bikes . 👍
My first bike. $50.00 not running, bent shif shaft, no clutch, no kick starter, no rear sprocket, bent brake lever, bent rear brake lever, and more I can't remember, It was 1984. First bike ever, took it apart late Oct. Took all parts to my basement, and by early spring, started it up, and it ripped, lift the front like nothing, smoke the rear on any surface. Think in parts I spent $350, and dropped the kick starter on my first ride... lesson learned, I didn't tighten it while adjusting its angle. So, I push started it from then on 😂, don't stall in mud. Good bike, good times, had to make calls to find parts, and buy the BOOK! So add 75 bucks to the parts haha!
I rode husky 250s in the early 80s. My buddy rode a PE 250. I always knew I could beat him in the then, just starting out, GNCC races, unless we both ended up with a flat rear tire. This Suzuki back wheel will come off before you could sneeze. Really they had a revolutionary quick change rear wheel. BTW, the GNCC races were all 100 miles in that area. They were even called the Wiseco hundred mile or series GNCC.
Wow I thought everybody but me had forgotten about the PE175! You could flog this bike without mercy and it would survive it. I won the District 7 Hare Scrambles championship in 1980 riding one of these.
I’m looking for a PE of any type your lucky to have it ! Be lighter with your foot on the shifter and pull the top end sounds a little loose check your filters and lube that Fullfloater linkage also change all fluids shock ,trans ,forks.
Nice! Are you in Columbus/central Ohio? I see the Throttle Co. hat... I've got an '83 PE175 & '77 PE250, + '97 & '99 KDX220R's & a slew of Suzuki GS's. Do you ride Wayne National Forest, or Pike & Perry State Forests?
A friend bought one of these brand new, and off we went to Ocotillo Wells to camp for a week. To say the PE175 was slow, underspung, and in general a slug would be a polite way of putting it. If it made 15 HP I would be amazed. But what with rose colored glasses and the passage of years its probably a great bike now.
You're missing the point, they're not lightning fast but extremely competent brilliant handling in tight terrain at low speeds, will literally go anywhere, a real moun tain goat
@@djizzah Well, yeah, but a KTM 300 does all that really well, and makes 47 HP.....A PE is an economical bike built to a strict price level. Dealers were off loading these 175's super duper cheap back then just to get them off the floor................kind of like the 1976 250 Elsinore, a bike nobody seemed to want at all. ...............if your needs are very low level, any bike is good.
@bradsanders6954 cheap reliable as a Toyota camry. Euro stuff not like that at all no spare parts unreliable hideously expensive ok when they're going though in australia we used to have all weird euro stuff cz, maico, Montessa, ossa,bultaco but most of it garbage reliability speaking
@@djizzah You do sound like a genius. PE was a last ditch effort by suzuki to build an enduro bike and cash in on the enduro craze. Cheap scrap. Heavy, slow, only a novice would ride one.
Actually, it's an 1982 model not an '83. The '83 had a blue seat and yellow fork legs. The decal on the side number plate was different too. I was obsessed with dirt bikes as a kid in the early '80s... mostly Suzuki's, so I caught that right away.
Lusted after one in 1982 but couldn’t afford it instead I got a new Honda XR 200 and was thoroughly sold on Honda after that , I think the four strokes were better in the woods and enduring
You just under rated it yourself, it's a fukn enduro bike,I had a couple of Yamaha it 465s, terrifying bike's, probably to big for what they were designed for,I was 12 stone,cood only just hold on
No chances of those prices in the UK that I can tell you, a box of parts more like, agreed a real world enduro bike there , maybe change your choice of 2T oil smoke seems excessive
The PE175 does not have enough power, where I ride there are a lot of big sand hills, and if you have anything less than a 250 you can not even make it up half the sand hills.
I bought a PE175 nearly 15 years ago. It cost 500 Euros and had only 5000 Km on the clock, completely standard. This is not a trail bike, it is an MX bike legal for the road. Offroad with a good rider it will stay with almost any modern Trailbike. It is pôwerful enough to do trail riding. OK it is noçt a Desert Sled and you won't do the Paris Dakar. The breaks are not very powerful, that's probably an advantage, I suspect more off road accidents are caused yy over breaking rather than over power. For a virtual MX biike the suspension and seat height are quite low. Now I am Five foot Eleven, but I feel severely challenged by a moçdern MX bike seat height. I sold my PE to a friend and bought a Kawaski_300R. Why? I ride in the Fields near my house I meet my neigbous, friends and people fr('om the village, out just walking or walking the dog. The PE is a brilliant bike still today, But it's Noisy and Smelly. Oh dear, I'm an old man.
IT's and KDX's were based more closely on 125 MX bikes and were much more high performance than the PE. This made the PE more reliable. High revs kill big ends.
Cool. I had a 1978 PE250. Wicked bike. Dad put huge sprocket on back and changed front as well. She could literally climb a 🌲🌲🌲 tree. Cool bike and I was 13 year old kid. Dad let me ride it and it was practically mine , I blew the engine rev it out in 1st gear like a jackass too afraid to change gears really I was , hillarious. I love with PEs. Parliamentary enduro. Cool bikes. 175 is also cool a bit lighter. Cool
My best friend had a 1978 PE 250 great bike but it did have a shaft paul I think that is what it was called go out it cost a dollar and labor was $99 we still joke about to this day
I hate to go against the grain here. I had a 1980 PE 175 that I raced for a little over a year. To be honest it was far less than one of my favorite bikes. The engine had no bottom end power and you had to wind the heck out of it to go fast. But unfortunately the geometry and suspension weren't up to the task of going fast. It pitched me over the bars at speed more often than any bike I have ever owned. I didn't miss that bike even a little bit after I traded it for a Kawasaki KDX175
The PE175 was Released in 1978 not 1977 and was NOT the successor to the TS185! memorize this 1976 = A 1977 = B 1978 = C 1979 = N 1980 = T 1981 = X 1982 = Z 1083 = D While I applaud your eagerness, your history is completely incorrect. BTW the aluminum swing arm was introduced on the PE175 in 1980
I had a 78 and while the motor was underpowered they were rock solid reliable. Raced a few hare scrambles and had lots of fun riding gasoline right of ways. Lots of fun back before girls and summer jobs ate up all my spare time.
the 1978 model was a pe175c and the 79 model was a pe175n the 1980 model was a pe175t and the 1981 model was a pe175x the 1982 model was a pe175z en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_PE_series
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I worked for a Suzuki dealer in the 80s and bought a new '81 PE175 for cost just under $1000. I still own it, stored at my sister's farm.
At my first enduro ever, a AMA regional national in Grand Rapods, MN, I placed 5th, where the ground miles that were around130 miles.
Bought another '81 for parts a few years back for $300.
It might be time to look into some vintage racing.
Nice.
You got it cheap, because they were non sellers. Suzuki had their cookie cutter assembly line turn out a bunch of the the things, then nobody wanted them....I rode a new PE 175 and cripes, what a slug. It made a little brrrrriiiiip noise and went no where. For some thats all they need.
I used to ride a friends PE250 back in that era...was amazing in fields, dirt roads, woods, etc! Loved it and it was fast!
I have a 1982 PE 175 that I really enjoy. I actually just got it a few months ago. I did own 2 of these in 70’s and 80’s and the full floater suspension was great. The shock is not hardened or anodized so you may be able to rebuild may not if it is worn to much. A absolutely a great motorcycle!
That’s awesome. I really enjoy this bike I often find myself riding it more than my modern bikes sometimes
Are you running 20:1 ratio for the gas? I put 1 size hotter plug in mine and to me seems to run better. I may take a picture of mine and send it to tomorrow. I also find I ride this bike just as much as my more modern bikes. I have a Husky 150 and a 2017 Suzuki rmz 250 that I got leftover.
@@allenrish5993 yes I’m running 20:1 but I’ve heard with the quality of new oil you can even run them at 32:1
I had so many Suzuki PE 175 , 250 400, Best ever.
Yeah I had PE 175! I rode my bike Everywhere! Some of the best times of my life!mob🔥✅
Cool video. Brought back some memories. I had a new 1982 PE175 in 1984 in upstate N.Y. Fun bike. I did Boyseen Reeds, Answer aluminium silencer, blue 84 seat and a 81 RM250 pipe ran it at 32:1 - 40:1 pre mix 👍
I have a 1982 PE 175 I paid 500 bucks for and it runs and drives perfect. I didn't realize they had so much history😂
I had a mid-70s Suzuki 175cc dual-sport that I used to throw my paper route during the week and race off-road on the weekend. Bought a Can-Am to qualify for the International Six Days Trial.
I owned the TS185 and then a few years later the PE175. Like you I was not a talented rider but enjoyed participating and doing some woods riding and enduro. Those bikes were so reliable just gas and go. I had tried other bikes like Bultaco Alpina and Maico radial head...but the simplicity of the Suzuki's were best for my ability.
Drew Smith ruled on the PE!
I had the Yamaha IT 250K (1983) and the 1991 Kawasaki KDX 250 and they were great bikes. I do like the old Japanese 2 stroke enduro bikes.
i liked that you did Not do POV video of you riding around trails, which most people making bike videos do endlessly. you have a friend shoot you riding so we see how the bike looks, how it moves, how a person looks on it. not enough people are doing this very basic thing! drives me nuts. good job.
Jeff Fredette raced PE175’s before he became Mr.KDX
He changed every part possible on both those bikes, trying to make them go. In the end it was his skill that worked. He was paid to ride them, there's a difference.
I sure miss my 1981 PE400!!
I owned it from 84 to 87 .. when it was stolen from me and used in a hit and run homicide "sadly".. on another island here in the Bahamas.
The Police jailed three guys and confiscated two bikes.. my PE400 was kept as evidence.. and years later destroyed. I would love to own another Suzuki PE .. any cc would be great 👍
what a story! sorry you lost your bike, hope you find another.
@@billymarshall1613👍🇦🇺
I had a 78 PE 175C that was the most fun bike I've ever had I really enjoyed it and I miss it I still got some old pictures of me on it 😁👍👍💪
My first real dirt bike was a 1981 Suzuki PE175. I think I bought it in 1982. It was a great little trail bike! I wish I still had it!
Everybody seems to miss the quick change rear wheel. This was a game changer in that era. Remember, there were no inserts to keep you from running flat. You could pull that back wheel before your competition could sneeze.
These are great enduro bikes. I would ride my friends bike on trails and always had a blast!!!
I was at the 1981 Blackwater 100. They had a fast tire changing competition. There were a couple of PE's, nobody else stood a chance....it wasn't even close. The rear hub design was brilliant and this bike was way underappreciated.
I had one with the full floater suspension when I was a kid and it was a huge upgrade from shocks. The engine lasted I never had a rebuild unlike the R.m.
Great bikes my dad bought a new one in 1978 and still has it running strong today
My 1980 PE and I Rode Everywhere! Awesome Bike, Still wish I Had It! mob 👍🔥✅
Always loved 175cc started on the Suzuki 185 moved up to a 175 husky. Then it was was a choice of PE or IT. went it for the single shock. Alert a few months went to my father's machine shop made up some brass swing arm bushings. bushings to replace the crappy nylon ones. Got a yz 400 seat and 6" rise bars ,made caps for air adjust forks and had a nice light weight Enduro bike
I used to own a 1980 PE175 in the early eighties , bought it used from Crooks Suzuki in the UK . It was all original and ran great ,used it to get to work and trail riding . It was similar to the one you have there but it had twin back shocks . It was a super bike and wish I still had it .
Wow, GREAT quality video for only your second one out, nice work! 👏
Several shots, great sound, better quality than other decently established channels with more subs.
We had a PE 175 several years back and riding it against a newer dirt bike in the woods was entertaining. Seeing this brings back some memories!
Thank you means a lot! More to come 👍
@@onelungracingwell done on your presentation you done well they are great bikes I’d very much like one down here but they are difficult to come by 👍🇦🇺
I also paid 1500$ for mine and you are right I really notice the difference in the drum brakes. Also enjoyed the woods you were in.
Not a bad price they are getting hard to find I can see the price on them going up
Thanks for the video,I had this exact bike back in the day,does it On and off road,I cut the exhaust in half and took out the restricting donut in there,had the head skimmed a bit as it told me in Dirt bike magazine,and it was then keeping up with rm250's,I'm looking for one now,thanks again.
I owned a 1980 PE250 with the twin shocks. Bought it barely used in 1980. It was an incredibly capable trail bike. I rode it for several years. I sure would love to get my hands on another one. Looks to me like your 175 needs new crank seals.
..or just 16:1
First bike i owned and rode, 1981 pe175 and it was amazing. Had a pe250 briefly as well
Cool video mate I enjoyed this! Little riding tip for you- stand on the pegs more instead of sitting down. It gives you way more control and is easier on your body 👍
Wow what a great video mine was a 1974 from new decades of fun and reliability? I really miss it.
I loved these Suzuki PE s so much I had 8 of them through the years in South Africa 🇿🇦. They were unbelievable and un breakable bikes. From the 175 to 250 to the 400 . All great bikes . 👍
Those are the bikes from back in my youth. I had a DT 175 which was very similar. The 175 2 strokes were a good match for single track
My first bike. $50.00 not running, bent shif shaft, no clutch, no kick starter, no rear sprocket, bent brake lever, bent rear brake lever, and more I can't remember, It was 1984. First bike ever, took it apart late Oct. Took all parts to my basement, and by early spring, started it up, and it ripped, lift the front like nothing, smoke the rear on any surface. Think in parts I spent $350, and dropped the kick starter on my first ride... lesson learned, I didn't tighten it while adjusting its angle. So, I push started it from then on 😂, don't stall in mud. Good bike, good times, had to make calls to find parts, and buy the BOOK! So add 75 bucks to the parts haha!
I rode husky 250s in the early 80s. My buddy rode a PE 250. I always knew I could beat him in the then, just starting out, GNCC races, unless we both ended up with a flat rear tire. This Suzuki back wheel will come off before you could sneeze. Really they had a revolutionary quick change rear wheel. BTW, the GNCC races were all 100 miles in that area. They were even called the Wiseco hundred mile or series GNCC.
Always been HIGHLY RATED 🤘🤠
Wow I thought everybody but me had forgotten about the PE175! You could flog this bike without mercy and it would survive it. I won the District 7 Hare Scrambles championship in 1980 riding one of these.
It's just that the IT and KDX 175's were just so awesome.
The PE175 seemed slow.
I was a Suzuki dealer mechanic back then.
I had a 175x in 83.
A great bike.
I got rid of it when I broke my leg, but replaced it with an 85 ktm250.
Both great bikes
I really like the look of the Suzuki PEs and Yamaha ITs.
The late 1970s until 2000 are my preference in motorcycles.
Rode national enduros on one of these. Thanks for posting.
I’m looking for a PE of any type your lucky to have it ! Be lighter with your foot on the shifter and pull the top end sounds a little loose check your filters and lube that Fullfloater linkage also change all fluids shock ,trans ,forks.
this Was my first bike, wish I still had it.
I would have loved to have a PE 250.
Nice! Are you in Columbus/central Ohio? I see the Throttle Co. hat... I've got an '83 PE175 & '77 PE250, + '97 & '99 KDX220R's & a slew of Suzuki GS's. Do you ride Wayne National Forest, or Pike & Perry State Forests?
My mate had a G I think with the stock muffler replaced it went like hell ❤
A friend bought one of these brand new, and off we went to Ocotillo Wells to camp for a week.
To say the PE175 was slow, underspung, and in general a slug would be a polite way of putting it.
If it made 15 HP I would be amazed.
But what with rose colored glasses and the passage of years its probably a great bike now.
You're missing the point, they're not lightning fast but extremely competent brilliant handling in tight terrain at low speeds, will literally go anywhere, a real moun tain goat
@@djizzah Well, yeah, but a KTM 300 does all that really well, and makes 47 HP.....A PE is an economical bike built to a strict price level.
Dealers were off loading these 175's super duper cheap back then just to get them off the floor................kind of like the 1976 250 Elsinore, a bike nobody seemed to want at all. ...............if your needs are very low level, any bike is good.
@bradsanders6954 cheap reliable as a Toyota camry. Euro stuff not like that at all no spare parts unreliable hideously expensive ok when they're going though in australia we used to have all weird euro stuff cz, maico, Montessa, ossa,bultaco but most of it garbage reliability speaking
@@djizzah You do sound like a genius. PE was a last ditch effort by suzuki to build an enduro bike and cash in on the enduro craze. Cheap scrap. Heavy, slow, only a novice would ride one.
@@bradsanders6954 well a lot of champions rode one in the few years they made them
Nice video Buddy !!!
Yeah loved my pe 400 back in the day
It's a shame that Suzuki stoppef making them. You have the rare mono shock pe.
Actually, it's an 1982 model not an '83. The '83 had a blue seat and yellow fork legs. The decal on the side number plate was different too.
I was obsessed with dirt bikes as a kid in the early '80s... mostly Suzuki's, so I caught that right away.
Decent lil review dude
the 250 are even better i had one it was so fast
Are you going to make a video of mid Ohio. I saw the fb post.
Yes I will be there filming
Nice I’m going what you bringing
Nice video 👍
Bike sounds like the jetting blubbery
Lusted after one in 1982 but couldn’t afford it instead I got a new Honda XR 200 and was thoroughly sold on Honda after that , I think the four strokes were better in the woods and enduring
Gotta know how to ride
I got to ride one recently. It hauled ass bout 65. Rm125 on steroids
Just seen a 78 for 900 bux I'm interested
Precursor too the Blaster Motor!!
Had a pe 250 1979
Good green laner
I had a 76 PE250
You just under rated it yourself, it's a fukn enduro bike,I had a couple of Yamaha it 465s, terrifying bike's, probably to big for what they were designed for,I was 12 stone,cood only just hold on
Is that restored? Looks showroom new.
Underated ???? They changed the world👍
No chances of those prices in the UK that I can tell you, a box of parts more like, agreed a real world enduro bike there , maybe change your choice of 2T oil smoke seems excessive
The PE175 does not have enough power, where I ride there are a lot of big sand hills, and if you have anything less than a 250 you can not even make it up half the sand hills.
Id pit the yamaha IT bikes on this list, the 250 is the Cadillac of the woods
I bought a PE175 nearly 15 years ago. It cost 500 Euros and had only 5000 Km on the clock, completely standard. This is not a trail bike, it is an MX bike legal for the road. Offroad with a good rider it will stay with almost any modern Trailbike. It is pôwerful enough to do trail riding. OK it is noçt a Desert Sled and you won't do the Paris Dakar. The breaks are not very powerful, that's probably an advantage, I suspect more off road accidents are caused yy over breaking rather than over power. For a virtual MX biike the suspension and seat height are quite low. Now I am Five foot Eleven, but I feel severely challenged by a moçdern MX bike seat height. I sold my PE to a friend and bought a Kawaski_300R. Why? I ride in the Fields near my house I meet my neigbous, friends and people fr('om the village, out just walking or walking the dog. The PE is a brilliant bike still today, But it's Noisy and Smelly. Oh dear, I'm an old man.
If Suzuki would bring back the PE, Kawi the KDX and Yamaha the IT. I think the Chinese will fill the void. Watch for the new Kove 450R.
No power reed
I had a TSX 125R, I have had KDX , MTX , DTR , I have had them all the older bike are better
The IT's and KDX's were lighter and better bikes. Also, that bike in the video needs some serious jetting done to it.
You can say that again re jetting.. that’s hard to listen to
The Z model was the best, but they didn’t really progress after that.
The kdx and IT overtook the PE but they were the best until then imo
@@earling22very hard, sounded like it was choking to death 😅
PE was a far stronger engine than an IT - ITs were mechanical shitboxes. Owning one & years spent as a Yamaha tech taught me this.
IT's and KDX's were based more closely on 125 MX bikes and were much more high performance than the PE.
This made the PE more reliable. High revs kill big ends.
Pe was a enduro bike. Ts was the trail bike.
Cool. I had a 1978 PE250. Wicked bike. Dad put huge sprocket on back and changed front as well. She could literally climb a 🌲🌲🌲 tree. Cool bike and I was 13 year old kid. Dad let me ride it and it was practically mine , I blew the engine rev it out in 1st gear like a jackass too afraid to change gears really I was , hillarious. I love with PEs. Parliamentary enduro. Cool bikes. 175 is also cool a bit lighter. Cool
My best friend had a 1978 PE 250 great bike but it did have a shaft paul I think that is what it was called go out it cost a dollar and labor was $99 we still joke about to this day
I hate to go against the grain here. I had a 1980 PE 175 that I raced for a little over a year. To be honest it was far less than one of my favorite bikes. The engine had no bottom end power and you had to wind the heck out of it to go fast. But unfortunately the geometry and suspension weren't up to the task of going fast. It pitched me over the bars at speed more often than any bike I have ever owned. I didn't miss that bike even a little bit after I traded it for a Kawasaki KDX175
It would run better if u shut the choke off
Next time you ride it turn the choke off😂
This one seriously needs some attention because frankly it runs like crap.
The PE175 was Released in 1978 not 1977 and was NOT the successor to the TS185! memorize this 1976 = A 1977 = B 1978 = C 1979 = N 1980 = T 1981 = X 1982 = Z 1083 = D While I applaud your eagerness, your history is completely incorrect. BTW the aluminum swing arm was introduced on the PE175 in 1980
Actually I don’t think anyone rated it at all, pretty sorry gutless motor and spaghetti metal frame. No one bought or rode those crap bikes.
I had a 78 and while the motor was underpowered they were rock solid reliable. Raced a few hare scrambles and had lots of fun riding gasoline right of ways. Lots of fun back before girls and summer jobs ate up all my spare time.
the 1978 model was a pe175c and the 79 model was a pe175n the 1980 model was a pe175t and the 1981 model was a pe175x the 1982 model was a pe175z en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_PE_series