Beschreibung:

Powered by an all-alloy, 122 cc single-cylinder, OHC, 4-valve engine, plus 5-speed gearbox, Honda's first proper trials machine - the TL125 - first appeared in 1973 and under the guidance of off-road maestro and many-times British Trials Champion, Sammy Miller, was developed into a competitive mount for the clubman. Japanese production continued until mid-1978. Post-WW2 through to the mid-1960s, trials was dominated by big British 4-strokes, torquey and tractable but heavy. In a shock move, Spanish builder Bultaco persuaded Irish trials master Sammy Miller off his successful, beloved Ariel 500 and enlisted him to develop a lightweight Spanish 250 cc 2-stroke. Almost overnight, the 4-strokes became obsolete as Miller won the prestigious Scottish Six Days Trial on the new Sherpa T in 1965. He would do the same in '67 and '68, and to claim the European Trials Championship in '68 and '70. During the 1970s Sherpa T's would win the World Trials Championship an amazing eight times. In the early 1970s it was Honda's turn to hire Miller, back to a 4-stroke single but this time tiny and lightweight and 2-stroke-like. The 1974 K1 model was available only in one color, silver metallic with blue. This Tahitian red bike, the same red as a stripe on the gas tank as are the side cover decals - 'TL125' - wears 1973 colors with no known explanation. The frame is correctly dark gray metallic. This bike, in excellent condition, has been in long-term storage so will require minimal safety checks before it can be ridden again.