Another Fantastic Ride From Ted Guthrie. 1975 Can-Am 175 TNT

When I was a kid growing up in Canada I used to drool over this exact model. I didn’t know much about bikes at the time but I knew what I liked. The look, the lines and those awsome colors. not to mention the performance for the time. It might have been a real handful for a 12 year old 🙂

Thanks to this fantastic find by Ted Guthrie (owner of the earlier posted Penton 6-day) I can see that my lust was not misplaced! What a great ride! And I think it’s great that you use it for it’s intended purpose instead of locking it away!

Thanks again Ted for sharing another great ride! If yo have more don’t hesitate to keep them coming!!

Ted Writes:

Thank you for running the pics of my Penton Six-Day. I very much appreciate your generous comments regarding the bike. Good thing the pictures aren’t any better or you would see all the flaws. Haha.
Thought you might also enjoy this ’75 Can-Am 175 TNT. I picked it up a couple of years ago. The bike came from an estate sale, sold by the family of the original owner.


It is all-original, runs perfectly, and came with title, toolkit, owners manual, and even some cans of original Can-Am branded two-stroke oil.
The weekend after I bought the bike, I rode it in a 75-mile, vintage enduro. The old “Canned-Ham” ran great, but the combination of totally blown-out shocks and too-stiff forks made it nearly impossible to keep it pointed straight down the trail.
Since then, I’ve cleaned the bike up some, and installed new stickers on the tank (to replace the original, screened-on graphics). Still to be installed are new sidepanel/numberplate stickers, along with repros of the “175 TNT” graphics on the sidepanels.
But, it looks and runs great, for a 34-year-old trailbike. Truly a survivor. I like to think the orginal owner would be pleased with where the bike ended up and how it is being cared for.
Ted Guthrie



Happy New Year!


And in case I missed anyone..

Afrikaans – Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Arabic – Antum salimoun

Bengali – Shuvo Nabo Barsho

Chinese – Chu Shen Tan
Czechoslovakia – Scastny Novy Rok

Dutch – Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

English – Happy New Year!
Eskimo – Kiortame pivdluaritlo

Finnish – Onnellista Uutta Vuotta
French – Bonne Annee

Gaelic – Bliadhna mhath ur

German – Prosit Neujahr
Greek – Kenourios Chronos

Hawaiian – Hauoli Makahiki Hou
Hebrew – L’Shannah Tovah
Hindi – Subh Nab Bars
Hungarian – Boldog Uj Evet Kivanok

Iraqi – Sanah Jadidah
Irish – Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit
Italian – Buon Capodanno

Kisii – Somwaka omoyia owuya
Khmer – Sua Sdei Chnam Thmei

Laotian – Sabai dee pee mai

Norwegian – Godt Nyttar

Papua New Guinea – Nupela yia i go long y
Philippines – Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish – Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese – Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi – Nave sal di mubarak

Russian – S Novim Godom

Serbo-Croatian – Scecna nova godina
Singhalese – Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak – A stastlivy Novy Rok
Spanish – Feliz Ano Nuevo
Swahili – Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
Sundanese – Sugeng Warsa Enggal

Telegu – Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu

Thai – Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish – Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Ukrainian – Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku

Vietnamese – Chuc Mung Tan Nien

New for 2009 honda CBR 125R

These bikes are just crying out for an entry level racing class in AHRMA or WERA. what a blast that could be.

25,000 hits and climbing!!

Wow! Never thought my little hobby would ever get this far. Thanks very much to everyone for stopping by! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed posting!