Finally acquired an Elsinore! 1977 Cr125! First ride! 

Update on the bike: A full restoration is taking place New plastics, re paint, grips, shine, TLC

Bought one of these off the showroom as a leftover in 1980 . It was either on the pipe or not, loved it .

Those were my favorite motocrossers ever! I loved the extremely narrow powerband and utter simplicity of them. My longest jump happened on one (not on purpose) but it's light weight helped it to end well, despite almost no suspension travel.

What a beautiful sound!!!

Loved those Elsinores! Had a 79’ CR250R back in the day. Man! That thing would go like a bat outta hell and it sounded great the entire time.

I had a 1980 RM 80 as a kid. That old 2 stroke sound, made my day 💪🏼👊🏻

in 1982, 83, 84, I was working part time as a motorcycle salesman in a Honda shop. A very busy shop just before the Harley tariff completely destroyed the motorcycle industry in this country driving over 1100 dealerships out of business in the first two years alone, 7700 jobs were lost because of that Harley tariff.. But before the tariff when motorcycles were cheap. 1982, Honda offered its large dealerships leftover CR 125s, still in the crates, they were Unsold in the warehouses on the East Coast. Brand new you could have one of these motorcycles for $500.. that sounds cheap right now but in 1982 that was a lot of money. they also offered brand new. I don’t remember if it was the 250s or the 500s, dirt bikes. I don’t know if they were playing bikes or the motocross bikes, but they were also $500 for a brand new one, they were leftovers two years old.

I had a 1976 back in the day. Ungodly loud, came with an optional silencer for woods riding, but you lost a ton of power. Pretty much an indestructible bike.

Gotta love that sound! Great looking bike!

Ring, Ding,Ring,Ding, Ring, Ding. Man I can almost smell the bean oil.

Love that sound back in the trees!. My friend bought one of those brand new!.

Love the downswept pipe!!! Classic CR.

Sounds like a giant angry blowfly. Just beautiful. I had the 1973 Elsinore 125 cr. I was a lucky boy to have that . The cr Elsinore changed Moto X forever. You are so lucky to have that great bike and a great looking place to ride it.

I got a 76 CR 125 when I was 14 and love the sound when its on the pipe rippin thru the gears.

This makes me miss my 76 elsinore 250

My first good bike! Got one of those out the crate in79 payed a whopping 625 for it. What a angry bee those are! Get her up to 10,000 rpm and go through the gears .trying to remember but weren't those 24hp? At 185lb and the gears they used you could hole shot just about any other bike. My dad bought a first year 750 virago and we raced down the street. I blew his door's until I hit the top speed of 55?60? And here he comes!!!! Was just looking at a picture of me on it as I hadn't even riden it yet. 13years old Damm I looked good ( hahaha) Anyways you riding that makes me smile and I'm hoping you love it as much as I did. I literally rode the paint off that bike and it meant so much!!!! Peace Friend

congratulations Caleb!

Great bike to ride!!

That thing is flying!

Very fun stay on the pipe.......turned13 yz 490.... Nothing under 500cc...cr500!!!!!¡?

Had one new in 77' but in 78 RM 125 far far better bike on MX circut I traded it in . AMA Southwick and Englishtown NJ track s. That was the last of down pipe old school bikes. Awesome fast loud but bad suspension . Keep that bike restore it. Live Honda! Kaplan cycles CT has alot of them.

in the way back time, Arthur had this model and ruled the neighborhood until little Tony got a 78 RM 80 and could lay waste to the Elsinore, then came thee YZ invasion and obviously things had a new pecking order

I see my baby Jesus riding a vintage Honda in the back woods ripping it just like you are doing!!

Quick little bike! You have a nice piece of property there!

Very good 👍 old man

I had one thos bikes years ago I wish I keeped it

I believe the 1976, 77 and 78 were the same bikes.

3 oz s of cox airplane fuel to a gallon of gas and don't forget to put a little oil in ✅🇺🇸🤣

Mega cool , these CR"s (circut racer) are deadly cool , the power they produce is phenomenal.. Nothing else sounds like this bike on song . They will rip the knobs of the rear tire ,if in good tune . I had the 1978 CR 250 r Elsinore, and it would eat all other bikes ,throwing a dirt rooster tail out over 20 ft high. Sadly ,,i let it go some years back ,but i should have kept it ,,and thrashed the pants of other veteran motocrossers . CR 250 r RULZ

I've got a 1974 Elsinore 250 Mt and it's for sale

I love 2 Strokes

nice

Sounds like a rocket

Thinks he’s Kaplan America 😂

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There won't be a deer for miles!

I had that same bike years ago. Last year with 2 shocks.

dont be afraid to ride that clutch in a higher gear..

Bloody throttle jockeys take it easy it’s an antique lol

I bought a 1974 brand new it cost $680 out the door.

Beat it then sell it to me for pennies lol sounds good. Hope it wasn't cold when u jumped on it. Probably doesn't run by now

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77 had a down pipe? ?