Restoring A 1978 CR250R Red Rocket From A Box 

Another beauty to keep the vintage dirt bike scene alive, awesome job brother.

Man as a fellow motorcyclist and Leon lover, you cover it all….. 78 250R was my dream bike as a kid! Absolute rocket ahead of its time

Lobsters and dirt bikes !!!! Awesome I wanted a 1978-79 YZ80 when I was a kid my parents wouldn’t let me get one. So I’m enjoying this immensely

Unbelievable - brought back many memories. Had one in high school and raced on Friday nights and on Sundays. Watch that narrow power and lol. Thanks for sharing.

Great video. In 1994 I bought a Suzuki GS1150EF in boxes for $800, put it together in a few weeks and had an amazing bike to ride.

I wish i could smell The 2 stroke from that bike. Amazing restoration glad to se people take care of old dirt bikes

I graduated from high school in 1978 and owned many Honda CR125, CR250, then finally a 1982 CR 480. My last bikes were 1996 125 and 250. All great but I wish I still had the 480R.

Great work love it I also restore vintage dirtbikes in Australia I have done a 1980 cr 80 and have just about finished a 1980 RM 80 love your vids and am so glad you got your stolen bikes back keep up the great work.

That video documentary was just amazing! Nicely done ✅

Looks fantastic! Great job Brady!

Great restore on all the bikes, especially the CR 250. Brought back childhood memories for sure.. Just need a RM and a YZ from the same era and your good 👍.

Fine looking! I had a 79 loved that bike.

Brady 🖐 , yeah your restoration on this bike is superb man , you definitely know your way around all the components and the ins and outs, really enjoyed watching your vid love this stuff especially when when your listening to someone who knows what hes talking about, cool vid Brady from start to finish 💪💪👍👍👈

Great rebuild I had same bike back in the day absolutely loved it

Wow. You did an awesome rebuild...especially while wearing flip flops 😊

Leon got me here, love old CR’s. Man these early CR’s had on/off powerbands……..just wicked.

Very cool, thanks for sharing your build of this bike. I had a 1979 I semi restored and rode for many years. It was my first long travel fast dirtbike I got when I was 15, which was back in early 90's. I ended up selling it about 15 years ago to an Australian dude who was shipping back there to restore and find a home with the rest of his vintage dirtbikes. He gave me what was a good price for it back then so was happy to part with it. Be fun to have again. But that's how it usually works.

Just seen this video , what a brilliant restoration job , very impressive ! greetings from the UK !

I really enjoyed this look back in time, nice bikes Brady. 👍

It's absolutely beautiful!!

Leon brought me here .... what a beautiful bike. Can't beat that sound. Good job.

I had a CR250 back in the day, it was brutal back then. thanks for the memory lane :D

Wow what a great night of videos I have going here! Love it!

Awesome job absolutely stunning ! I’ve got my old bike back a 1990 Honda CR 125 and it’s getting the same treatment but it has some sentimental value as well. Qualified for Loretta Lynn’s on mine and my mechanic at the time DADDY broke his arm n leg on it but she’s getting a make over ! Thanks for the inspiration and keep up the awesome work

Fantastic rebuild. Kudos . . I had one brand new, it was awesome, so smooth in power. Forgiving suspension great geometry. I did however use Bel-Ray synthetic oil for the mix. Didn’t smoke & I never had to rebuild.

Very nice! I bought a 1972 Suzuki TC125 in a box (same kind of bike I had back in high school, early 80’s) last December and did a similar thing to it over the spring and summer this year. Turned out really nice. Thank goodness for eBay. The one hardest part to find was the right side cover but finally found it with a google search from a guy in Indiana. I call it my Nostalgia bike. Fun to ride and has the high low range too for trails. The lobster is super interesting and the bikes are too. Nice work.

What an amazing bike!! Great work!!😀

Nice job! Thank you for fixing a part of history! The RAD RED RIPPER LIVES AGAIN! 🎩☢

Wow that's a great job, well done, like Bob said I wish we could get smellyvision. Sounds brilliant as well. Enjoy.!!

Great job on an awesome bike!! Thanks for sharing.

They were special you did a great job

Dude! I came here for Leon's story... and then it turns out you live bikes as well :D Awesome-sauce! Very awesome

You did an excellent job!

Great bike! Congratualtions! you did a very good job.

Green with envy I am lol two gorgeous bikes hope they get used 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄🦕😁✌️🤞

Beautiful job. I want the same bike sooooo badly!

Very nice, well done!

Excellent work my man 🤘🏼

Sand cast a new fork axle clamp. I did that for a obsolete jetski part. Mini foundry from charcoal in a metal bucket and a hair dryer piped in on cold setting. Fire extinguisher crucible. Worked amazing.

Love this page!

Beautiful tank

I had an Indian 100cc induro my mom won at a raffle at a clothing store,I loved it.it was around a 1975.

Holy crap nice build.I had the same bike new in 1981

Hey Brady, I have been riding since I was 10... when my mom told me I'd have to be free, white and 21 to get a bike. It was a Hodaka, the first one. Anyway, found you out from Leon, and I've found a channel.

Beautiful bike 🤘🏼

Beautiful job. Those things are screamers

Wow I had this bike growing as a kid broke the frame 3 times jumping it off of the bark mulch piles at the mill down the road from my house 🤷🤣 !! Super sweet !!

I have Honda 1991 NS50. I think this was the last 2 stroke street bike made from the big Japanese bike manufacturers. It's in mint condition but I really don't have any use for it. Just a relic from the past. A museum piece.

thats a ripper, love it!!

Lucky ur not in the uk, bikes are hard to find ! Good job sir 👍

Very nice indeed. Sorry to see that in the years since first introduced in 73/74, Honda had yet to figure out how to make an air box.

My dad said the 1980 had a broader powerband and this was actually something a lot of serious racers did to their 76-79s

Nice.

I’m hooked! First it was that ‘85 KX125 then these gorgeous Cr’s! 😍😍😍 What’s next?

Now you need a CR 500 to round out your collection

Elsinore!!!!!!!! Dude, yer 2 fiddy r is killer! Dont cha love new parts in a box...Do an 84 500R, I raced one back in the day, its aircooled and bad to the bone!

I had elsinore 125,1977 with clear glass carb you could see inside,great bikes,5*

Amazing

Awesome job looks great, where did you get the paint for the frame and the high temp paint for the engine from?

I collect and restore the 80's atc's. I have quite a few but my favorite is my 1985 Honda 250r.

I bought a 4 year old used 1980 CR250 when I was 18. The bike screamed. All of my friends would ride it and almost every one of them flipped it (and I flipped it too). The powerband was explosive and the frame geometry created a lofty front end. I never knew if it was ported and it was the only 1980 CR250 I ever rode (and so never had another point of reference). Later I would buy a 1984 Suzuki RM500. That bike was obviously very fast too, but it never scared you like that '80 CR250 did with its insane wheelies. Do you have that experience riding this bike? You say the powerband is broad. My experience is that it was quite notchy and came on hard early. You got used to it, and it was a lot of fun when you did, but you had to be careful and respect it. I sold it to a friend prior to buying the RM500. He eventually crashed it and severely damaged his right shoulder, requiring major reconstructive surgery he still feels pain from today.

For 1978 standards this bike was truly a red rocket. I have no idea how they got them to be that much faster than the Suzuki and Kawasaki. In 1978 the Yamaha YZ250 had a decent bike but the Honda was just stronger. I firmly believe this is as close as one could get to a works bike during that era. One little knock on this bike. I would go riding with a guy who owned a 1978 CR250 and his engine seized up not once, but twice. Not sure if it was his oil mixture or just overheating.

i believe that is the optional honda spark arrestor

So bad ass!

My 1976 Honda CR250 leaks out gas/oil residue where the exhaust pipe connects to the cylinder jug whenever I ride it. Any suggestions on how to make it stop? Thanks.

Looking good, Brady! Question for you… When you went through the transmission, did you take all the gears apart, or did you leave the sets or bolted together. Reason I ask is I have a 78 and I have one extra washer that fits over the clutch shaft. It’s only about a 16th of an inch thick, with maybe 3/16” wide flat face, but most interestingly… Has a pair of rounded notches ground out of 1/3 of the face (1/16”), on two opposing sides. Remember seeing anything like that?.doc Thanks!

Did you have to bore the cylinder? I had a 1980 cr80 that I loved. Thanks for the video!

WSK 250 in Poland 💪

I have a 79 sl250 dual sport in like new shape. Better than a perfect candidate for restoration. I'm a bit to big for it but really only got it because it was a great deal and I'm a 79 to. Have a bunch of 350 to 650 big thumper XRs. They were nice but to heavy for the loose sand I was riding in

'Dang good paint job on your "red devil" What color red did you use for your paint scheme? I have an 89 250 r and it looks close to mine..

Just picked up a 79 Cr 125. Complete but dirty!

hi, got a 79 and wont shift out of first, how far do i need to strip down to get to gear drum, thx mick

I have a cylinder with a CR 250 78r in my WSK 😀

Lovely video I had 79 cr elsinore redrocket twinshock 250cc in 88 till 92 loved riding it racing like get one again have u any tips etc for searching for project I've been looking for months many thanks in have about 1350 to 1850 gbp amount to look for one etc just one in bits I can restore

22:44 omg elderfields is in farnham, the town across from me. small world

Did you re do the rear shocks yourself?

Wonder if that might be some kind of Factory prototype? Center port on a bike 2 years before it was standard...

Cool video! Something seems off to me with the rear fender and seat. Seat seems too long and rear fender short and pointed to far up at the tip.

Thanks for sharing. I am curious if it would be too tall for me? Do you mind telling me your leg (inseam) length and your weight? I am asking your weight because the heavier you are the more squat the bike will have. You are very talented and enjoy the ride!

👍👏👊

hi there i just purchase 1979 cr250m ,where do i purchase my parts for service and mods. thank you

I bought the same bike. I found everything I needed on eBay. I needed a seat gas tank all seals chain sprockets everything. On eBay.I’m selling my 2004 CR250R & riding this on. I grew up on air cooled & that’s what I will ride.Oh also I have the title.

If you have links or any places that has a good amount of parts please comment under. I have a 79 and need parts there hard to find

mantap browwww,,,paten brwooo

I wonder if that was some "works" set up. Maybe it was some racer mod.🤔

A great build and I am sure it was a blast to restore/ride. Currently watching a guy on RU-vid attempting to restore a '76 MR 250 basket case. To say that he is unlike you and not "mechanically gifted" is a gross understatement. Something as simple as "righty-tighty-lefty-loosy" appears to be too difficult for him. He is also is forced to measure bolts/nuts size before grabbing the right wrenches. It is comical to watch. I advised him to gather everything and to sell to someone such as you or I to restore but he has "attitude". His forte is better aligned with restoring old video games, certainly not old 2 strokes.

I wonder having one titanium cylinder stud and difference in thermal expansion will it cause warping of cylinder. 😆 that being said it's lived this long and won't make a big difference.

This bike was "Street Hawk" wasn't it?

Invest in some impacts you’ll be lovin life. And besides ,you’ll need them for the next projects, right ? Hint hint

All good - well done/ i comment though: DON't ever use a drill bit to lock the gears, use some cloth ot soft metal like Copper etc. - You might chip the teeth/hardened surface by doing this ...

Would you be interested in a 1982 KTM 495?

I have a 78 CanAm 175 1 Want to race? 2 Want to restore her?

Wanted to watch the video but the techno music drove me nuts had to change it

How much u pay?

It always amazes me how idiots take shit apart, like they are actually going to repair or rebuild something, but then give up and typically Lose half the parts!

Handheld camera sucks