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Edited Date/Time 3/17/2012 11:15am
Was browsing through some old photos and ran across my old CR125 back in the day. Can't remember the year. Had to be like an 86-88 model.

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Wolfman 3/15/2012 6:19pm
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That's an '88. How can you NOT remember!!!?
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BTW, I had one. It was the first "amazing" bike I ever owned. Went from back of the pack beginner, to front of the pack novice in a matter of weeks after trading my '86 YZ125 for that bike.
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Wolfman wrote:
That's an '88. How can you NOT remember!!!?
It was just so long ago. Smile Bought it from a local pro. Once I got on that bike I actually won some races.
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88 -- the first year of that blood red. One of my best friends had one, it was a great bike after a head mod and a pipe. I had the 87 but the 88 always looked so much better!

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Spartacus 3/15/2012 6:28pm
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"Back in the day..."

Hell, '88 was like last week.
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Spartacus wrote:
"Back in the day..."

Hell, '88 was like last week.
HAR!!! dude it just KILLS me when people call the 80's "vintage"

This "getting old" thing kinda blows Blink
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You can't tell from the photo but it had a "Bad boy logo on seat". haha. Remember those?
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This is the yz80 I had before I bought the CR125.



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Id love to scan the pics of me racing my uncles 89 CR500 to show off when I was 18, you guys would laugh at my scrawny ass holding on. Top 5 finishes both times though, out of 20+ before the wise comments come in. .
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I always liked this pic.

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Then fast forward to 2006. Best bike I ever owned and the only bike I ever bought new.
2006 CRF250.

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thats sweet, I had a 1987 that I also bought from a local pro... It was beat and I ended up saving my pennies (bagged A LOT of Groceries) to buy my first brand new bike a 1989!
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Looooved that bike! I too bought one from a local pro - actually, it was the bike that Pat Barton rode while leading all but the last 2 laps of the first moto at Southwick that year. I was able to consistently pull top 5 starts with that bike. Luckily, it was outfitted with crazy flourescent orange plastics that made it easy for my Dad to locate me after I crashed my brains out trying to ride over my head!
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i wouldnt buy a spark plug from baaaaatin
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I always liked this pic. [img]http://f.cl.ly/items/0G280U2D3K2w3k3A1v46/crjump2.jpg[/img]
I always liked this pic.

What track is that? I see you're from GA, that's why I ask
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Ah yes, the guys who actually showed up to race the local Beginner class with the stock Yamaha #1's still on the bike. That's how you knew you were dealing with a true badass.

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just found a bunch of mx pics in a box in my parents cellar. will have to post a couple of my CR125 (83 and 85) and CR250 (86). haven't found my CR500 (84) or MR50 (74) pics yet. great looking back at the old bikes and races.
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Wolfman wrote:
BTW, I had one. It was the first "amazing" bike I ever owned. Went from back of the pack beginner, to front of the pack novice...
BTW, I had one. It was the first "amazing" bike I ever owned. Went from back of the pack beginner, to front of the pack novice in a matter of weeks after trading my '86 YZ125 for that bike.
This was my first "amazing" bike. First brand new bike I ever had. 89 CR125. Think I was 15 at the time. I thought it was cooler than a friggin' Eskimo! Even filed the paint off the 'Honda' on the clutch cover from new and those numbers and backgrounds were hand traced and cut out. Ahhh those were the days....



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Nice, when dirtbikes looked like dirtbikes, I like those late 80´s bikes!
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I had a 1988 CR125.
Bought it of a guy I use to race called Karl Muggeridge. Years later I was at my local watering hole and on the TV there he was winning a world superbike race.
First one with the red seat. Honda on the seat was cool as.
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Then fast forward to 2006. Best bike I ever owned and the only bike I ever bought new. 2006 CRF250. [img]http://f.cl.ly/items/0z2f0J3R3V3r2e3a0J2W/crf250.jpg[/img]
Then fast forward to 2006. Best bike I ever owned and the only bike I ever bought new.
2006 CRF250.

I got my son the 07..I still have the pro-circuit dual exhaust for it and a skid plate...Hes on a 2011 kx250f now
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FGR01 wrote:
Ah yes, the guys who actually showed up to race the local Beginner class with the stock Yamaha #1's still on the bike. That's how you...
Ah yes, the guys who actually showed up to race the local Beginner class with the stock Yamaha #1's still on the bike. That's how you knew you were dealing with a true badass.

haha. Yep. That must of been when I first got into it. That was my first yz80 and then when I got better I got another yz80 then put my own number on that.
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I always liked this pic. [img]http://f.cl.ly/items/0G280U2D3K2w3k3A1v46/crjump2.jpg[/img]
I always liked this pic.

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What track is that? I see you're from GA, that's why I ask
Whitesburg. Owned by the Kelly's. King Kelly before they moved it over to Bremen.
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I went from a 1987 KX80 (with a 105 kit) to a 1988 CR125. I came of age on the 125. I desert raced the 1988 CR125 and in one race was battling with a CR500. I beat him. After the race, he saw me take off my helmet and saw I was a 14yr old kid. He walked over and said "you ride that like a big bike." Then he said "nice riding."

I also remember cold seizing that bike and eating clutches.

Oh sweet memories.

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