moto geezer memory jog

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Edited Date/Time 3/2/2013 3:58pm
Any of you really old (like me) duffers remember when Honda offered a 23 inch front wheel?
If I remember correctly, it was optional on the CR's at least one year. Around 1981-1983 I'm guessing.
Probably be almost impossible to find a replacement tire for one now.
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BAD10 3/1/2013 10:31pm
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That was one year only. 1979. It was a miserable failure..........
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just James 3/1/2013 10:37pm
3/1/2013 10:37pm
If Reed could just get a hold of one of those!
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braaap 3/1/2013 10:37pm
3/1/2013 10:37pm Edited Date/Time 3/1/2013 10:40pm
Many people modded the frames of the 79 CR125 in order to run a 21" front tire.

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Bauer 3/2/2013 12:19am
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and it wasn't optional, it was stock.
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jeffro503 3/2/2013 12:28am
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BAD10 wrote:
That was one year only. 1979. It was a miserable failure..........
Exactly....had two buddies with them damn chopper bikes! haha.
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RbR 3/2/2013 8:50am
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I had a 1979 cr125 with the 23" front wheel. loved that bike.
Racer_Twentynine 3/2/2013 9:09am
3/2/2013 9:09am
since were talkin old times.......

does anyone for the life of them remember or know of an motto that was run next to laguna seca raceway?
i remember as a kid my dad always went to watch the car racing and i would sit in the stands and look off to the side and could see dirt bikes running on a track or maybe it was just a recreational spot.

this would have been around 77-79 time frame.
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TerryK 3/2/2013 9:26am
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The 1979 CR250 didn't have the 23, only the CR125 and xl/xr 250 and 500.
Fred Boss Mx Dion 3/2/2013 11:43am
3/2/2013 11:43am
Racer_Twentynine wrote:
since were talkin old times....... does anyone for the life of them remember or know of an motto that was run next to laguna seca raceway...
since were talkin old times.......

does anyone for the life of them remember or know of an motto that was run next to laguna seca raceway?
i remember as a kid my dad always went to watch the car racing and i would sit in the stands and look off to the side and could see dirt bikes running on a track or maybe it was just a recreational spot.

this would have been around 77-79 time frame.
Tim Myers ran a few races at Laguna Seca. I raced one of them ON my 125 Puke and the year was 1973. It was a rad sand track and I remember the start straight ran about 100 yards , then the bottom dropped out for 40-50 yards.
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lumpy790 3/2/2013 1:32pm
3/2/2013 1:32pm
79 CR 125 came stock with the 23 in front hoop.

This is the owner of Ellicott city motorsports on his in 79

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elsinore 3/2/2013 1:45pm
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RbR wrote:
I had a 1979 cr125 with the 23" front wheel. loved that bike.
Ditto.....loved that bike as well. I remember being the only Honda on the line in some races, and always pulling good starts. Some SOB stole that thing, and to this day I would still like to put a bullet in that bastard.
Racer_Twentynine 3/2/2013 3:58pm
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Racer_Twentynine wrote:
since were talkin old times....... does anyone for the life of them remember or know of an motto that was run next to laguna seca raceway...
since were talkin old times.......

does anyone for the life of them remember or know of an motto that was run next to laguna seca raceway?
i remember as a kid my dad always went to watch the car racing and i would sit in the stands and look off to the side and could see dirt bikes running on a track or maybe it was just a recreational spot.

this would have been around 77-79 time frame.
Fred Boss Mx Dion wrote:
Tim Myers ran a few races at Laguna Seca. I raced one of them ON my 125 Puke and the year was 1973. It was a...
Tim Myers ran a few races at Laguna Seca. I raced one of them ON my 125 Puke and the year was 1973. It was a rad sand track and I remember the start straight ran about 100 yards , then the bottom dropped out for 40-50 yards.
Thank god someone knew about that. I asked a ton of people and no one ever remembered anything Motto at seca....
I just remember being a kid 3-7 ish and begging dad.. Can we please walk over there and watch the dirt bikes I don't want to watch the cars anymore lol

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