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GILLETT
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:06am
7/16/2012 10:06am
Bigshow wrote:
Sweet find! Looks great. I had an 88 and my riding buddy an 89. I always like conventional fork better for some reason. I moved on...
Sweet find! Looks great. I had an 88 and my riding buddy an 89. I always like conventional fork better for some reason. I moved on to a 93 and him to a 95. Should not of sold my 93 as I worked at HOT when I had it, and it was loaded with 1 race dumpster diving parts. One of my jobs was to take out the race shops garbage, and I had permission to dumpster dive after hours. Didnt buy tires for years.
That's awesome.
GILLETT
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:08am
7/16/2012 10:08am
Halfast816 wrote:
Just shut up....bad enough the condition you found it in then go and rub it in what you paid for it. You suck and I feel...
Just shut up....bad enough the condition you found it in then go and rub it in what you paid for it. You suck and I feel comfortable saying that with out even knowing you. If he was the original owner check to see if he had the updated cartridges installed. They had a set available back in 89 for no charge to CR owners.
LoL. Thank you. I will get with him on the cartridge update and see if he had it done.
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:18am
7/16/2012 10:18am
I just picked up this 1983 CR480 as well.
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dboivin 7/16/2012 10:39am
7/16/2012 10:39am
the 89 was cool...but that 83'....thats something i want. haha.

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GILLETT
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:41am
7/16/2012 10:41am
And my 1979 CR125 i just picked up from the original owner.
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jeffro503 7/16/2012 10:45am
7/16/2012 10:45am
$500.00 ???? Holy hell that is highway robbery!! Great find Gillett !!
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:54am
7/16/2012 10:54am
I'm holding out for the big bucks. LoL
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 10:55am
7/16/2012 10:55am
jeffro503 wrote:
$500.00 ???? Holy hell that is highway robbery!! Great find Gillett !!
Honestly i paid $500.00 for it. I wanna sell it for the money, but at the same time i don't want to sell it.
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DDub8 7/16/2012 11:18am
7/16/2012 11:18am
Halfast816 wrote:
Just shut up....bad enough the condition you found it in then go and rub it in what you paid for it. You suck and I feel...
Just shut up....bad enough the condition you found it in then go and rub it in what you paid for it. You suck and I feel comfortable saying that with out even knowing you. If he was the original owner check to see if he had the updated cartridges installed. They had a set available back in 89 for no charge to CR owners.
Anything you can do to improve the forks would be good. I had mine revalved and never did get them to a place where they felt good. I loved the motor on that bike but it would have severe bouts of headshake from time-to-time. These were usually on a high speed straight in 4th or 5th gear and I know it took years off my life. Probably related to the forks but I was only 18 at the time and didn't have money to fix it.

Bottom line from my experience: Fix the forks and that bike will be awesome.

ps. Funny that the rear brake bolt is broken since I broke 2 of them on my '89.
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uk125250 7/16/2012 11:21am
7/16/2012 11:21am
jeffro503 wrote:
$500.00 ???? Holy hell that is highway robbery!! Great find Gillett !!
GILLETT wrote:
Honestly i paid $500.00 for it. I wanna sell it for the money, but at the same time i don't want to sell it.
Do you charge admission to see that collection? You need to get every year cr ever! You have a nice start.
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 11:24am
7/16/2012 11:24am
jeffro503 wrote:
$500.00 ???? Holy hell that is highway robbery!! Great find Gillett !!
GILLETT wrote:
Honestly i paid $500.00 for it. I wanna sell it for the money, but at the same time i don't want to sell it.
uk125250 wrote:
Do you charge admission to see that collection? You need to get every year cr ever! You have a nice start.
I'm going to start chasing after newmann and his collection. In 30 years i will be halfway. LoL
K GILLETT
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K GILLETT 7/16/2012 11:29am
7/16/2012 11:29am
Do I get a finders fee for any of these bikes?
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 11:36am
7/16/2012 11:36am
K GILLETT wrote:
Do I get a finders fee for any of these bikes?
Yup. You are going to "find" yourself in second place from now on. Just because you are my brother doesn't mean squat. When the gate drops, brotherly love stops. Cool
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crf250pilot 7/16/2012 11:37am
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jeffro503 wrote:
$500.00 ???? Holy hell that is highway robbery!! Great find Gillett !!
GILLETT wrote:
Honestly i paid $500.00 for it. I wanna sell it for the money, but at the same time i don't want to sell it.
you should ride it like you stole it, because at that price u practically did. I always liked the all red look of that year too. Nice bike!!
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K GILLETT 7/16/2012 11:46am
7/16/2012 11:46am
K GILLETT wrote:
Do I get a finders fee for any of these bikes?
GILLETT wrote:
Yup. You are going to "find" yourself in second place from now on. Just because you are my brother doesn't mean squat. When the gate drops...
Yup. You are going to "find" yourself in second place from now on. Just because you are my brother doesn't mean squat. When the gate drops, brotherly love stops. Cool
No worries, you cant even start that 480Grinning
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 11:56am
7/16/2012 11:56am
K GILLETT wrote:
Do I get a finders fee for any of these bikes?
GILLETT wrote:
Yup. You are going to "find" yourself in second place from now on. Just because you are my brother doesn't mean squat. When the gate drops...
Yup. You are going to "find" yourself in second place from now on. Just because you are my brother doesn't mean squat. When the gate drops, brotherly love stops. Cool
K GILLETT wrote:
No worries, you cant even start that 480Grinning
Even with the de-compression lever it's a bitch. Thanks for pointing that out bro.
Firebird77 7/16/2012 1:51pm
7/16/2012 1:51pm
GILLETT wrote:
Picked this up on July 4th. Was posted at 10:30 a.m. I was on my way to get it at 10:38. One owner, 6 original hours.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/07/06/548773_242205149231954_1249350186_n_695375.jpg[/img]
Picked this up on July 4th. Was posted at 10:30 a.m. I was on my way to get it at 10:38. One owner, 6 original hours.
newmann wrote:
Good looking bike! There were quite a few owners back then putting the front end off of the 87 CR250 on there to make it better...
Good looking bike! There were quite a few owners back then putting the front end off of the 87 CR250 on there to make it better. I see them on the Evilbay cheap from time to time.
Evilbay? I think i get what your saying.
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AzTrooper 7/16/2012 2:08pm
7/16/2012 2:08pm
GILLETT wrote:
And my 1979 CR125 i just picked up from the original owner.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/07/16/T2eC16JHJFoE9nh6m_EuBP_tDsOkJQ_60_12_200688.jpg[/img]
And my 1979 CR125 i just picked up from the original owner.
Sweet, thats a super nice '79 . It even has the original 23" front wheel on it, most have been tossed and replaced with a 21". I wish it were mine! As for the 89, I had one and had Noleen do the forks and shock. They did a great job on them. You must have been born under a lucky star my friend!!! Im jealous big time !!!
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GILLETT
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GILLETT 7/16/2012 3:56pm
7/16/2012 3:56pm
GILLETT wrote:
And my 1979 CR125 i just picked up from the original owner.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/07/16/T2eC16JHJFoE9nh6m_EuBP_tDsOkJQ_60_12_200688.jpg[/img]
And my 1979 CR125 i just picked up from the original owner.
AzTrooper wrote:
Sweet, thats a super nice '79 . It even has the original 23" front wheel on it, most have been tossed and replaced with a 21"...
Sweet, thats a super nice '79 . It even has the original 23" front wheel on it, most have been tossed and replaced with a 21". I wish it were mine! As for the 89, I had one and had Noleen do the forks and shock. They did a great job on them. You must have been born under a lucky star my friend!!! Im jealous big time !!!
John
The bike is on evilbay right now. It could be yours

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