The Best Bike A Single Manufacturer Has Ever Made!

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What is your opinion on the best bikes a single Manufacturer ever made? Lets hear it!
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Even though I hate hondas, the 87 cr125 was a game changer. The ergos went straight to the modern era in one year and the rest of the package was pretty revolutionary.
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The 2005 RM250 is the best handling, best performing, best overall production 250cc two-stroke ever made.
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2008 Honda CRF450
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Racer92 wrote:
The 2005 RM250 is the best handling, best performing, best overall production 250cc two-stroke ever made.
And seemingly impossible to find! I've heard this from many people... I guess it's "no wonder" that people are hanging on to them...

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Bramlett321 3/31/2013 5:03pm
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Our local dealer has a brand new 02...not THAT different from the 05....$3500.00 i think
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petegrath 3/31/2013 5:08pm
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Bramlett321 wrote:
Our local dealer has a brand new 02...not THAT different from the 05....$3500.00 i think
I've got some seat time on an '03, and it wasn't anything that special. I appreciate the info for sure, but evidently there were some major changes with the '05 that set it apart. Hell, would just like to ride one to see!
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Flatliner 3/31/2013 5:09pm
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I remember the 96 yz 125 being very very good.
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The 01 & 02 RM250's weren't that special,got a lil better for 03 and better yet from 04 thru 08 when production stopped with the 05 and 06's being the best years. My 04 in my avatar was a great bike and NUTHIN could out corner it and stock except for fmf exhaust I would almost always pull holeshots even against 450's.Smile
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activeMX wrote:
2008 Honda CRF450
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egoman wrote:
Even though I hate hondas, the 87 cr125 was a game changer. The ergos went straight to the modern era in one year and the rest...
Even though I hate hondas, the 87 cr125 was a game changer. The ergos went straight to the modern era in one year and the rest of the package was pretty revolutionary.
I would say all the 87 honda's 125,250,500 were great bikes. after riding a guys 87 cr250 I fell in love with it and I bought the all new 88 cr250 thinking it could only be better than the 87[,boy was i wrong] the 87's suspension was perfect stock and the 88 all though had a great motor/ergonomics could never get it to feel as good as that 87.
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Rupert X 3/31/2013 5:40pm
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Easy, the 1982-2013 Yamaha PW50. Basically unchanged and brilliant!
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petegrath 3/31/2013 5:48pm
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Rupert X wrote:
Easy, the 1982-2013 Yamaha PW50. Basically unchanged and brilliant!
Smile

Man, you never stop delivering...
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mx_563 3/31/2013 5:55pm
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You mean as opposed to a double manufacturer?
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2012 yz250f. Pinnacle design of a classic bike that marked the beginning of the end for the two strokes. Gone all this way with the same reliable engine and still competitive. Actually wiping up in ams right now. May not be in yalls' eyes, but from yamis perspective it has to be. I just have a sweet spot for it. Its earned my respect as a hard ass working machine that is now ready for retirement so to speak. That being said, just bought a 13 zook lol and shes sweet too so far, knock on wood... Suspension sucks balls though.
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The best bike Cannondale ever made. So much better looking than the red one.
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RandyS 3/31/2013 6:01pm
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The best, most important bike Honda ever made is the 1968-2013 Z/XR/CRF50. Stamp it.
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newmann 3/31/2013 6:08pm
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81 Maico 490 is a pretty significant bike.
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Racer92 wrote:
The 2005 RM250 is the best handling, best performing, best overall production 250cc two-stroke ever made.
I'm just wondering what makes the 05 rm better than my 07. I've never rode one but my 07 is something special in my eyes.

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2003 YZ125
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Falcon 3/31/2013 6:18pm
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With all due respect to the RM250, my '06 YZ250 is a superior bike. Better suspension and slightly more power. I'll concede that the Suzuki handles better if we're talking cornering prowess, but I've always felt that they are a little twitchy for my tastes. I like a rock-solid bike and you can go WFO down a bumpy straight on a YZ with one hand on the bars. The thing is solid as a rock from a maintenance standpoint, too - 7 years old now and still on the same bottom end and 2nd set of clutch plates.
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i have a feeling that my 13 450sx is gonna be a lot of fun this year. that and the fact that it and the 2012 1/2 were put together and conceived so quickly for dungey could easily put it at the top of the ktm list.

the honda xrs/ crfs have to be up there. our xr100 is a 2000 and still runs like it did the day we got it. those things are bullet proof.
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Falcon wrote:
With all due respect to the RM250, my '06 YZ250 is a superior bike. Better suspension and slightly more power. I'll concede that the Suzuki handles...
With all due respect to the RM250, my '06 YZ250 is a superior bike. Better suspension and slightly more power. I'll concede that the Suzuki handles better if we're talking cornering prowess, but I've always felt that they are a little twitchy for my tastes. I like a rock-solid bike and you can go WFO down a bumpy straight on a YZ with one hand on the bars. The thing is solid as a rock from a maintenance standpoint, too - 7 years old now and still on the same bottom end and 2nd set of clutch plates.
I have an 06 yz and I can tell you my rm is faster, but I will concede that yami holds a straight line down any straight and has better stock suspenders it's almost 4 strokish compared to my RM. funny thing is both motors are identical to work on . I swear they use the same powervalve parts. I ve been told pistons will interact also. Both machines will cause constant permagrin

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newmann wrote:
81 Maico 490 is a pretty significant bike.
I agree. I have 2 of them back home in Nevada
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Racer92 wrote:
The 2005 RM250 is the best handling, best performing, best overall production 250cc two-stroke ever made.
petegrath wrote:
And seemingly impossible to find! I've heard this from many people... I guess it's "no wonder" that people are hanging on to them...
Cool good for me Smile

--- I found my 05 RM 250 for only 2K and low hrs
before

after



Feels like 50 lbs lighter then my RMZ
Motor, Showa Suspension and frame work great together

and this >>>
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1982 RM 250 was said to have works bike power and some say the best suspension to date
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Rupert X wrote:
Easy, the 1982-2013 Yamaha PW50. Basically unchanged and brilliant!
Surely you meant the 1977-2013 Xr 50. There's about ten times more of those in existence...
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Rupert X wrote:
Easy, the 1982-2013 Yamaha PW50. Basically unchanged and brilliant!
gotwings wrote:
Surely you meant the 1977-2013 Xr 50. There's about ten times more of those in existence...
Another classic!
Dick Trickle 3/31/2013 8:45pm
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The $749, 150 pound CR125M



Courtesy of Wikipedia: The Honda CR125M Elsinore was a motorcycle designed and manufactured by Honda and released in late 1973. Modeled after the first Elisnore, the Honda CR250M, the 124cc version sold for $749 at its debut. A CR125M ridden by Marty Smith won the 1974 AMA National Motocross championship,echoing the success of Gary Jones on a factory CR250M in 1973 and further spurring the Elsinore's popularity. According to the September 1973 issue of Dirt Bike, the 125 Honda Elsinore was the only off-road bike on the market at the time that offered both speed and reliability.Any other 125cc motocross bike at the time would have to have undergone major suspension, motor, and chassis upgrades to be able to handle the rigors of motocross racing.

The CR125M was built in Japan and was extensively tested on motocross tracks in both Japan and California. It had a chrome-moly tube frame, a six-speed gearbox, four-point adjustable Showa shocks, plastic fenders and a magnesium alloy engine casing for weight economy. The bike weighed 154 pounds dry.

In the hands of a sensitive and insightful pilot, the comfortable ergonomics enabled blistering and seemingly effortless speed, as evidenced in Cycle World’s 1974 review: “Controls are placed precisely where they should be.” “Honda has literally set a new level of motocross excellence in motocross machinery that will have the rest of the industry straining to match it, much less surpass it.”

For its place in time, probably one of the best overall bikes to come out ever, taking into condideration price, weight, reliability, fun factor etc....
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Dick Trickle wrote:
The $749, 150 pound CR125M [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2013/03/31/1974_Honda_CR_125_968645.jpg[/img] Courtesy of Wikipedia: The Honda CR125M Elsinore was a motorcycle designed and manufactured by Honda and released in late 1973...
The $749, 150 pound CR125M



Courtesy of Wikipedia: The Honda CR125M Elsinore was a motorcycle designed and manufactured by Honda and released in late 1973. Modeled after the first Elisnore, the Honda CR250M, the 124cc version sold for $749 at its debut. A CR125M ridden by Marty Smith won the 1974 AMA National Motocross championship,echoing the success of Gary Jones on a factory CR250M in 1973 and further spurring the Elsinore's popularity. According to the September 1973 issue of Dirt Bike, the 125 Honda Elsinore was the only off-road bike on the market at the time that offered both speed and reliability.Any other 125cc motocross bike at the time would have to have undergone major suspension, motor, and chassis upgrades to be able to handle the rigors of motocross racing.

The CR125M was built in Japan and was extensively tested on motocross tracks in both Japan and California. It had a chrome-moly tube frame, a six-speed gearbox, four-point adjustable Showa shocks, plastic fenders and a magnesium alloy engine casing for weight economy. The bike weighed 154 pounds dry.

In the hands of a sensitive and insightful pilot, the comfortable ergonomics enabled blistering and seemingly effortless speed, as evidenced in Cycle World’s 1974 review: “Controls are placed precisely where they should be.” “Honda has literally set a new level of motocross excellence in motocross machinery that will have the rest of the industry straining to match it, much less surpass it.”

For its place in time, probably one of the best overall bikes to come out ever, taking into condideration price, weight, reliability, fun factor etc....
The 1973-74 Honda CR125 dominated its model year like no other bike in history. In an era with so many bikes to choose from it seemed like 90% of the racers chose the Honda

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