Any early Honda nuts recognize this?

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Edited Date/Time 10/31/2013 7:16am
Anybody have a clue as to what this is? Other than something that's near the top of my "wish list".Smile

And don't start with the obvious answer, it's wrong. Laughing







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newmann 10/30/2013 12:10pm
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That was quick! I only had the pics, cool to see the site they were posted on. Best I could tell is that is one of the Mugen 125's from around 77 fitted with the 78 CR 250 tank, front plate and fender. Trick stuff.
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FreshTopEnd 10/30/2013 4:04pm
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dutchness wrote:
This might help you out if you have more unidentified pictures: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html . Did the 77 mugen 125's have a frame like that? Looks to me...
This might help you out if you have more unidentified pictures: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html .

Did the 77 mugen 125's have a frame like that? Looks to me there is too much space underneath the tank, like a bigger engine belonged there.
It really does look like a 78/79 cr250 frame, but the forks definitely are not. Pretty cool bike

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Tokyo_Tiddler 10/30/2013 7:37pm
10/30/2013 7:37pm Edited Date/Time 10/30/2013 8:52pm
Looks like a 1975-76 CR125 engine with a different head in a 1978/9 CR125 frame.

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newmann 10/30/2013 7:48pm
10/30/2013 7:48pm Edited Date/Time 10/30/2013 7:56pm
Engine is from the 76-78 CR125 with the Mugen cylinder and head and up pipe. Wheels are also same year model CR125's. RC125 works bikes were already right side drive.
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TeamGreen 10/30/2013 7:48pm
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78/79 Showa RC 125 fork usually seen w/a 23" wheel?
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TeamGreen 10/30/2013 7:50pm
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There's an MR125 that Rick Munyon rode that looked an awful lot like that!
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newmann 10/30/2013 8:15pm
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Pics poached from Robert Hawes Mugencross.com site.

Same basic bike with earlier CR250 tank


Early CR250 alloy tank cut to clear the forks.



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wow123 10/31/2013 2:26am
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I found me one of them, well not quite, it was a 78 250 frame with a 76 125 motor, horrible hack job, but good for parts and surprisingly it was sitting for years about 300 meters from my house! Looked similar at first glance.
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newmann 10/31/2013 7:16am
10/31/2013 7:16am Edited Date/Time 10/31/2013 7:18am
Mugen brochure showing the 77 ME125. Front downtube rolls under more than the bikes above.

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