Homage to the XR75 and local 70's moto

Bad Lucky there I know but what is the back story on the pic/event?  I assume it was in NorCal?? 

Richmond Ramblers?

Funny you mention the points . I saw the one I bought sitting in a garage . Knocked on the door and the guy said he would sell it for 100 bucks. I mowed some lawns and dug some holes and went back with 100 dollars . He told me his wife said to just take 50 . Low and behold I just so happen to have the 50 dollars to buy points that it ended up needing.

Very common way to revive these bikes. Also makes them EMP proof lol! 

1976. That’s what I started on. 

Ballpark, what do those cost today? 

Condition is everything. One like mine could probably be had for $12-1500. Mine is a survivor and I have no plans of restoring. I am not selling. They are for sale on Bring a trailer all the time. Nicely restored ones go for $3-5000. 

Excellent, thanks.

Racing my wife’s CRF125 in the pit bike class in our local Hare Scramble series is about as close to the 70s MX  feel as you can get today - unbelievably fun…

1977 Resto-Mod. Ridden weekly. Wanted one as a child. Finally acquired at 57 yrs young. (Built by Old Pro).  

Frickin gorgeous!

Yup, the old mini gp down at the point night before the NorCal Trans AMA (not my pic).  This looks like the first year, 1975.   Marty Tripes showed up with one of those Bultaco mini trials bikes that Bevo had stuffed a 250 Pursang engine into.

I was begging for an XR75 in 1974, and my dad came home with an SL70.  By 76, they realized I was a racer and on to YZ80’s I went.  Still wish I had had the XR75 experience.

I remember when the RM, YZ and KX 80’s started coming out. At first, there were plenty of mods to make the XR still competitive. By ‘78 that was no longer true as the two strokes just had way more horsepower. 

I'm not sure, but that little MR50 looks a bit 'stretched' / Kicked Out......

I had next door neighbours that got Everything in the 70s.

So, one had an MR, the other had an XR. 

I ended up putting on a downtube set up ( to stop the 'stretching') , and Monoshock on the MR ( oh, and the XRs front end) , and a Monoshock + Cr125 Forks and a new, larger downtube on the XR for them. Around when I was 16 / 17?. They were some of my first efforts with MC Chassis and Suspension. I've been trying to find the picture albums of them, and many other builds / bikes / bicycles I made way back when,  for a few decades now. 

That's gorgeous!  There was a small period of time where Holland Honda was building and selling a fire breathing XR.  It was bored and stroked, big carb and had the mini Betor forks with a long swingarm and Works Performance shocks and was as extreme as you could get on an XR.  Torque galore, but was still short of what could be built with a yellow bike.

I’m going to get carpal tunnel from giving so many thumbs up.  Great thread. I stared on the little MR50. Best times!

It was part of my progressing thru the mini ranks.

Honda SL70 Indestructible!  Started racing on it in July 1971.  It was heavier and slower than the Yamaha Mini Enduros but it handled great.

Indian ME74. The 6 month mistake.  As reliable as the SL70 was, this thing was never running right.  I was a happy kid when it disappeared and then

XR75. Tricked out with a true 75cc piston, Yoshimura cam, lightened rocker arms, Bassani exhaust, 22mm carb, Curnutt shocks.  Wish we had kept it but it got traded for a CR125 in December of 1973.

77 xr75 first bike I learned to ride clutch on. It was given to me was older sisters bike. Had been in the family for awhile. I rode on the back of it a lot before learning a clutch. 

Us and the neighborhood kids on xr75 80s get together. Ride doubles and chase each other playing hide n seek style tag. It was the person on the back responsibilit  to be the tagger. 

No helmets no gear no crying no major injuries. Some good crashes loads of fun. 

Remember when we'd crash how the side number plates would pop out from the rubber grommets. I got a stock 81 up pipe i put on the 77. Had to remove the right number plate but I didn't care. One less number plate to pop off after a crash. 

Pretty sure I rode around with a bent shift lever tip on it as well. 

Here's to all us freaks who were so lucky to experience 70's moto!

We had "zero" money, but I managed to scrape together a massive $300 and buy this.  

I should do the "old man thing" and buy one for fun. I'm not much taller these days... I'd still fit.    

It sure is fun to restore them. 

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