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Please delete if this has already been shared. I just thought it was cool so I thought Idshare it. https://silodrome.com/honda-cr125r-elsinore/?shem=dsdf%2Csharefoc%2Caga…
John
I saw that on Facebook the other day. Beautiful bike.
23" front?
Wow!
yup
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yeah, Honda was always trying to innovate and frequently experimenting to get an edge. This 1 didn't work and many people switched back to 21".
Ah that brings back memories. When I got my 79 CR125R I was working at a Honda shop and I uncrated and put my bike together. Because I was working there I got the bike for dealer cost plus shipping. As I recall that was ~$950?
I think the 23" would have worked if one had been able to get a 3:00 x 23 Metzler MX/Enduro front at that time. As it was I was one of the many that switched to a 21" front at the end of the 79 season.
I’m so old I can remember MXA’s report on it. They said that Honda’s argument for the larger front wheel was that a 23” front tyre wouldn’t fall into a hole that a 21” tyre would. But MXA countered, “What if your track has 24” holes?”
So cool! Sending this to my father in law he ride for Pasadena Honda from 74-77 I believe
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