Favorite bike color and favorite bike ever

2/10/2021 11:31am
Saw this beautiful RM125 on builds. I started my addiction on this model. Still have two RM’s.

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2/10/2021 1:59pm
I remember being a kid and going to a supercross and seeing the fluoro Honda’s glow under the lights, they looked amazing.. I wish more teams still ran the bright colours.

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2/10/2021 2:36pm
Chance1216 wrote:
Red of course. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477764/s1200_8DB8A79D_F69C_4577_9700_4601C59394F8.jpg[/img]
Red of course.

Which color red though? Woohoo I have three Honda's and they are all very different reds Flash Red, Fighting Red, and Nuclear Red. The '87's were pretty much orange (Flash Red). That photo above is a little misleading for the true color of the '87s, they are way more orange than that. Nuclear Red and Fighting Red ('88-'89) are my favorite Honda reds.

Here's two resto projects getting very close to completion. Nuclear Red on left, and Flash Red on right.


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2/10/2021 2:41pm Edited Date/Time 2/10/2021 2:42pm
The pinkish red Honda had in the 90's was pretty cool. I also liked the orange/red they had. IMO, they should return to that.

Not a big fan of the current Honda civic red.
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2/10/2021 2:44pm
Chance1216 wrote:
Red of course. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477764/s1200_8DB8A79D_F69C_4577_9700_4601C59394F8.jpg[/img]
Red of course.

Which color red though? :woohoo: I have three Honda's and they are all very different reds Flash Red, Fighting Red, and Nuclear Red. The '87's were...
Which color red though? Woohoo I have three Honda's and they are all very different reds Flash Red, Fighting Red, and Nuclear Red. The '87's were pretty much orange (Flash Red). That photo above is a little misleading for the true color of the '87s, they are way more orange than that. Nuclear Red and Fighting Red ('88-'89) are my favorite Honda reds.

Here's two resto projects getting very close to completion. Nuclear Red on left, and Flash Red on right.


I seem to remember the early 80's Hondas were called Tahitian red. Our maybe that was just the name of the Krylon color that matched my 1980 CR80.
2/10/2021 2:50pm
RichieW13 wrote:
I seem to remember the early 80's Hondas were called Tahitian red. Our maybe that was just the name of the Krylon color that matched my...
I seem to remember the early 80's Hondas were called Tahitian red. Our maybe that was just the name of the Krylon color that matched my 1980 CR80.
Yes, there's Tahitian Red too...
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2/10/2021 3:05pm
Yes, there's Tahitian Red too...
RichieW13 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/10/477897/s1200_Capture.jpg[/img]

You still have that bad boy?
No. I just found that image online. Even when I got mine when it was 2 years old, it didn't look as good as that one.
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2/10/2021 5:18pm Edited Date/Time 2/10/2021 5:20pm
Chance1216 wrote:
Red of course. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477764/s1200_8DB8A79D_F69C_4577_9700_4601C59394F8.jpg[/img]
Red of course.

Which color red though? :woohoo: I have three Honda's and they are all very different reds Flash Red, Fighting Red, and Nuclear Red. The '87's were...
Which color red though? Woohoo I have three Honda's and they are all very different reds Flash Red, Fighting Red, and Nuclear Red. The '87's were pretty much orange (Flash Red). That photo above is a little misleading for the true color of the '87s, they are way more orange than that. Nuclear Red and Fighting Red ('88-'89) are my favorite Honda reds.

Here's two resto projects getting very close to completion. Nuclear Red on left, and Flash Red on right.


All of the above. 😉 I owned a 83, 87 CR 125, 78 CR 250, 88 CR 250, 92 CR 500. Currently in the garage are a 04 CR 125 & a 01 CR 250. I really liked the 83-87 Flash Red and, the 88 Fighting Red. The 92 was nice new but, the Oem plastics looked very hot pink before I sold it.
Nice bikes BTW. 👍
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2/10/2021 5:48pm
I remember being a kid and going to a supercross and seeing the fluoro Honda’s glow under the lights, they looked amazing.. I wish more teams...
I remember being a kid and going to a supercross and seeing the fluoro Honda’s glow under the lights, they looked amazing.. I wish more teams still ran the bright colours.

91 Millville had the 92 cr,s. Very bright in the sun, big crowd checking them out and the Rad and Bad chic in a thong.
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2/10/2021 8:41pm
Warlock wrote:
Silver- 1973 Honda 250 Elsinore Yellow- 1973 Penton 250 Harescrambler White- 1975 Can Am 250 GP Red- 1978 Maico AW 400 GS Green- 1990 Kawasaki KX...
Silver- 1973 Honda 250 Elsinore
Yellow- 1973 Penton 250 Harescrambler
White- 1975 Can Am 250 GP
Red- 1978 Maico AW 400 GS
Green- 1990 Kawasaki KX 500
These were my favorites out of a lot of bikes owned.

str8line wrote:
Cool to search these... sweet choices! That KX is awesome. I bet that Penton was lusted after back in the day. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477777/s1200_CLASSIC_1973_HONDA_CR250.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477778/s1200_penton250_21_1543442539556_2x.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477779/s1200_2f704f4fae7eeffdf7ae74969a62cc67.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477780/s1200_07b6f4a1fdac3977d582eacfdbd4876c.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/09/477781/s1200_jpg_8kx5001990_1.jpg[/img]

Cool to search these... sweet choices! That KX is awesome. I bet that Penton was lusted after back in the day.







Thanks for digging up the pics. They were all great bikes. Wish I had kept them. Cool
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