Purple Rims for 90’s Honda

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I’m in the process of rebuilding a 1997 CR 125 and I am wanting to put purple rims on the bike. It currently has a purple Tecnosel seat cover and will either have purple shrouds or nuclear red shrouds with purple accents when finished. I know purple rims were a thing in the 90’s, my brother had a KX with purple rims. Does any one know of a company that still makes purple rims?

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40acres 11/15/2020 5:17pm
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You can save yourself some coin and get the stockers anodized. Not sure any of the wheel makers produce a purple wheel, but you'll have to dig a little.
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https://www.warp9racing.com/product/mx-wheels/

Looks like it’s an option from Warp 9. I just did a quick search and didn’t see purple offered from a few others on their direct sites, but is shown here. Could at least be worth a phone call to verify tho. Good luck with the search, and post photos when done...those bikes are both so nice. 🤙🏼
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MattyVicious 11/15/2020 10:00pm
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jt.hagerty wrote:
I’m in the process of rebuilding a 1997 CR 125 and I am wanting to put purple rims on the bike. It currently has a purple...
I’m in the process of rebuilding a 1997 CR 125 and I am wanting to put purple rims on the bike. It currently has a purple Tecnosel seat cover and will either have purple shrouds or nuclear red shrouds with purple accents when finished. I know purple rims were a thing in the 90’s, my brother had a KX with purple rims. Does any one know of a company that still makes purple rims?

The 95 had purple. The 97 was red and black.

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jt.hagerty wrote:
I’m in the process of rebuilding a 1997 CR 125 and I am wanting to put purple rims on the bike. It currently has a purple...
I’m in the process of rebuilding a 1997 CR 125 and I am wanting to put purple rims on the bike. It currently has a purple Tecnosel seat cover and will either have purple shrouds or nuclear red shrouds with purple accents when finished. I know purple rims were a thing in the 90’s, my brother had a KX with purple rims. Does any one know of a company that still makes purple rims?

MattyVicious wrote:
The 95 had purple. The 97 was red and black.
Correct. I like the look of the bright red and purple, more than the black and red, I ran the numbers on the bike to make to make sure it was a 97 right before I purchased it.
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I had purple rims and stiffie graphics on my 96 RM. Ahhh the 90’s were sikkkkk
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Sm pro platinum makes them as well.
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I always swore my next project bike will be finished with purple hoops. This one is the background on my computer screen at work currently.
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Look what showed up on my porch this morning! I couldn’t wait, so I went ahead and started putting them on.



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Premix4Life 1/4/2021 6:25am
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I had a '95 with purple rims. Original owner John Schneider then Chris Hunter, then myself. She was amazing! Looking forward to your restoration results.
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That is a great look, and I didn't like the purple Hondas at the time.

...Or the purple Kawasakis ...Or the purple Yamahas ...Or the purple KTMs. The mid 90s was just an excessively purple era.
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jt.hagerty 1/27/2021 7:46am
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I'm super happy with how this thing ended up looking. The right amount of purple.




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jt.hagerty wrote:
I'm super happy with how this thing ended up looking. The right amount of purple. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/27/475314/s1200_IMG_0236.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/27/475315/s1200_IMG_0239.jpg[/img]
I'm super happy with how this thing ended up looking. The right amount of purple.




If i were you i would go for a set of red sidepanels with black background. The bike would pop more with the red
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Herb Eaversmells 1/27/2021 9:52am
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Turbo Reif’s Dad use to own a Honda dealership in Paso Robles. He had a team with about 20 riders and they all had purple hubs and rims. This is the only picture I have of one of my bikes. But you’ll see every once in a while one will pop up on Craigslist for sale. About 60 or so are rolling around nor-cal or god knows where they ended up. Some of the 125’s are not 125s.
O ya, they all had purple background number plates. He would paint the backgrounds with purple paint. They came out pretty darn good.

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