Your Dream Factory MX Bike

DudeImSoRad
Profile picture for user DudeImSoRad
Posts
72
Joined
12/15/2020
Location
Fort Worth, TX US
Fantasy
2298th
DudeImSoRad 12/31/2020 4:57am
12/31/2020 4:57am
Eljott wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/30/468914/s1200_17324006196_9669d602c1_b.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/30/468915/s1200_s1200_DSC_9562.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/30/468916/s1200_Y5L2387.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/30/468917/s1200_brett_metcalfe_two_stroke_05_3.jpg[/img]




DudeImSoRad wrote:
Whatever happened to Kenny G?
Eljott wrote:
I have no idea.
Last I had heard, he was somewhere up in the Northeast and had his own shop. But that was 10+ years ago.
hellion
Profile picture for user hellion
Posts
1035
Joined
12/19/2009
Location
Westfield, MA US
hellion 12/31/2020 5:30am
12/31/2020 5:30am
KYFHO699 wrote:
Donnie Hansen’s 1982 RC250. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/28/468614/s1200_82532BEC_0364_403F_984D_278EEFA4817E.jpg[/img]
Donnie Hansen’s 1982 RC250.
Can you imagine being a rider on another team, sitting in staging looking at the Honda boys and their bikes back then? It would take a lot of mental strength to believe you even had a chance. So damn trick!!
6
sandman768
Profile picture for user sandman768
Posts
6096
Joined
3/21/2014
Location
Saratoga Springs, NY US
sandman768 12/31/2020 6:14am
12/31/2020 6:14am
DudeImSoRad wrote:
Whatever happened to Kenny G?
Eljott wrote:
I have no idea.
DudeImSoRad wrote:
Last I had heard, he was somewhere up in the Northeast and had his own shop. But that was 10+ years ago.
Raced against him this summer at Winchester NH. ... goes pretty good 👍
2

The Shop

See All »
EekAGiraffe 12/31/2020 9:10am
12/31/2020 9:10am
Villopto's 2007 250f, the bike that left the biggest imprint to my childhood.


4
2
Tokyo_Tiddler 12/31/2020 9:25am
12/31/2020 9:25am
Chance1216 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/31/469122/s1200_A21F341B_9ADC_4861_A7FA_BFF2341FB13F.jpg[/img]

Damien,

That bike was for sale about 2 years ago for $23k. It has a perimeter frame.

mike
2
dura max
Profile picture for user dura max
Posts
49
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
CA US
dura max 12/31/2020 9:34am
12/31/2020 9:34am
motokiwi wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/29/468679/s1200_cr204.jpg[/img] 2004 factory yz250 with tree trunk forks

2004 factory yz250 with tree trunk forks
I believe those forks were referred to as "bell bottom" forks. "Tree trunk" is a term reserved for folks with very large ankles.
3
profeshenal125 12/31/2020 9:39am
12/31/2020 9:39am
Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:
Yes, but look at the 2nd gen RC250M above and you see a prototype 3rd gen frame. And then on the 2003 and 2004 RC250M pictured...
Yes, but look at the 2nd gen RC250M above and you see a prototype 3rd gen frame.

And then on the 2003 and 2004 RC250M pictured below, we have a 3rd gen RC250M with a 4th gen frame that never made it to production. HRC had this this 250cc engine making 58 hp! This is Katsuya's bike and it looks like he switched back from the 51mm Showa works fork the riders were running in 2000 and 2001 to the 49mm Showa works fork...

The drilled holes on the top of # plates is cool, never saw that on another cr, but my 04 cr151. I heard suspension shops say, the best chassis ever is the 04 cr125. You can install a 500 engine and it’s still perfect. I remember sitting on a new 05 cr250, you instantly feel like your on works bike. Such a awesome feeling bike. I think bikes went backwards since then.
profeshenal125 12/31/2020 11:01am
12/31/2020 11:01am
UsernameIsUnavailable wrote:
how could anyone want a modern era 4 stroke? There's zero mystery to them. Yawn.
Yes there is. Trying to get phone service to reprogram or figure out how to program your 4-st. Because the rear tire spun on 3 knobby,s. Built in excuses when you purchase a 4-st. My program was off, I chose the wrong program. I can,t ride my bike in the aggressive program. Haha so Lame
2
2
Chance1216
Profile picture for user Chance1216
Posts
5304
Joined
4/1/2018
Location
Federal Way, WA US
Chance1216 12/31/2020 11:22am
12/31/2020 11:22am
Chance1216 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/31/469122/s1200_A21F341B_9ADC_4861_A7FA_BFF2341FB13F.jpg[/img]

Tokyo_Tiddler wrote:
Damien,

That bike was for sale about 2 years ago for $23k. It has a perimeter frame.

mike
I saw that. It also has conventional forks as well. Definitely not your typical RC 250. The forward kick RC was another one that stood out to me as well. I think that was in 95 if I remember right.
Tokyo_Tiddler 12/31/2020 11:25am
12/31/2020 11:25am
The forward kickstart was the automatic transmission and never for sale though.
2
Hamster 75 1/1/2021 8:59am
1/1/2021 8:59am
KYFHO699 wrote:
Donnie Hansen’s 1982 RC250. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/28/468614/s1200_82532BEC_0364_403F_984D_278EEFA4817E.jpg[/img]
Donnie Hansen’s 1982 RC250.
hellion wrote:
Can you imagine being a rider on another team, sitting in staging looking at the Honda boys and their bikes back then? It would take a...
Can you imagine being a rider on another team, sitting in staging looking at the Honda boys and their bikes back then? It would take a lot of mental strength to believe you even had a chance. So damn trick!!
The nicest bike ever
1
soggy
Profile picture for user soggy
Posts
4911
Joined
12/3/2018
Location
UT US
Fantasy
3857th
soggy 1/1/2021 11:36am
1/1/2021 11:36am
detuned from what? i dont think thats true at all.. sure they could probably make them 80 hp, but calling them detuned is silly.
1

Pit Row

See All »
SmokinJoe439 1/3/2021 8:38am
1/3/2021 8:38am
Presley155 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/03/469712/s1200_FRO_kx250.jpg[/img]

They had this bike on display at the 125 dream race in '19 at washougal. It was sad seeing all the cool magnesium parts getting that white oxidation on them.
bvm111
Profile picture for user bvm111
Posts
9329
Joined
7/1/2008
Location
Las Vegas, NV US
bvm111 1/3/2021 8:58am
1/3/2021 8:58am
i was a full on Honda only guy back then but I have always loved this shit of Emig on his KX250. He did an interview and explained what they did to it to make it work so well and it was an interesting read.


8
APLMAN99
Profile picture for user APLMAN99
Posts
10108
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Dallas, TX US
APLMAN99 1/3/2021 9:15am
1/3/2021 9:15am
Since a real “works” bike would have parts that are impossible to replace, I’d go with artistic rather than something to actually ride.

That really narrows it down to the RC125M Twin, or the RC250, both with the Ribi-style front ends........





2
APLMAN99
Profile picture for user APLMAN99
Posts
10108
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Dallas, TX US
APLMAN99 1/3/2021 9:39am
1/3/2021 9:39am
Some other VERY honorable mentions....









6
Yeti831
Profile picture for user Yeti831
Posts
1323
Joined
1/30/2020
Location
UT US
Yeti831 1/3/2021 12:34pm
1/3/2021 12:34pm
bvm111 wrote:
i was a full on Honda only guy back then but I have always loved this shit of Emig on his KX250. He did an interview...
i was a full on Honda only guy back then but I have always loved this shit of Emig on his KX250. He did an interview and explained what they did to it to make it work so well and it was an interesting read.


Do you happen to know who did the interview? I’d love to read up on that 👍
MRMXER08
Profile picture for user MRMXER08
Posts
26
Joined
1/18/2012
Location
Culpeper, VA US
MRMXER08 1/3/2021 12:47pm
1/3/2021 12:47pm
snackfedbear wrote:
First choice [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/28/468587/s1200_9902DC45_BDCD_4A1B_947D_BDC98BC4EB99.jpg[/img] Second choice [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/28/468590/s1200_33F8EEEF_DBD8_4A54_8B6A_8CB43A481CA1.jpg[/img] Third choice [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/28/468605/s1200_AD117F83_732C_4044_87CF_B1D2C5F67817.jpg[/img] I’m partial to my teenage years
First choice



Second choice



Third choice


I’m partial to my teenage years
Ooof that 08’ Honda 450 was money, had two of them 🤤🤤
nickm
Profile picture for user nickm
Posts
702
Joined
9/15/2011
Location
CA
nickm 1/3/2021 3:21pm
1/3/2021 3:21pm
For the open class: Thorpe's RC500



For 250/450s: Wardy's SR250


For 125 class: O'Mara's Mugen 125


2

Post a reply to: Your Dream Factory MX Bike