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My wife has never ridden a motorcycle before, but wants to learn. I figured one of the best bikes to learn on was the good old reliable Honda XR75. Tens of thousands of guys our age learned to ride on these bikes, so that should be great for her. I picked up this baby from Ebay. Of course I won't be able to leave it alone. Will style it after my '79 CR250. Will pick up an aluminum swingarm, Fox Airshox, and a set of CR80 leading axle forks. Should be pretty cool. 
Was fun hiding in the bushes then sneak attacking was easy with the stock exhaust. Parents would cringe today cause we never wore any protective gear.
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Hard to argue with Jeff Ward's results on the old XR's.
should be a great bike for her. I probably overpaid a bit for it - $1800 - but it came with gold rims already, which saved me a lot of time, money, and hassle compared to a bike without.
I remember the same thing back in the day - these bikes would run and run forever - even after being stored for years they would start up on the first kick.
Hey does anyone remember if C&J made frames for these bikes? I know some companies made mono shock frames, but I wanna stick with the dual rear shock setup
This is pretty close to what I'm shooting for
But with: red swingarm, natural finish on forks - but with the white plastic fork protectors like the RC's, possibly red engine (gotta think more about that one), white backgrounds with black numbers
What we have said about little Rippers, such as Wardy on these XR's, doing so good on these etc, remember there was a very fast kid from the Kent regions here(somewhat Southern England, not far from London) who also had a grey XR75, maybe 1976/77 - think it was very tricked out and he had something to do with the famous road racer Paul Smart (GP rider and Imola 200 winner), who may have sponsored him on this XR75- he was hard to beat around that time and flew on that little grey XR75- abit like an English Wardy!
$1800? - a steal, compared to here that is- maybe worth alot more than that here- guessing may be as much as $2500 here in that lovely condition.
Such a cool little bike and the history and memories these bikes hold for many.
And yes, as TyDog said - gold rims are from Full Circle Racing. Got quite a few of their rims and will no doubt buy more. They look great. We’ll see how they hold up when I start racing these bikes. Honestly, though, as slow as I am they should be fine!!!
As we are all saying, these little bikes are loved by thousands of old racers who grew up with them, sure the value will rocket, just like the little 'red rocket'!
Good buy and investment I'm sure and do not think you can go wrong. I reckon that bike here in UK with the gold rims and that condition could be $2500-$3000.
She is a little beauty and enjoy her!
78 XR75 for sale
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