1975 Honda Elsinore CR 250 - vintage mx build

We got a chance to test beautiful 1975 Honda Elsinore CR250 dirt bike build done by my friend Pauly Chambers with a little help from Jay Clark @dirtbiketv1 This is my first experience with vintage MX bike, its different but a lot of fun too! Check out the video and let me know your thoughts, cheers!

Pictures by Donnie Bales and Pauly Chambers

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1975 Honda Elsinore CR250 vintage dirt bike build

[davepalmatier]

That's a Beautiful Bike, I had a 71 or 72 Yamaha trail bike then I got a 76 yz basket Case that thing was a Rocket. Had to put locktight on most of the bolts

[grahamchilds]

The greatest motocross dinosaur ever made very spectacular

[davidjackson]

Back in my day I had a factory 250 CR Elsinore change the Rake a few degrees change the swing arm gave me more travel in rear added a high rise pipe it was fast n clean looking loved it I was top of my class❤😂😊

[scottmeredith]

Love seeing the vintage bikes. Brings back memories from my younger days.

[davidlock]

Nice work. When I inherited dad's Elsinore it had a nest in the airbox, was lucky I looked before starting it. All the droppings and bits of foam

[grahamchilds]

This red stripe elsinore is a jewel of a bike that should stay nice in a museum these are absolutely beautifull can t stop looking at these bikes are gold absolutely stunning can, t take my eyes off these exiting bikes even today brings back best of moments just to feel and own one is a dream and waking up to finding one of these as loverly present in the bedroom

[leesamuelson]

needs major carb adjustment. Should rev out clean, but this blubbers and falls on it's face. I had a 76 CR125M !

[taketh]

I had one the first year it came out. It was a beautiful bike and I loved it. I remember putting a flywheel weight on it and adding better shocks and welding on a kit to move up the mounts when that started being in fashion. Then I got married and raced no more. Until now! Wish I had her now as I try to tame the DRZ. I show my Elsinore briefly in my video.

[PremixandPedals]

I have raced some AHRMA events here on the east coast for several years and I am hooked! The vintage scene is really cool...so laid back and fun! My buddy let me race his 81 Maico 490 at Unadilla for last year's MX Rewind. I was so scared but it was the time of my life! In opinion, this is something everybody needs to try if for no other reason than to get some respect for the riders and machines that have made this sport what it is today!!! Thanks, Rado!!!

[grahamchilds]

These were the bikes that started motocross and they were the star attraction on the motocross track they deserve a shiny red star for this beautifull kreation keep the dream alive brothers of vintage

[marisolconde]

First time I saw a CR 125M was in Lima, Peru in 1974, suppose my face was close to Drew Barrymore's had in ET... 😅

[bryanslittlegarage]

Man I was 5 when that was built lol. Love it would love to have it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯🔥

[maxhenry]

Nice touch with the vintage car and tractor behind you 👍

[luisibanez]

1973 -1975 epic, gold age, of motocroos, remember, roger da coster or magoo?? Best of the Best.

[GT-mnbx]

This was first or 2nd year of Fox AirShox. I had some on my late 70s RMs.

[grahamchilds]

A special bike for special people 1975 elsinore the red stripe gas tank the beautifull year when it came out

[PGUBHEI]

There was a bike being campaigned by the factory that year, with the aluminum tank, red stripe on the top instead of green, and Fox air shocks moved up on the swing arm, up pipe. Sort of a semi production bike. Pretty much just like that thing. I forget who was riding it that year. Pierre Karsmakers was riding the all red full factory RC. No reed, no power valve, usable power was all in one spot pretty much. You get used to it. We ditched the Keihin carb for a 30mm Mikuni on the CR125’s. I can’t remember what the 250’s had, but they ran OK. After ‘73 they were really not competitive against the YZ and the RM, and the Bultaco’s and Maico’s were much easier to ride and faster than the Honda. In ‘73 they dominated.

[randallmorgan]

Leaving CA! Wander why? Lol so sad what CA has become

[davidbeauvais]

Dirtbiking is now actually illegal in California only permitted now in completely private property. Good luck

[halseyknox]

Why do guys persist on putting black rims on these vintage bikes from only