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 Post subject: 1980 Honda CR125
PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:02 pm 
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I have a question I hope some of you can help answer. I bought another 1980 cr125. My son does not like me riding his. The bike showed up and I started tearing it down for rebuild. I noticed the swing arm is from a 1979 cr125. Why would they have done this? This bike came with Fox Air Shox and Simons forks. Good find. Just wondering if I should go back to the'80 swing arm. Appreciate the opinions.

Bill Hobson 114
1979 Honda CR250
(2) 1980 Honda CR125
1977 Yamaha YZ100
1980 Yamaha YZ100
1974 Honda XR75 (My Favorite)


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 Post subject: Re: 1980 Honda CR125
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:40 am 
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If it were my bike, I'd put the '80 arm back on. IMO the '80 'banana' style arm & normal shock angle is much better than the older lay-down setup.

Ray

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 Post subject: Re: 1980 Honda CR125
PostPosted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:31 pm 
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thank you Ray. Looking for swing arm now.


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 Post subject: Re: 1980 Honda CR125
PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:00 pm 
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If you fit a 1980 swingarm you will need to replace the shocks , the 79's will be way to long. Tbh I've raced both 1980 and 79 and I would stay with the 79 arm and look for an aluminium 79 arm. Neither stock arm's are great and both are very heavy. I actually prefer the 79 bike when it's sorted.


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