Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

Im almost 100% new in this dirt bike area. I owned an old used Huskvarna back in early eighties, wich could be logical since i live in Sweden 100km north of Jönköping where they was manufatured.

Anyway last Sunday by a chance I became the happy owner of a 1980 CR250 the VIN number starts with ME.

I did a search of on the web, and found that often they where referred to as Elsinore’s.

But I can’t find any info why they have that name?
And is my 1980 an real Elsinore?

Enlighten me please

I believe the name is a reference to the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix that was very popular in the 70s. Check out the movie "On Any Sunday" starring Steve McQueen riding under the assumed name Harvey Mushman to avoid the studio discovering his hobby of riding dirt bikes. "Elsinores" run from 1973 (?) through 1981 so yours is an Elsinore. Also the 1978 through 1980 bikes were known as Red Rockets because of the all red paint job.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Elsin ... California[/url]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CR250M
http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_CR250R#1980

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

Thanks
Its fun to know what i layed my hands on.
i had no clue but the price was right.

It needs som love, but it´s mine.

/////Lars Brandow
1980 Honda CR250
1973 Honda K2 CB 750
1972 Kawasaki Z900

You'll find everything you need to know on this forum...

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

Thanks boy's
looking forward to ask a lot of "dumb" questions.



I know i need to loose the tank, but i have not found a Honda one yet



Im currently replacing front and rear bearings, and try to fix the brakes.
The i will take it out for a spinn before i decide what to do next.

Hmmm...

1981 Suzuki RM125 tank?

Rick

Well the first bit of good news is you have ex-Husqvarna Ohlins shocks, rather than the stock Showas....

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF