Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

ive been around vintage bikes my whole life, bultacos,can ams, huskys, but i just purchased a 1975 honda mt 125 elsinore.. and im about to start a restoration and turn it into a motocreosser... any tips on this model/ elsinores would be helpfull

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75 mt125 elsinore
76 alpina 350
79 gs550l

Are you sure it is a MT vs. CR?The MT was the street/dual sport version of the MX CR.

Just my opinion but if it is still in street trim I would keep it as a dual sport and street legal if possible. The Honda dual sports sell for a premium, somewhere between $1000 and $2500 if they are perfect. If you want an all out racer a CR would be a better starting point and the sale of a street legal, registered, MT125 would get you a heck of a head start on a CR.

That being said, I have both MT250s and CR250s. Probably get lynched as a heretic but other then engine performance and weight, the bikes have quite a similar feel to them. IOW: If your MT has already been stripped, it will make a decent dirt bike. My first MT was stripped and all I did was rebuild it and with an after market expansion chamber it goes plenty fast to buck me off.

Rick

it has been stripped of street accesories... no lights...etc...thats why i wanted it as a mxer....plus i have bet going with my father my elsinore vs his lobito ...

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75 mt125 elsinore
76 alpina 350
79 gs550l

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/mcy/600579477.html

here's a picture....

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75 mt125 elsinore
76 alpina 350
79 gs550l