Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

Hey everyone, I am new to this forum. Hello!

I am working on a 1973 CR250M restoration and have been looking for a stand. I bought what I believe is a factory Honda stand for my bike. These seem to be hard to come by and I am looking for some clarification. Anyones help would be greatly appreciated!

I have attached a picture of my stand, I believe this is a stand people could purchase directly from Honda. Is that correct?

My real question is about the center work stand shown in the exploded parts view of the frame. The stand is simaliar but different. I was wondering if the stand in the exploded parts view actually came with the CR250M in when bought new in 1973 or if the only one you could get was the factory stand like I bought.


Thanks for the help!!

I have added the exploded parts view. The stand I am referring to is #9.

You have is Item #14 Honda MO/M1 CR 125 stand, main p/n 50500-360-810 Honda code 0340489 Shown on Honda parts 1-E-1 under Muffler-Step- Stand.
I had 3 at one time but MX here in Ohio in the 70's was HUGE so accessories were common here. Nice find.

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1994 AHRMA National Champion Sportsman 125 Intermediate.
1996 AHRMA National Champion Classic 125 Expert.

Thank you!

I am trying to learn what I can about this stand since I am trying to document my build. I was told that it is a factory honda stand for a CR250M and it does fit my 250M (1973).

Was this just an optional part from Honda that they offered for the CR125 and it happened to work for the CR250M, or was there a CR125 version and a CR250M version? Or was this the factory stand people would buy as an optional accessory and it happened to be added to the CR125 parts list?

The 125 stand was totally different than the 250 because of the tapered and narrower frame rails.
I have old micro fiche as references, there isnt really a way to make a copy of the pages.

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1994 AHRMA National Champion Sportsman 125 Intermediate.
1996 AHRMA National Champion Classic 125 Expert.

Ok great, so I think that really answers my question then. It sounds like the stand I have is a factory stand that was sold by honda as an optional accessory just for the CR250M. I wish I could find the actual part number but I does look different than the stand in the parts view for the 1973 CR250M.

Hard to tell if that is an original Honda stand or one of the many reproductions available from Ebay.
I have both and my Ebay stand looks identical to my Honda stand. The main difference is the OE
Honda stand uses hollow tubing, many of the repros use solid. It's really easy to fab up one yourself.
You can use the parts fiche pictures for the general shape and build it so that the height lifts the back
tire a couple inches off the ground.

One thing I did to make the stands a little more frame friendly was to coat the cradles with Black
plasti dip, keeps the stand from scratching your cradle every time you drag your Elsie on or off.

dogger

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1973 CR250M
1979 CR250R
1993 CR250R
2008 CR500R
2009 CR250R

Thanks Dogger. Was this stand the optional stand that honda has listed as part number 50500-357-811 on the 1973 CR250M parts diagram of the frame? The picture in the parts diagram looks different but I have never seen one that looked like the diagram. Thanks!

Yes. If you want to see a picture of it, PM me.

dogger

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1973 CR250M
1979 CR250R
1993 CR250R
2008 CR500R
2009 CR250R