Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

Hey guys! I just purchased a Honda 79 125 Elsanore bike and want to get started restoring it. I need help in finding suppliers for pretty much everything that I will need to get this puppy up and running. If you can, please post vendors that you have used and are satisfied. Thanks again for the help.

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EB
Austin, Texas

Invest some time browsing this and the forum at http://www.red-racer.com and you will find much of what you need. If not, then post a specific question.

I'll start you off with two places that are good for NOS parts that are supposedly discontinued from Honda: http://www.westernhillshonda.com and http://www.cmsnl.com.

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

http://www.jastco.com does the prettiest and most functional chain guide for CRs and I suspect it will fit yours as well as my '79 CR250R. The guide itself is protected all-round from the chain by replaceanble nylon block. To my mind it is much superior to both the OEM and Fox after-market designs.

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

Michael,

Thank you so much for your input. I will start keeping an eye on this forum.

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EB
Austin, Texas

I would very cautious using Red Racer. I have had some plastic on order since mid August and still have not recieved it. I have inquired about it 3 times, and was told the first two times it would ship "this week or next'. The last time I inquired was a week ago, and I have not heard back from them yet. I sent an email and it was returned as 'undeliverable'. I know a lot of people on this site have had good luck with them, but I have not. Personally, I won't use them again if I have any other options at all.

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Restoring a 1979 CR250R.....

For plastics, I'd go with dcplastics. Scroll down the thread list on this forum to purchasing plastics and you can see a pic of a set of dcplastics that I put on my '76 Elsinore. I also got them delivered in less than a week.

I had waited for months to hear from redracer on the plastics. Fortunately, I had checked availability before going ahead and paying for any of them. However, I did order the graphics from them which appear in the pic I mentioned above. THose arrived in a matter of days and are of excellent quality.

CharlieT, I checked out your pic and your bike sure looks good. I need some feedback on where I can take the frame and motor to get it painted. Also, how about the shocks/forks. Where did you go for that?

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EB
Austin, Texas