PETE'S PICKS PT3 1992 HONDA CR125R Insta: 444restore
The Honda CR125 is probably the most well-known dirtbike. For some reason, whenever I meet someone who finds out I love dirtbikes, they often feign interest in my passion by saying something like “Oh cool, yeah, when I was a kid I used to ride my neighbour's CR125”. I used to think people just say that to me because it's the only bike they know but after a little investigating, it turns out the CR125 was one of the most popular bikes ever made.
Honda launched the CR125M in 1973, with a two-stroke, 123cc, air-cooled motor in it. It proved to be a very popular motorcycle dominating the sales floor and the race track. Then, in 1978 Honda launched the CR125 Elsinore; a rare bike that was very well-built. It was equipped with a six-speed transmission and was distinguishable by the expansion chamber on the front of the cylinder where the exhaust attaches.
Despite the Godfather of Honda, Soichiro Honda, stating in the ‘60s that “Honda will never build a two-stroke motorcycle” Honda did in fact go and build a two-stroke motorcycle and a very good one at that. The 1974 CR125M was produced in greater numbers than any motocross bike ever built. That's why everyone knows someone who's ridden a CR125.
Rumour has it, that the Honda
