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The popularity of the CR250M and its derivatives soared after Gary Jones rode a stock machine to win the 1973 AMA 250 national motocross series. [3] In 1974 the CR250M was followed by its smaller version, the Honda CR125M, [5] and the first US Honda factory that opened in 1979 in Marysville, Ohio built CR250Ms. [9]
The Honda CR series was a line of two-stroke off-road motorcycles made by Honda from 1973 to 2007. They are racing motorcycles with countless trophies in the 125, 250 and 500 motocross classes. They are racing motorcycles with countless trophies in the 125, 250 and 500 motocross classes.
CR125M Elsinore. The Honda CR125M Elsinore is a motorcycle designed and manufactured by Honda and released in late 1973. Modeled after the first Elsinore, the Honda CR250M, the 124cc version sold for $749 at its debut. A CR125M ridden by Marty Smith won the 1974 AMA National Motocross championship, [1] spurring the Elsinore
A 125 cc class was added in 1974. As motocross technology developed, 500 cc two-stroke motocross bikes became too powerful for the average rider and, faced with diminishing numbers of competitors, the AMA discontinued the 500 cc class after the 1993 season.
Marty Smith (November 26, 1956 – April 27, 2020) was an American professional motocross racer. [1] He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1974 to 1981, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team with whom he won 18 AMA race victories and three National Motocross championships. [1]
1985-1987 Honda Fourtrax 250; 1986-1989 Honda Fourtrax 250R; 1987–1988, 1991-1992 Honda Fourtrax 250X; 2006–present Honda Sportrax 250EX/250X; 1988-2000 Honda Fourtrax 300; 1993-1999 Honda Fourtrax 300EX; 1986-1989 Honda Fourtrax 350/Foreman 350 (Honda's first four-wheel-drive ATV) 2000-2015 Honda Rancher 350; 1999-2016 Honda Fourtrax 400EX ...
The Honda MR50 Elsinore is an off-road mini cycle made by Honda. [1] It was manufactured in Japan by Honda and imported first to Australia and the United States in 1974 and continued to be available in the United States, Canada and Australia until production was discontinued in 1975. It was patterned after the CR125 and CR250 Elsinores.
A Honda XL250 Degree from the 1990s. Honda XL250 is a four-stroke 250 cc (15 cu in) motorcycle from Honda introduced in 1972 and manufactured through most of the 1980s. When it appeared it was the first modern four-stroke enduro motorcycle and the first mass-produced four-valve motorcycle.