Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A CR125M ridden by Marty Smith won the 1974 AMA National Motocross championship, [1] spurring the Elsinore's popularity. The September 1973 issue of Dirt Bike argued that the 125 Honda Elsinore was the only off-road bike on the market at the time that offered both speed and reliability. [ 2 ]
Honda CR125M Elsinore. Honda launched the CR125M in 1973, branded as the "20 Horsepower Feather". Offered at a low price of $749, [6] it had a top speed of 60 mph and was equipped with a two-stroke 123 cc (7.5 cu in) air cooled motor. [7] It was a very popular motorcycle, and it dominated motocross for a while.
The Honda CR250M had a two-stroke 29 horsepower engine, and weighed in at 229 pounds (104 kg). [2] [3] Designed by Soichiro Miyakoshi, the prototype production machine began testing in Japan in 1971, and on California motocross tracks in 1972. [4]
The Honda ATC125M was a three-wheeled All Terrain Cycle released in 1984, and received a major revision in 1986. The model was sold through 1987, when Honda voluntarily discontinued sales of ATC's. The model was sold through 1987, when Honda voluntarily discontinued sales of ATC's.
In developing countries where typical motorcycles are 125–150 cc (7.6–9.2 cu in) displacement, the larger 249.5 cc (15.23 cu in) CBR250R is at the higher end of the sport bike range, [10] looking similar to much more powerful sporting machines with its full fairing in Honda's new layered style that was introduced on the 2008 CBR1000RR Fireblade and 2010 VFR1200F.
The Honda CR93 was a twin cylinder 125 cc four stroke racing motorcycle, [1] manufactured during 1962–1963 as a production-volume clubman's racer, and was used in racing for many years. The engine used gear-driven double overhead camshafts with four valves and two long taper megaphone exhausts at a designated peak rpm of 12,000.
The 250 cc (15 cu in) Honda C71 and C72 Dream, and the identical C76 and C77 bikes with 305 cc (18.6 cu in) displacement, were the first larger-capacity motorcycles that Honda mass-exported.
The Honda MT125R was a production Grand Prix motorcycle racing roadracer designed for closed-course competition roadracing. It was produced by Honda Racing Service Center (RSC) and made available to the general public. It was also marketed for the U.S. market in the years 1977–1978 through the American Honda Motorcycle dealer network and in ...