Time for another selection from my personal collection of classic magazines. This one covers the 125 class of 1992 and appeared in the most influential publication of the time – Motocross Action. In it, the Honda CR125R, Kawasaki KX125, Suzuki RM125, Yamaha YZ125 and KTM 125MX fight it out for tiddler supremacy. #Braaappp 1992 125 Motocross Action Shootout PDF Continue reading 1992 Motocross Action 125 Motocross shootout
Here is another couple of classics from my personal collection of motocross ads and brochures. This one covers Honda’s awesome 1986 CR lineup. In this year, the red bikes were by far the best bikes in pretty much every class and dominated in the magazines and on the track. Great bikes then and real classics today. I am going to include both the excellent brochure … Continue reading 1986 Honda CR125R, CR250R and CR500R Brochure and Magazine Ads
Here are a couple more from my classic motocross brochure collection. These are are both from 1995 and cover the 1995 Honda CRs. One is from here in the US and the other is from our friends down under in Australia. At the time, I hated these purple CRs, but they have really grown on me over the years, Now, they look cool, in an … Continue reading 1995 Honda CR80R, CR125R, CR250R and CR500R Brochures
This is another video from my personal collection, but this one is of me riding with my buddy Trenton Thomas at Ross and Joe Barlett’s backyard mini Supercross track in 1994. First, I take a few laps on my trusty Honda CR250R, then I jump on Trenton’s ’94 CR125R to try out life without any torque. This was a fun day, but it was early March, … Continue reading Practicing on Bartlett’s Supercross track in 1994.
Here are Honda’s two-stroke mini class motocross racers from the first CR80R in 1980, through the CR85R’s demise in 2007. While often not the best bikes in the class, the CR80R and CR85R could always be counted on to provide potent performance. In 2007, Honda made the unfortunate decision to abandon the two-strokes and move to four-strokes across the board. This signaled the end of … Continue reading Honda CR80R and CR85R history 1980-2007
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