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Marque Remarks => Honda => Topic started by: Tahitian_Red on June 14, 2011, 01:57:16 am

Title: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Tahitian_Red on June 14, 2011, 01:57:16 am

Here a pic of a really nice stock 1977 CR125 I saw at Brad Lackey's Nor Cal Classic.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1301.jpg)

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Tahitian_Red on June 14, 2011, 06:58:25 am

Here are a few more shots.

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1302.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1303.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1305.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1307.jpg)

(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g438/Tahtitian_Red/DSCN1308.jpg)

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: steve234 on June 14, 2011, 08:16:07 am

$1500  :'(

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: mx250 on June 14, 2011, 08:29:37 am

$1500 :o, for a clean original bike. The seller must have been keen for a quick sale.

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Tahitian_Red on June 14, 2011, 08:51:16 am

I do not believe it sold. 

If  you had one as a kid and you wanted a bike to start a collection it was a steal!  If you wanted to race it you would have had to put more than that into it to be competitive (just like back in 1977).  A buddy of mine had one that had tons of mods to it; FMF pipe, Skunk Works carb kit, porting, milled head, aluminum swingarm, Fox Shox, fork kit.  He was barely competitive with the RM's and YZ's.

Still this is a beautiful stock bike.  :)

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: mxfool on June 17, 2011, 05:47:00 pm

only in America

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Bigem on June 17, 2011, 09:45:58 pm

I got one just like that.

(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp166/Bigem08/IMG_0881.jpg)

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: tony27 on June 18, 2011, 09:34:03 am

What the hell is that monstrosity hanging off the back end of the pipe  :o

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on June 18, 2011, 09:56:13 am

that is a USDA (I think) approved "pong" box - geez they were quiet with those on - and wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding either  ;D

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Bigem on June 18, 2011, 10:01:20 pm

That 'monstrosity' was fitted to all M2 and M3 CR125s sold in Australia. the M4 had a slightly smaller more attractive muffler attached!!

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: 090 on June 20, 2011, 08:15:19 am

Quote from: Bigem on June 18, 2011, 10:01:20 pm

That 'monstrosity' was fitted to all M2 and M3 CR125s sold in Australia. the M4 had a slightly smaller more attractive muffler attached!!

I was under the impression that the muffler was standard issue on the U.S models and not the Au models. I have seen a lot of those mufflers on U.S. bikes and never on an Aussie bike. I also thought the 'M4' never made it to Australia.

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on June 20, 2011, 09:28:42 am

Brad I had a 76 with one on it.

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: 090 on June 20, 2011, 09:39:01 am

Well there you go. And here I thought I knew everything! I do now  ;D
Typical Aussies threw everything away and proceeded to flog everything to death. That's why we marvel at so many low hour bikes in the U.S. so well preserved.

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: JohnnyO on June 20, 2011, 12:39:25 pm

The '78 cr125m4 came out over here and it had red fork lower legs and grips but there were not many around and i also remember some '76 CR125's having the big spark arrestor on them.

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: 090 on June 20, 2011, 02:14:10 pm

Was it the '77 250 then that never made it here?

Title: Re: Stock 77 CR125
Post by: Bigem on June 23, 2011, 07:01:31 pm

We never got a 1977 model CR250.

The 76 M2 was that far behind everything else, Honda never bothered bringing the 77 in, and waited out until the RZ arrived.

I bought a CR125M2 new in 1976, still have the receipt, it had the big muffler on it and it is on one of my M3s.

The muffler on this bike was purchased new from Elliot Bros Honda in Bendigo in 1995.