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Offline Husky500evo

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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #60 on: January 17, 2009, 07:02:03 pm »
The two examples of 125 Honda models that Brad mentions were definitely good bikes . I , unfortunately bought a new CR125 M3 in 1977 & it was an absolute dog  >:(. What annoyed me was Honda's advertising of the time suggesting you were getting something similar to what the factory guys were winning on the year before . Suzuki did the same thing by implying that the TM400 Cyclone was based on what DeCoster was riding . At least Suzuki made a TM400 to sell to the public . I think that the European companies were a bit more honest & actually made production bikes based on their worksbikes . I don't know if Honda ever made a production bike that was even close to the previous year's factory bike . If they would have made an RC replica big bore in '78 , '79 or '80 , I probably would have bought one & I think that a lot of other people would have as well .
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #61 on: January 17, 2009, 07:24:35 pm »
The closest production honda evr made to a works bike was the '83 RD models, absolutely awsome every one of them, I am doing my 125RD up at the moment (Mugen Kit, Marzochi forks/ohlins shock)and Im going to go modern racing on it and I reckon it will stack up against any modern 125..... ;D
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« Reply #62 on: January 17, 2009, 10:05:48 pm »
From all reports, Suzuki shouldn't have sold the TM400 seeing as it is top of the list of worst bikes ever.
At the end of the day you can pick any manufacturer to bits as they all had good and bad bikes.  Either side of the 81 490 Maico is the best example.
All manufacturers have stretched the truth as well regarding how close they were to the factory bikes. Maybe the reason why the European bikes were close to their own factory bikes was more the fact that they didn't throw as much money into R & D the way the jap's did.
 E74,with regards to the 125 rd, i did the modern thing on mine( just a stocker though), great bike for sure but i think there is no substitute for 25 years of R&D.
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #63 on: January 17, 2009, 11:38:30 pm »
the RC replica is nice - where did you score the photo from?

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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #64 on: January 18, 2009, 08:26:05 am »
I pinched the RC replica picture from the MXTRAX.UK vintage forum :http://www.mxtrax.co.uk/nice-1980-rc500-replica/forum/viewtopic/60/284597?siteid=6&3
It is the place I go to when OZVMX becomes boring with too many guys waffling on about TS & PE Suzukis &  DT Yamahas . I wish there was a website called OZ vintage shitbox where they could go to instead  ::).
Anyway , the Pommy website link with the RC replica story, has a link back to a US website called : honda-elsinore.com , where it is the feature bike of the month .
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« Reply #65 on: January 18, 2009, 08:49:42 am »
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It is the place I go to when OZVMX becomes boring with too many guys waffling on about TS & PE Suzukis &  DT Yamahas . I wish there was a website called OZ vintage shitbox where they could go to instead

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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #66 on: January 18, 2009, 09:31:34 am »
Yamaha & Suzuki do have a lot of relevance to vintage motocross in Australia , because they actually did make some motocross models  ;).
 
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #67 on: January 18, 2009, 09:43:01 am »
Quote from: 090 on January 17, 2009, 10:05:48 pm

 E74,with regards to the 125 rd, i did the modern thing on mine( just a stocker though), great bike for sure but i think there is no substitute for 25 years of R&D.

I have a 2007 RM125 and they havent changed since the 2002 model so I am only trying to catch 19 years of technology. ::) so whith my new rebuild  I reckon I can carve the same lap times (Grass Track that is ;)) on old red as on it , then again I may just be old or intoxicated  :-\
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #68 on: January 19, 2009, 11:25:00 am »
I was of the understanding that modern 125 two stroke mxers , with the benefits of power valves etc , were making more power now than old school 250 air cooled mxers . I would have expected an '07 model 125 to hose an '83 model . 
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #69 on: January 19, 2009, 02:07:56 pm »
Mark, you are a stirrer my friend! As the saying goes, "A lot of truth is said in jest". Livens up the website somewhat.
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #70 on: January 28, 2009, 03:11:14 am »
[I thought I would share this pic of my Honda that has been restored to race.
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #71 on: January 28, 2009, 10:58:35 pm »
heres a picture i took of a nice honda ;D
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #72 on: September 17, 2009, 01:02:20 am »
Please tell me how to insert an image.
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« Reply #73 on: September 17, 2009, 01:04:37 am »
Ground up reto..  Wifee wants it gone??  mmmmhttp://http://[/img]][/url]][url=http://][/url]
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Re: What's red in your stable?
« Reply #74 on: September 18, 2009, 08:56:41 am »
Quote from: auscobul on November 06, 2008, 08:47:17 pm
Here's my two:
1983 CR480


1979 CR250RZ


Cheers,
Mark

very nice bikes from the era's  :-*


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