1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore Dade City 2023 FTR Event.

Racing a vintage Honda CR125 Elsinore on a very fun and fast Florida Trail Riders Dade City Hare Scrambles race. The track featured a lot of long straightaways and slick black dirt with many tree roots. I seized my bike in practice at this event last year and I did some rejetting and tried to be a little gentler on the engine in the really fast sections. The tree roots gave me fits in spots, because my Honda is really light weight and has a rather narrow powerband. The bike likes to light up the rear tire and spit you off over the slick tree roots if you get too aggressive with the throttle. My friend Kevin was riding his fast Yamaha 360 and gave me fits all day. I finally ran out of talent and went down a couple of times and Kevin got a well-deserved win. We had fun dodging other riders on modern bikes and trying not to hit trees in the beginning of the race. I was better in the tighter areas, and he was better on the long straights. This video is the first lap and I ended up coming off the bike and knocking my GoPro loose and the video had to end after that.

[@AndyH-13]

I felt like I was riding with you and then we fell off, shocked the hell out of me. That little CR is a goer.

[@brandongardner9829]

Awesome little bike, you're ridin real good too.

[@wheeliewadethiesen2946]

Brings back so many good memories 👍

[@bobbyverne9714]

Tearing it up! That old Elsinore is a beast!! Looks like you're having the time of your life!!

[@el34superlead]

Nice job. Imagine what you could do on a modern bike like a 79 CR. 😂👍

[@jackfly9755]

I still remember back in the early 80's I had a Yamaha YZ 125 and my friend had a 74 Elsinore 125 and that bike was scary fast, great memories. thanks for sharing and good on you keeping it on the pipe. We ran from the cops when ripping thru the neighborhood to get to the trails. 😀

[@danhoedemaker3273]

Wow you run the dog sh!t outta that thing, impressive to say the least. Im building a '74cr125m currently and thanks for proving to me that these things are awesome performers for their era. Keep on truckin dude, maybe ill get passed by you out there one of these days :) thanks for putting these videos out, please keep it up 😎

[@Hipedcat]

👍

[@kylenorthover1721]

The first time I saw a Honda 125 and a 250 elsinore, was in 1976,, in a show room, and to this day, if you maintain that bike,,like this one has and restored,,it will be hell" on wheels!!but this guy is a excellent rider???

[@EarthSurferUSA]

This 2-stroke ended the 4-strokes in 74 too, just like today. :)