1975 Honda Elsinore CR 250 - vintage mx build

We got a chance to test beautiful 1975 Honda Elsinore CR250 dirt bike build done by my friend Pauly Chambers with a little help from Jay Clark @dirtbiketv1 This is my first experience with vintage MX bike, its different but a lot of fun too! Check out the video and let me know your thoughts, cheers!
Pictures by Donnie Bales and Pauly Chambers
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1975 Honda Elsinore CR250 vintage dirt bike build

[@davidjackson7051]

Back in my day I had a factory 250 CR Elsinore change the Rake a few degrees change the swing arm gave me more travel in rear added a high rise pipe it was fast n clean looking loved it I was top of my class❤😂😊

[@grahamchilds821]

The greatest motocross dinosaur ever made very spectacular

[@leesamuelson]

needs major carb adjustment. Should rev out clean, but this blubbers and falls on it's face. I had a 76 CR125M !

[@cliffreed8912]

Yes, it definitely needs some work. Would be a lot quicker with a tune up.

[@scottmeredith8951]

Love seeing the vintage bikes. Brings back memories from my younger days.

[@dirtniron]

did you ride one of these?

[@davidlock7572]

Nice work. When I inherited dad's Elsinore it had a nest in the airbox, was lucky I looked before starting it. All the droppings and bits of foam

[@grahamchilds821]

This red stripe elsinore is a jewel of a bike that should stay nice in a museum these are absolutely beautifull can t stop looking at these bikes are gold absolutely stunning can,t take my eyes off these exiting bikes even today brings back best of moments just to feel and own one is a dream and waking up to finding one of these as loverly present in the bedroom

[@davepalmatier5190]

That's a Beautiful Bike, I had a 71 or 72 Yamaha trail bike then I got a 76 yz basket Case that thing was a Rocket. Had to put locktight on most of the bolts

[@grahamchilds821]

These were the bikes that started motocross and they were the star attraction on the motocross track they deserve a shiny red star for this beautifull kreation keep the dream alive brothers of vintage

[@bradsanders6954]

Husqvarna started selling 2 stroke MX bikes way earlier, over 10 years earlier.

[@take5th]

I had one the first year it came out. It was a beautiful bike and I loved it. I remember putting a flywheel weight on it and adding better shocks and welding on a kit to move up the mounts when that started being in fashion. Then I got married and raced no more. Until now! Wish I had her now as I try to tame the DRZ. I show my Elsinore briefly in my video.

[@dirtniron]

thanks for sharing Stephen, fun bike for sure!

[@luisibanez3600]

1973 -1975 epic ,gold age ,of motocroos, remember, roger da coster or magoo?? Best of the Best.

[@PremixandPedals]

I have raced some AHRMA events here on the east coast for several years and I am hooked! The vintage scene is really cool...so laid back and fun! My buddy let me race his 81 Maico 490 at Unadilla for last year's MX Rewind. I was so scared but it was the time of my life! In opinion, this is something everybody needs to try if for no other reason than to get some respect for the riders and machines that have made this sport what it is today!!! Thanks, Rado!!!

[@dirtniron]

cool man, it does seem like a fun thing to do for sure!

[@zardportugal]

Beautiful bike. Cheers.

[@dirtniron]

glad you like it!

[@deanwaring6100]

Very nice 👌 👍🏻

[@bryanslittlegarage5724]

Man I was 5 when that was built lol. Love it would love to have it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️💯🔥

[@dirtniron]

sweet bike, piece of history!

[@guadalupepulido2978]

Wow what a nice bike

[@dirtniron]

We agree!

[@maxhenry1977]

Nice touch with the vintage car and tractor behind you 👍

[@dirtniron]

Thanks Max 👍

[@GT-mn3bx]

This was first or 2nd year of Fox AirShox. I had some on my late 70s RMs.

[@marisolconde6326]

First time I saw a CR 125M was in Lima ,Peru in 1974 , suppose my face was close to Drew Barrymore's had in ET... 😅

[@WawanNaswa82]

Very nice video 💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dirtniron]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@stantissue2065]

There was a bike being campaigned by the factory that year, with the aluminum tank, red stripe on the top instead of green, and Fox air shocks moved up on the swing arm, up pipe. Sort of a semi production bike. Pretty much just like that thing. I forget who was riding it that year. Pierre Karsmakers was riding the all red full factory RC. No reed, no power valve, usable power was all in one spot pretty much. You get used to it. We ditched the Keihin carb for a 30mm Mikuni on the CR125’s. I can’t remember what the 250’s had, but they ran OK. After ‘73 they were really not competitive against the YZ and the RM, and the Bultaco’s and Maico’s were much easier to ride and faster than the Honda. In ‘73 they dominated.

[@grahamchilds821]

A special bike for special people 1975 elsinore the red stripe gas tank the beautifull year when it came out

[@randallmorgan7658]

In love❤️!!!!

[@DADSGETNDOWN]

Needs to be tuned better.

[@dirtniron]

yea, she was bit rich on the bottom

[@randallmorgan7658]

Leaving CA! Wander why? Lol so sad what CA has become

[@davidskaar3232]

I left California in 2002.

[@davidbeauvais1364]

Dirtbiking is now actually illegal in California only permitted now in completely private property. Good luck

[@johnnygeorgopoulos4072]

I don't doubt you knowing CA's socialist BS.....but.... you've got to be kidding me 😅

[@davepalmatier5190]

COMMIEFORNA IT'S SAD WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS GREAT CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC

[@garysavala665]

Stop the cap you only can’t register a new race bike . I can ride my 02 cr anywhere I want all year long .

[@cabinvibesebaystore8956]

New sub! Liked 🚀🌞😀

[@dirtniron]

Welcome aboard, Thanks!

[@samozemla]

Čau Rado! Ako som ti už raz písal, určite by to chcelo zrenovovať nejakú našu Motokrosovú ČZ, som rád že nad tým uvažuješ. 🙂 Aspoň by si všetkým ukázal aké super vymakané stroje sa u nás vyrábali... A mám takú jednu otázočku, keďže aj tuto doma je problém zohnať krosové ČZty, a aj ľudí čo poznám si ich dovážali zo zahraničia (Anglicko, Maďarsko, poprípade aj po dieloch z Ukrajiny kvôli problémom s dovozom) aká je situácia v USA? Objavia sa ešte občas nejaké kúsky na predaj? Ďakujem za odpoveď a maj sa pekne. 🙂

[@dirtniron]

Ahoj Samo, ano vidim tu sem tam nieco na predaj a hlavne na vintage MX races ich stale vidim v plnej krase. Kazdy z moto komunity tu pozna CZ, skoda ze komunisti zastavili pokrok v Cezete a Jawe, kde sme dnes mohli byt.. KTM uroven mozno?

[@samozemla]

@@dirtniron Tak to je super. Je pekné že všade vo svete existujú ľudia ktorí poznajú a venujú sa aj našim strojom... A ani nehovor, Jawa, ČZ ale napríklad aj taká Tatra- to všetko boli svetové značky s obrovským potenciálom, ktoré mali veľa výrobných prvenstiev, technologických inovácií a mali nabehnuté na slušnú budúcnosť, a dovolím si tvrdiť že by dnes boli na vyššej úrovni ako niektorí iní výrobcovia vo svete. Bohužiaľ to ale všetko dopadlo tak ako dopadlo, a dnes tu neostalo nič...

[@davidjackson7051]

I lead my first race on it n won1$t n my class 250cc😊

[@ModernSunlight]

I have a vin 3Y0000954 on a honda 250. how do I get details?

[@dirtniron]

I would try some vintage bike forums

[@CraZehunter-rq1zu]

Nice and first

[@anthonybellini8501]

Is that bike for sale by any chance

[@dirtniron]

I dont think so, but you can ask @paulychambersphotography on IG

[@halseyknox]

Why do guys persist on putting black rims on these vintage bikes from era.....silver only

[@RadioReprised]

And quit putting gold chains on them too!

[@bradsanders6954]

Its funny what people think about this bike. This was the absolute last place bike in 1975, progress was fast and this thing was a stop gap measure so Honda could keep trying to sell old tech. Nothing spectacular about this bike. I had the 73 250 Elsinore, a fragile ill handling bike that a lot of people thought was great. Mine blew to bits twice and I moved on to a KTM GP 250.

[@GT-mn3bx]

The rider is afraid of it. Check out Jaryd McNeil on some vintage iron. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g365lXh6Zd-iotE

[@dirtniron]

thats some nice riding!

[@aserehe4349]

gaspol

[@Brent-qu3yk]

Elsinore were good bikes in 73 -74 however they were overrated HONDA HYPE!!! But I still wanted one

[@louisavondart9178]

That bike is badly jetted. It shouldn't burble like that when in the powerband. Far too rich. There wasn't anything wrong with the brakes. People are too soft these days. When this bike was new, you braked by hitting berms, hay bales and track marshals. Next time, ride it on a 250 track, not one for 75cc bikes.

[@dirtniron]

hahaha, love the part about the brakes! yea, bike was rich..

[@othgmark1]

Wrong year that is a 76 model. It should be all red. Totally uncompetitive by 1976. 73-75 were basically the same, 76 had the high pipe and the swingarm with the shocks in that location. Bad jetting narrows the powerband even more.