Honda CR125M

The Honda CR125M Elsinore is a motorcycle designed and made by Honda and released in late 1973, modelled after the first Elsinore, the CR250M, and priced at 749 dollars at its debut. Marty Smith won the 1974 AMA National Motocross championship on a CR125M, which boosted the Elsinore's popularity, and the September 1973 issue of Dirt Bike argued it was the only off-road bike on the market that offered both speed and reliability, while rival Japanese 125 cc motocross bikes needed major upgrades. Built in Japan and tested on motocross tracks in Japan and California, it had a chrome-moly tube frame, a six-speed gearbox, four-point adjustable Showa shocks, plastic fenders and a magnesium engine casing. The 124 cc air-cooled single-cylinder two-stroke produced a claimed 22 hp.