ANYBODY WHO HAS HALF A CLUE REGARDING THE HISTORY OF DIRT BIKES IN THE POST WWII ERA WILL RECALL HONDA'S CR250M ELSINORE . . . AT THE SAME TIME THAT YAMAHA WAS SHOWING THE WORLD IT'S MONOSHOCK MASTERSTROKE THAT TOOK HAAKEN ANDERSSON TO WORLD DOMINATION, HONDA BROUGHT OUT THE SEXIEST MOTOCROSS RIDE EVER BOLTED TOGETHER . . .
NAKED ALLOY TANK, MATT GREEN NUMBER PLATES, EYEWATERINGLY GORGEOUS LINES, SNAKEY EXHAUST AND THE KILLER STANCE, IT IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF THE OFF ROAD, TWO WHEELED CROWD WORLDWIDE, AS DID ITS BABY BROTHER, THE CR125M . . . I WAS CUTTING OUT PICTURES FROM TWO WHEELS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND AFFIXING THEM TO MY BEDROOM WALL, COULDN'T TAKE MY PRE PUBESCENT EYES OF THE FUCKER . . . TOTALLY BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!
SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THIS TWO STROKE SEX BOMB RE-WROTE THE MOTOCROSS TEXT BOOKS AS FAR AS STYLE AND FUNCTION WENT AT THE TIME, IT LIKELY LED TO THE TRADITIONAL TWIN SHOCK ARSE END CONTINUING ON INTO THE LATE '70's/EARLY 80's FOR MANY MANUFACTURERS, EVEN THOUGH YAMAHA HAD PROVEN THE POTENTIAL OF THE MONOSHOCK WITH ANDERSSON TAKING THE WORLD TITLE IN '73 AND '74 [I THINK ??] . . .
IT'S ALL BESIDE THE POINT, ALONG WITH THE MANX NORTON, TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE, THE FL DUO-GLIDE, THE GPZ900 AND A HANDFULL OF OTHER MILESTONE TWO WHEELED CREATIONS, IT BECAME AN INSTANT AESTHETIC ICON . . . . . . AND IN MY VIEW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EARLY '70's HUSKY'S, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DIRT BIKE EVER PRODUCED . . .
***** TO GET A GOOD PERVE, CLICK ON THE POST TITLE AND SCROLL DOWN ABOUT SEVENTEEN BIKES AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M RAVING ABOUT, THE 1974 CR250M !!!
NAKED ALLOY TANK, MATT GREEN NUMBER PLATES, EYEWATERINGLY GORGEOUS LINES, SNAKEY EXHAUST AND THE KILLER STANCE, IT IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF THE OFF ROAD, TWO WHEELED CROWD WORLDWIDE, AS DID ITS BABY BROTHER, THE CR125M . . . I WAS CUTTING OUT PICTURES FROM TWO WHEELS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND AFFIXING THEM TO MY BEDROOM WALL, COULDN'T TAKE MY PRE PUBESCENT EYES OF THE FUCKER . . . TOTALLY BLOODY GORGEOUS !!!
SUFFICE TO SAY THAT THIS TWO STROKE SEX BOMB RE-WROTE THE MOTOCROSS TEXT BOOKS AS FAR AS STYLE AND FUNCTION WENT AT THE TIME, IT LIKELY LED TO THE TRADITIONAL TWIN SHOCK ARSE END CONTINUING ON INTO THE LATE '70's/EARLY 80's FOR MANY MANUFACTURERS, EVEN THOUGH YAMAHA HAD PROVEN THE POTENTIAL OF THE MONOSHOCK WITH ANDERSSON TAKING THE WORLD TITLE IN '73 AND '74 [I THINK ??] . . .
IT'S ALL BESIDE THE POINT, ALONG WITH THE MANX NORTON, TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE, THE FL DUO-GLIDE, THE GPZ900 AND A HANDFULL OF OTHER MILESTONE TWO WHEELED CREATIONS, IT BECAME AN INSTANT AESTHETIC ICON . . . . . . AND IN MY VIEW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EARLY '70's HUSKY'S, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DIRT BIKE EVER PRODUCED . . .
***** TO GET A GOOD PERVE, CLICK ON THE POST TITLE AND SCROLL DOWN ABOUT SEVENTEEN BIKES AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M RAVING ABOUT, THE 1974 CR250M !!!
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