What’s The OLDEST Motorcycle You Currently Own ? Tell Us About It.....

Ian_McGregor 4/18/2020 12:54pm
4/18/2020 12:54pm
Ian_McGregor wrote:
Honda cr250 1986 which I’ve owned for fifteen years, I did a few evo races when I first finished the rebuild then parked her up until...
Honda cr250 1986 which I’ve owned for fifteen years, I did a few evo races when I first finished the rebuild then parked her up until my Son,who was fifteen at the time,decided he wanted to race her,so I gave her a check over and he raced at a few evo events until riding his modern bike took over again. I put her up for sale just before the covid 19 shitstorm happened,might just keep her instead.

Moto520 wrote:
Wow.....that’s nice
Thank you
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1979 YZ250,not my oldest bike but the only one I have a picture of

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snackfedbear 4/18/2020 1:34pm
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Bret wrote:
1981 MAICO 490. Still have it. Still race it. The original owner was a neighbor that sold me his '79 MAICO 400. He had to quit...
1981 MAICO 490. Still have it. Still race it. The original owner was a neighbor that sold me his '79 MAICO 400. He had to quit riding after a car accident. Out of the blue he decided to give it to me under one condition, that I never sell it. I have kept that promise for over thirty years. When I take that final checkered flag it goes to my son.

Here are a few pics of Leroy Bonez on my Maico from our Halloween party this year!





My dad restored this bike in 2012 as his first project after retirement. He got it from an old friend who was the original owner. His wife bought it for him as a valentines day gift from the showroom floor! The original number is still on it hence the 214. Old man had it sitting in a storage container in his back yard for over a decade! Original front and rear fender with the green sticker that says July ‘92!. My pops gave it to me and said I can’t ever sell it as well. Now it’s technically my son’s bike lol don’t think we will ever sell and it will stay getting passed down.
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snackfedbear 4/18/2020 1:35pm
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neverwas wrote:
1979 YZ250,not my oldest bike but the only one I have a picture of [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/18/421189/s1200_IMG_20200101_142736200.jpg[/img]
1979 YZ250,not my oldest bike but the only one I have a picture of

Just gotta day how sick it is you have Hoosiers on that thing!
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PK97 4/18/2020 2:09pm
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‘73 CR250. ‘74 MR50 up on the bench and my ‘79 CR250
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Bret wrote:
1981 MAICO 490. Still have it. Still race it. The original owner was a neighbor that sold me his '79 MAICO 400. He had to quit...
1981 MAICO 490. Still have it. Still race it. The original owner was a neighbor that sold me his '79 MAICO 400. He had to quit riding after a car accident. Out of the blue he decided to give it to me under one condition, that I never sell it. I have kept that promise for over thirty years. When I take that final checkered flag it goes to my son.

newmann wrote:
Coming up on 40 years and once again, the most competitive bike in the class for post vintage racing. Bonus points for the peristyle jump!
https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/users/68292/avatar/s200x600_1981_KTM_495_1…

1981 KTM 495 to go with your Maico.
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godog wrote:
This is the oldest bike I own. 1977 JR50 Not the exact one that I had as a kid but very similar. My grandfather won my...
This is the oldest bike I own.
1977 JR50
Not the exact one that I had as a kid but very similar. My grandfather won my original JR50 at the Canadian Suzuki dealer show as a door prize. This particular one was purchased from the family dealership tho and I acquired it as payment for a work swap rebuilding a set a forks and shock for the owner of the machine shop I was working for 16 years ago.


Someone gave me one of these in 1984, I was 22 at the time. I could almost pull 360s on it, I got 3/4 of the way around but never rode out of it without the rear wheel hitting before the front came all the way around. The thing broke WTH, cheap Japanese crap.
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I’ve got a 1951 BSA Bantam with a 1987 KX125 engine in it. I built it for “Day in the Dirt” type stuff. It’s effed up...
I’ve got a 1951 BSA Bantam with a 1987 KX125 engine in it. I built it for “Day in the Dirt” type stuff. It’s effed up how it spits roost and want to climb on the back wheel


I don't know why anyone else even posted after this, you won the internet. That thing as awesome.
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sumdood 4/18/2020 5:36pm
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83’ 200x atc. Spent countless hours exploring beaches in Baja on it and a 110 ( sold ) Our “beach cruisers” It’s sitting in the back of the garage on the “someday” project list. Way too many memories to sell it. Stuck in the mud in San Felipe and exploring the beach south of scorpion bay.

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JMCR250 4/18/2020 5:53pm
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I'll post this one too. My son's 82 CR125. Craigslist find with pretty low hours. Just needed the usual water cover magnesium rot cleaned up, suspension redone, and some cosmetic work. It's a pretty sweet little 125. Handles well and runs great. He routinely pulls holeshots in a gate of period 250s.


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premix420 4/19/2020 12:33am
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Dirt: 1978 Italjet jc50 (was my first bike as a kid, found one recently in the same blue)Street: Honda NS400R (triple 2 stroke heaven)
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mxmaniac 4/19/2020 2:31am
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1981 MAICO 490gs. Dad is a Maico nut with several of them but I have my own 81 490 pictured. This bike is insanely good offload and on mx track.
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Mossy 4/19/2020 5:43am
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97 yz125. Fully restored by me Cool





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benstone 4/19/2020 4:29pm
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shmacky78 wrote:
Not THAT old .. but oldest I got. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/18/421025/s1200_A72CC492_0884_4F2C_B6C3_EAEB7CF52276.jpg[/img]1982 Honda CX 500 Turbo
Not THAT old .. but oldest I got.
1982 Honda CX 500 Turbo
First time I went a ton and half was on a bike just like this. Crazy the shit we did when we were young.

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crusher773 4/19/2020 4:41pm
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Just got this one running good. 1974 MR50 the baby Elsinore. I am pretty certain it was 100% original even the tires.

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Rupert X wrote:
Fine contraptions all, and I hope you’re all weathering this storm, healthy and happy.... Here’s my 1969 JR1 Kawasaki 120, with the dual rear-sprockets, she lacks...
Fine contraptions all, and I hope you’re all weathering this storm, healthy and happy.... Here’s my 1969 JR1 Kawasaki 120, with the dual rear-sprockets, she lacks propulsion..... however, attractive she remains....


I have a 1965 Suzuki K15 HillBilly 80 that looks to share some DNA with your Kawi.

Photo of the day I pulled it from my grandfathers barn with years worth of dust and crud intact.


After a little TLC




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DownSouth 4/19/2020 5:33pm
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My two oldest are the 1965 Suzuki Hillbilly 80 and a 1972 Hodaka Wombat 125.

The Hodaka in MX trim (sans number plates) after I raced it in a vintage exhibition at the Gatorback National in the early 90s.


All the street legal bits put back on to original condition-even has the original tires.




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cdm806 4/19/2020 5:34pm
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I have a 1984 CR250R that my dad traded a Suzuki street bike for. I know he raced it, but I don't know how he did since I was too busy chasing other racers' daughters. I do know that the times that I have raced it, it has never been beaten TO the first turn, and that it has never led OUT of the first turn. Damn drum back brakes! Thing is a blast to ride, though.
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Pgd09yz450 4/19/2020 5:34pm
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Denn700 wrote:
1986 CR250
Pgd09yz450 wrote:
Lets see some pics
Denn700 wrote:
Here you go. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/19/421449/s1200_BC254EB3_BD7D_44DC_A728_C62E33942804.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/19/421452/s1200_E4445F00_CEB8_48CA_B5C4_A9169809282F.jpg[/img]
Here you go.

Jesus man got some bad ass bikes there
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Denn700 4/19/2020 5:47pm
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Thanks! The 450 was one of Reed’s and the CR125 was Eric Kehoe’s at one time. I need to put the 22 Fork guards back on with the original graphics and I have a set of On the Line graphics for the Kehoe bike but I need to paint the gas tank back white or buy another one. I keep most of the kids bikes on the other side of the garage. My son wanted his electric KTM by my KTM’s. 😂
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mattyhamz2 4/19/2020 5:54pm
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1998 YZ250. Still a work in process.


My pops has two 82 YZ125’s, one being his race bike and he just picked up an 81 RM125 that he’s rebuilding right now.
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731chopper 4/19/2020 7:04pm
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1975 Kawasaki KX250. I absolutely love this bike and it’s 13 years older than me!


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uneasy_rider 4/19/2020 8:03pm
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HondaMan66 wrote:
Here’s my ‘73 CL350. Owned it for 15+ years. This is a great bike. Starts right up, idles, everything works as it should. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/17/420836/s1200_5EE12256_BAC3_47BA_AFEA_386049B9419E.jpg[/img]
Here’s my ‘73 CL350. Owned it for 15+ years. This is a great bike. Starts right up, idles, everything works as it should.
I have a 67 CL77 Scrambler, not very photogenic at the moment, but has potential.
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Roogs 4/20/2020 12:42pm
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1971 Honda QA 50
Myself and 8 cousins learn'd how to ride on it. My Grandad made "training wheels" for us. When we all grew up 2 more generations of the neighbors learned to ride on it also. About 6 years ago I managed to get it back, now to restore and decide if my kids will get to ride it after I restore it lol.

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