Memory Lane - blasts from the past....

[Rossik]

I finaly got the cr125m I dreamt about as a kid about 15 yrs to late (I've had it about 23 yrs). I remember seeing the FMF & Jeff Ward 100cc versions in the magazines & they might as well of cost over a million dollars in my world.View attachment 46159

That is really lovely mate......wow........

 

[oldbikedude]

That is really lovely mate......wow........

Well, it's not perfect, there's some things not correct, but.....it's mine....lol

 

[dartyppyt]

Nice Cr! Wish I had one!

 

[Rossik]

it's like mechanical work of art

 

[oldbikedude]

Thanks guys.....it's like the shape is purposfull. Trim & lite....& look how wide the bars were back then.

 

[dartyppyt]

My neighbor 1st got the silver and orange one. Had to be the loudest bike of them all.
You could hear that bike for miles. When those hit and then Suzuki came out with the first RM's then later Yamaha with the YZ's you knew that the 3 Japanese companies meant business. But that was the era when things started stepping up.

 

[oldbikedude]

that was the era when things started stepping up

Thats for sure! I always liked the way the RMs side number plates bumped out to make room for the "cantilever shocks"

 

[troy deck]

HaHa, I started on a Honda minitrail Z50. Then it was the yamaha 60's & the SL70's I wanted. Then I got the SL....I loved it. Of course that was before the XR75 came out. (by like one year) The Idea of having a clutch & 4 gears made it feel like a big boys bike....lol

ahhh yamaha jt60 any body remember what year the gold and black ones were the next one was red and white but i was 6 didnt care what year it was it had wheels and a motor

 

[Rossik]

ahhh yamaha jt60 any body remember what year the gold and black ones were the next one was red and white but i was 6 didnt care what year it was it had wheels and a motor

now there's a challenge, guessing Troys age , the formula will be something like this -

2014 - gold & black JT60 year + 6

I loved my XR75 but still thought the small Yamaha range were nice bikes

Troy, do you have any pics from the good old days to share, we'd love to see them

 

[dartyppyt]

Yeah, we gotta see pics.

Ok here is a trivia question ? What did the different number plate colors mean?
The green, yellow, white, and black? Now this means in the older days?

 

[oldbikedude]

I don't know the years but my neighbor's mini enduro was way faster than my z50. We NEED pics.

 

[troy deck]

sorry guys no pixs nobody regrets it more than me now im old and and have nuttin but dimming memories

Yeah, we gotta see pics.

Ok here is a trivia question ? What did the different number plate colors mean?
The green, yellow, white, and black? Now this means in the older days?

it was for class designation by displacement

 

[dartyppyt]

Ok but which classes?

 

[Rossik]

well the yellow backgrounds must have been like an Open class or something similar, that's what my 500 has, were the black backgrounds maybe 125s and 250s white?

don't know what the green was for though.........

 

[oldbikedude]

here's a guess.....green for 250, yellow for open class, black for 125, white for expert?

 

[dartyppyt]

Ok don't quote me to a T on this but you are close:
125 = Black
250= Green
Open = Yellow
I thought Amateur = White
Not sure what pro was ?

But think about what came on Vintage bikes back then.

 

[oldbikedude]

Memory not what it used to be. Remember, we are talking about the 70's. eeeww that smell, can't ya smell that smell.

 

[troy deck]

look at Honda CRs from the early 80s they were right green and yellow were an engine size damn cant remember the rest

 

[dartyppyt]

Rossik,

You guys are lucky that you can still get this:

http://www.rgracing-oils.co.uk/Castrol_Oils_2_stroke_racing_oils.htm

Might have to have them ship me a case of it some day.

 

[Rossik]

Rossik,

You guys are lucky that you can still get this:

http://www.rgracing-oils.co.uk/Castrol_Oils_2_stroke_racing_oils.htm

Might have to have them ship me a case of it some day.

Hey good call - I was meaning to ask about 2 stroke oil......back in the day I used to use BelRay but these days, in the UK at least, it seems BelRay 2 Stroke isn't available.

There seems to be loads of new brand names around, some which seem to be popular with good reputation but would this Castrol stuff be good in my '84 AE500 ?

And I know it's completely unimportant, but does this oil have a unique smell when it comes out the exhaust? I seem to remember being at races populated mostly by 2 strokes and some of the fumes were very different to others..........

And let's face it, if I'm gonna be out on the track I want to smell at my best )