vintage motocross bikes

CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 BULTACO MK360 PURSANG Claimed horsepower was 39 at 7000 rpm—which in print looked awesome, but in reality, horsepower in the brochure was never matched by horsepower on the track	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 COOPER 250 ENDURO Hecho in Mexico wasn't the key to success, but this Frank Cooper design had two lives during its brief life span
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1967 GREEVES CHALLENGER Retailing For $920 In 1967, Greeves Motorcycles Were Ridden To Glory By British GP Aces Brian Stonebridge, Alan Clough And Dave Bickers	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 MAICO 400: German Wilhelm Maisch started making motorcycles In 1935 under the name Maico; Unfortunately, the company was soon swept into World War II; And built aircraft parts for Hitler's Luftwaffe
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 DUCATI 450 R/T DESMO: The Desmodromic System Uses Dual Rocker Arms On Each Valve (One For Opening And One For Closing The Valve). The Ducati 450 R/T Was The Only Desmodromic Motocross Bike	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 AMERICAN EAGLE 405 TALON: Brits could buy the bike as the Sprite 405 Talon, Americans called it the American Eagle 405 Talon, Australians knew it as the Alron 405, and Belgians thought it was the BVM 405
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 MONARK 125MX Monark was known as Cykelfabriken Monark AB until 1927 and Monark Crescentbolagen (MCB) after that	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1967 MONTESA 250 LACROSSE: The 250cc LaCrosse Was Introduced In 1967 And Was Aimed At The Scrambles Market In The USA; Scrambles Tracks Were Smoother Than The Typical European Motocross Track
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 CZ 360 TYPE 969/01 CZ was founded in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia, in 1919 as a weapons manufacturer. In fact, the acronym CZ stands for Ceska Zbrojowka, which translates into Czechoslovakian Weapons Factory	CLOSE-UP LOOK AT DAVE MILLER CONCEPTS (DMC) YAMAHA OW100 MOTOCROSS BIKE When you love motorcycles as much as Dave, you can't help but build the most eclectic machines on the planet (most are in museums and private collections)
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: COTTON COBRA 250 Have You Ever Heard The Phrase, "Waste Lands Become Cotton Fields"? Didn't Think So, But That Was Cotton's Theme In '65	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1962 BSA 500 CATALINA SCRAMBLER Feets Minert’s Catalina Grand Prix victory was so important that BSA named the 1959 Gold Star DBD34 the “Catalina Scrambler”
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1966 HUSQVARNA 360 VIKING Only Ten 1966 Husqvarna 360 Vikings Were Imported To The USA. Only One Still Exists (Two If You Count The One That Edison Dye Cut Up To Use As The Prototype For His Dye Rebel 500)	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1975 CZ 250 FALTA REPLICA The 1975 Falta model featured the key components of the factory bike and also satisfied CZ's core values of performance and indestructibility
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1963 YAMAHA 250 ASCOT SCRAMBLER Imagine a 35-horsepower machine with a peaky powerband and a short wheelbase. Production of these very unique machines lasted from 1962 to 1967 with very few changes	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 PUCH 125GS A relative of the famous bikes sold in Sears & Roebuck; but not the same by any means
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1964 DOT DEMON 250 SCRAMBLER DOT stands for "Devoid of Trouble" and decades later the DOT is still a strikingly beautiful machine that almost seems ageless	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1966 WHITE TORNADO 250 This was Hungary's best motocross, but that may not mean much to most people; However, you may remember it as a Danuvia, Tunde, Panni Or Pannonia; Love The Leather Strap
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1962 HUSQVARNA 500 FOUR-STROKE The door opened for Husqvarna in 1960 with the demise of Monark. This freed up Monark and Lito designer Nils Hedlund to develop a state-of-the-art 500cc four-stroke motocross machine for Husqvarna	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON:1971 HARLEY-DAVIDSON BAJA 100 Harley's race team was made up of some the best desert racers in SoCal – including Bruce Ogilvie, Terry Clark, Earl Roeseler, Larry Roeseler, Mitch Mayes and, later, Hodaka ace Bob Rutten
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1967 BULTACO MK II 250 PURSANG BOAT TAIL it could easily be argued that Bultaco went the wrong direction with the 1967 boat tail, as the increased power was rather peaky, and the longer wheelbase made quick changes of directions difficult	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 YAMAHA YZ250A The YZ250A had a chromoly frame, milled aluminum forks and Thermal Phase shocks; You had to submit a resume to buy one
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 CCM 600MX A bike that was built from the fire sale of the old BSA factory race shop and is still kicking after all these years	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 SUZUKI TM250 The power was peaky, handling sub-par and the Suzuki was heavy compared to machines from Husqvarna and CZ. Despite this, in 1968 the factory decided to build 100 production bikes based on the RH67
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 BULTACO 360 EL BANDIDO: Weighing In At 251 Pounds, Some 20 Pounds Heavier Than The 250 Pursang, And With Almost Ten More Horsepower, Very Few Riders Could Tame The Bandit	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 PUCH MC250 TWIN CARB Everts’ 1975 Puch was a spectacular machine. The 70mm x 64mm engine was cutting edge, with its magnesium cases and twin, 32mm Bing carbs (one a traditional piston port and the second carb feeding a rotary valve in the cases)
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1965 CZ TWIN-PIPE 250 Sometimes Two Is Better Than One (As In Pipes), While Two Is Also Better Than Four (As In Strokes); The Bike That Made Premix A Household Word!	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 HODAKA 100 SUPER RAT The Bike That Every Major Star of the 1970s Learned To Race On; The Little Bike That Could; The Chrome Toaster
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1959 ESO 500 SCRAMBLER: Was The ESO A Black Swan Or An Ugly Duckling; And How A Bike That Started Out As A Copy Of Someone Else's Design Became An Icon	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 GREEVES GRIFFON 380 The last of Bert’s great machines is an iconic look at British design and engineering
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 YAMAHA 250 DT1 Introduced At The 1967 Tokyo Motorcycle Show, The Yamaha DT1 Was Just What The Boomers Were Looking For; Priced At $580, $400 Less Than The Husqvarna 250	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 AMMEX 250MX The bike that was built by the purse money of a four-time 250 National Champion; It was a family affair that was ruined by currency devaulation
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1965 BSA BANTAM Though built in BSA’s Birmingham factory, the actual design was from the German DKW RT125 (which BSA received as part of WWII reparations)	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1966 MATCHLESS 500 G85CS: A Scrambler From The Glory Days Of The Big British Singles; When Men Were Men And Their Bikes Weighed Twice As Much As They Did
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 HUSKY 250CR American riders like Malcolm Smith, Kent Howerton, Brad Lackey, Billy Clements, Gary Semics and Bob Grossi raced this generation of the MK-series machine successfully	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1975 HARLEY-DAVIDSON MX-250 Harley-Davidson's first entree into motocross was a byproduct of the marriage of Harley, Aermacchi and AFM
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 HUSQVARNA 250 CROSS By 1969, demand for Husqvarnas in America would actually exceed the Swedish factory’s ability to produce them	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 KAWASAKI F11M 250 For the 1973 season, the Kawasaki factory built a semi-production run of 200 F11M 250s—somewhat based on the works bikes
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 GREEVES GRIFFON 380 Though the engine and transmission were still separate, connected by a primary chain, the slim-downed 380cc engine was as light as the year before’s 250 engine	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1972 CZ400 The Commissars At The Ceske-Zavodny Factory Only Made Modest Upgrades Through The Years, But Most CZ's Can Be Identified By Their Distinctive Gas Tanks; This Is The Yellow Tanker
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 MONTESA 250VR VEHKONNEN REPLICA The VR stands for Vehkonnen Replica, but if you are thinking of Pekka Vehkonnen, think again—this bike was named after his uncle Kalevi	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 YANKEE 500 Z TWIN What do Smith & Wesson, Dick Mann, Ossa and Hayes brakes have to do with one of the weirdest dirt bikes ever made?
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1968 RICKMAN METISSE WESLAKE BSA B44 The Ultimate Rickman Metisse Was The Mark IV Weslake BSA B44 Powered Machine; It Was Both Powerful And Reliable	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1976 YAMAHA TT500 TT could have stood for Terrific Thumper or Troubled Turkey – but to the White Brothers it spelled "Money"
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1969 HUSQVARNA 500 TWIN: There Were Only Three Models Of The Husqvarna 500 Twin Built In 1969: A Road Racer, A Sidecar And An Offroad Bike; None Were Ever Put Into Production	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1981 HONDA CR250R Honda went all “Star Wars” on the cosmetics, plus they water-cooled the CR125 and CR250, introduced the ill-fated CR450, and unveiled the stupidest front number plate in motocross history
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1960 HUSQVARNA 175 SILVERPILEN Future World Champions Torsten Hallman and Rolf Tibblin started their racing careers on Silverpilens	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1962 PARILLA WILDCAT SCRAMBLER In the days before the two-stroke revolution, the Parilla’s prime competition in the 250 class was the Triumph Cub. Racing the Wildcat Scramblers against the smaller Cubs was like stealing candy from a baby
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1985 YAMAHA YZ490 Broc Glover had to race an off-the-showroom-floor bike against the might of Honda’s RC500 and Kawasaki’s SR500 works bikes. It was consider one of the worst factory race bikes ever	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1963 GREEVES STARMAKER: The Bike That Dave Bickers Hated So Much That He Switched Brands In Mid-Season Rather Than Race It; Only 89 Were Ever Built
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1973 HONDA CR250M ELSINORE Suggested retail in 1973 was $1145; Recently, an unridden 1974 CR125M sold on for $17,500	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1972 YAMAHA DT2MX 250 The 1972 DT2MX was the first Yamaha model designed strictly for the motocross market
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 DKW 125 For motocross, the machines were originally called Sachs 125s, but Sachs merged with DKW in the ’60s, and by 1970 the Sachs 125s were rebadged as DKWs	VIDEO! MXA'S BEAUTIFUL BIKES: AN ARTISTIC LOOK AT THE MOST EXOTIC PRODUCTION BIKE EVER, THE 1976 PUCH MC250 TWIN-CARB You may have seen a Harry Evert's Replica Puch MC250 before, but Tom White takes you on a close-up video tour of the World Championship machine
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1971 RICKMAN ZUNDAPP 125 METISSE Don and Derek Rickman went into the AMA Hall of Fame in 2008; the Rickman Zundapp will never make it	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1965 RICKMAN BULTACO 250: Though the Rickmans had promised Bultaco not to export the machine outside of England, a "Black Market" quickly developed for this machine
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1974 HUSQVARNA 125CR At the time of its release, the Husqvarna 125CR was the most expensive 125 motocross bike a rider could buy	CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1952 FB MONDIAL 200 This is a jewel, more than a race bike; The Name Mondial Is French for "World," While The FB Is An Acronym For Fratelli Boselli (Carlo, Ettore, Giuseppe and Luigi)
CLASSIC MOTOCROSS IRON: 1959 MONARK 500: At Its Best This Bike Could Be Worth $250,000; At The Worst It Would Sell For $50,000: Not A Bad Deal	test

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