What’s the one bike you’ve always lusted after?

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casper wrote:
Not a dirt bike, but the look and the story behind this bike have it at #1 for me for a long time. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_V1000]Britten V1000[/url] [img]https://images.cdn.circlesix.co/image/1/700/0/uploads/articles/john-britten-568ff85a7b97f.jpg[/img]
Not a dirt bike, but the look and the story behind this bike have it at #1 for me for a long time.

Britten V1000

Always been a favorite of mine ,shame what happened.
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TeamGreen wrote:
The following post IS NOT “Safe for Newmann”... ANYTHING from this era at HRC. There’s simply -no- competition when it comes to MX-Exotica... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415852/s1200_B6593F91_F6F1_40AE_B468_C694766E8589.jpg[/img]
The following post IS NOT “Safe for Newmann”...

ANYTHING from this era at HRC. There’s simply -no- competition when it comes to MX-Exotica...

I had 3 bikes come to mind and you got one of them!

Here’s the other 2.





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LowBidder wrote:
One of Newmann's Mini Elsies.
newmann wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415874/s1200_CB1D67D2_5000_4104_9B3F_2E8AD5EEBB13.jpg[/img]

Nothing else comes close, thanks
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casper wrote:
Not a dirt bike, but the look and the story behind this bike have it at #1 for me for a long time. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britten_V1000]Britten V1000[/url] [img]https://images.cdn.circlesix.co/image/1/700/0/uploads/articles/john-britten-568ff85a7b97f.jpg[/img]
Not a dirt bike, but the look and the story behind this bike have it at #1 for me for a long time.

Britten V1000

kakarot wrote:
Always been a favorite of mine ,shame what happened.
rumor has he was building the next one with a standard fork, which would have made it not look so different, but probably quicker, the motor was basically F1 technology at the time, pretty sure it ran Judd F1 pistons,

we still get to see them ridden down here a few times a year,
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Crossup wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415856/s1200_mxfox.jpg[/img]

newmann wrote:
I painted that tank!Smile Scott was building that one about the same time I was building mine.
Crossup wrote:
well I picked a good replica then! I remember the originals at the time when they were rolling out of the back of the box van...
well I picked a good replica then! I remember the originals at the time when they were rolling out of the back of the box van. They were so exotic it was hard to wrap your head around it.
The two Fox replicas I built. Always lusted after the Steve Wise bike and ended up with a Thor swingarm one day. I figured I should build a bike around it! Then I ended up with a Thor arm for a Suzuki and a spare Simon's front end and a Fox air cooled head and pipe. Those parts sat around for years, just couldn't bring myself to build the air cooled version when the watercooled was sooo much cooler looking. Thanks to Hutch over at Motonews who let me borrow the only Fox watercooled RM head ever made and thanks to Tydog here on Vital and his buddy Alien who machined me an exact in every way copy of it, it motivated me to build it.






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mx_phreek wrote:
I have always lusted after this bike. My dream bike. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415771/s1200_107487_1378_90_kx500_sr_dave_thorpe.jpg[/img]
I have always lusted after this bike. My dream bike.
You can make one of these with a welder a 1990 KX250 roller and a KX500 engine
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When I was a youngster...Bruce Bunch's R&D Suzuki 105 super mini.



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I always thought the 1993 YZ80 was ahead of it's time. The color scheme for 93 was amazing to me! Still looks awesome to this day!
4/2/2020 1:00am
+1 for the '93 YZ80, the USD forks were incredible back then
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Johnny O’s 1980 125 Mugen.

The Mugen were always such beautiful bikes.



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This is it for me. Even though Albee didn't speak too highly of it in a a recent whiskey throttle show. Grinning
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Huffy was my guy. I already rode Yellow, and once I got to be a tall kid I wanted to be smooth like him.

Always wanted to build one of these, would be cool with the 96 forks for a joe too!




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LowBidder wrote:
One of Newmann's Mini Elsies.
newmann wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415874/s1200_CB1D67D2_5000_4104_9B3F_2E8AD5EEBB13.jpg[/img]

Between Joe's Mini Elsinore and the RC 400 Works bike, it doesn't get any better!!!
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tydog wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/01/415739/s1200_17FBEA5B_51E9_49EF_A305_31D11EF064BE.jpg[/img]

One hell of a fleet going on right there...Mega 2, alloy tanked RM500, Fox replica CR, Yamaha Moto Bike...
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I don't know why, but when I was a kid I just thought this model CR was like the pinnacle of motocross bikes (03-07). Loved the...
I don't know why, but when I was a kid I just thought this model CR was like the pinnacle of motocross bikes (03-07). Loved the way it looked and always drooled over it. Seeing RC destroy everybody on one probably didn't hurt.

Side Note - I still think the RM from this era looks good to this day


I regret selling my '05 everyday. Have a YZ now and it's a good bike, but that Honda handled so much better....
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Vet57 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/02/415997/s1200_schwinn_stingray_blue.jpg[/img]

I hear you on this. I wanted one so bad in the late sixties. We couldn't afford one. Fast forward to 2012 and I picked up a green one just like this. All original except the back tire.
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For something I can't have I would say the 85/86 RC500 like David Thorpe's 86 below.


For something I could have had but didn't. I would say a 81 or 82 Suzuki RM125 Full Floater. I was always too big for 125 but I road a friends 82 and I had a 82 CR250 at the time and felt like I road the fasted I had ever road. It felt so smooth, light and the suspension was amazing. Even my friend when I got off said he had never seen me ride like that. Wish I would have got one anyway.
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Yamaha really honey dicked my 12 year old self with this teaser I saw in an mxa back in 04 or so
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This thread is bordering on perfect. There's some great "recollection" goin' on up in h'yar!
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James' Factory SR 250


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mumbles wrote:
For something I can't have I would say the 85/86 RC500 like David Thorpe's 86 below. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/04/02/416003/s1200_davethorpe86.jpg[/img] For something I could have had but didn't. I...
For something I can't have I would say the 85/86 RC500 like David Thorpe's 86 below.


For something I could have had but didn't. I would say a 81 or 82 Suzuki RM125 Full Floater. I was always too big for 125 but I road a friends 82 and I had a 82 CR250 at the time and felt like I road the fasted I had ever road. It felt so smooth, light and the suspension was amazing. Even my friend when I got off said he had never seen me ride like that. Wish I would have got one anyway.
Watched this the other day and have to agree with your "can't have" pick:

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The one bike I wanted, I had to have it. A Chad Reed 2004 YZ250 replica. Even though I did not like Chad Reed in his prime, watching him ride this YZ was a thing of beauty. So when I saw someone was selling their replica, I headed on over and picked it up. Not fully exact replica, but close enough for me!



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lostboy819 wrote:
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My best friend had one of those back in the day, and IMHO they are one of the best looking stock Kawi's ever made.
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Stewart's Suzuki is probably my all time favorite.




Also loved the late 80s CR125s with gold rims because my older brother had one when I was younger.

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