Detail Info for: Honda : CR 1973 74 honda elsinore cr 125 m tributefroma 76 cr 125 m 2 xbetersusp vintage racer

Transaction Info
Sold On:
12/23/2015
Price:
$ 1975.00
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Location:
Lakewood, California, 90713
Seller Type:
Private Seller
Vehicle Specification
Year Make Model:
1976 Honda CR
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VIN:
Cr 125M-3001101
Vehicle Title:
Clear
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Vehicle Detail
This is a 1973-74 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M "Tribute" (The 73 ELSINORE is said by many MC Enthusiasts to be the Most Beautiful Production Vintage Dirt Racing Motorcycles Ever Built ...She was Built from a 1976 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE which is the very Last year for the Factory 1973-76 HONDA MX Racing "Tuned" Down Pipe & the 1976 CR 125 Had nearly 2X MORE SUSPENSION Travel & a Stronger+Better Chassis that ANY YEAR HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M "Prior to 1976" !!! There are Very Few Bikes that have anywhere near the "Natural Stability" & "Balance" & Truly Great Feel that a Vintage HONDA 1973-76 CR ELSINORE Has Which translates to a Racer ...as a Bike that can get you out of nearly any Tricky Situation ..Time, After Time, After Time !!!!!!!!! . IMPORTANT >> PLEASE NOTE: Just Last Month 11/20/2015 This Auctions Beautiful CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE Vintage Motorcycle & Two Other of my Vintage Bikes were in "The WORLDS LARGEST MOTORCYCLE SHOW" On EARTH ...The Los Angeles Area "Progressive Cycle Worlds MC Show" in our "VINTAGE JAPANESE Motorcycle Clubs Booth" ! ! ! ! ! ! This year out of the 10 bikes chosen to be in our VJMC Booth we had "3" of our Vintage bikes present at the V.J.M.C. booth this year alone !!!.. This auctions 1973 Honda Elsinore CR 125M tribute (Built in 1976) , a Yellow 73' SUZUKI 400 ENDURO & a 1966 the Candy Tangerine SUZUKI 305 Twin ...Therefore, Our bikes were 3/10 of the 10 Bikes that Were chosen to be in our VJMC Clubs Booth this Year ! ! Over the past 4 years I have had 14 Bikes in our VJMC Clubs Booth "In this Show Alone" ! So Yes! the bike you are Bidding on is the Bike Pictured Below & Above in Our VJMC Clubs Booth !!!!!! (PLEASE NOTE:I am losing my Storage & All 3 of my Above mentioned 3 bikes will be available for sale & up on ebay in the next few days) ! <>Also: I have many others 1966-81 Vintage bikes that will also be up for sale Shortly. A Nice Example of one of These 1973 or 1974 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M NADA.com Value Guide (Blue Books) for Aprox. $7,500.00 Last year in "Motorcycle Action" Magazine there was a Big Article on these BEAUTIFUL "Vintage Racing CR 125M HONDA "ELSINOREs" Which they Stated they were worth More like $10,000.00 for a Nice Example of a 73-74 HONDA Elsinore CR 125M. The GREAT News is ...This auctions bike being Made from a 1976 HONDA CR 125M ELSINORE has nearly "Twice as Much Suspension Travel" as a 1973-1975 CR 125M ELSINORE & I have been told these 1976's have a Better Power band than the earlier 73's etc etc So this auctions 1976 CR 125M ..Also, My Reserve is Well under HALF of what the NADA.com value guide Books for a nice example of a 1976 as well( & the 76's were super ugly in their faded orange/red everywhere....The 76 had everything but looks going for it..As you can see we definitely fixed that with this Wonderful & STUNNING Bike !.... "She Is Like the Best of All Worlds" & Should be a FAR FASTER on a TRACK & FAR More Comfortable to Ride VINTAGE RACING Bike & AGAIN...the best part is this bike is...She is the very best of Both Worlds (STUNNING Vintage 1973-4 ELSINORE "Looks" & FAR SUPERIOR 1976 Suspension & Chassis!!) !!! & My Buy it Now price is a small fraction of the estimated values for these bikes (1973-1976) & I do not think you will be able to locate one of these that looks this nice & with so little use on her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So.. This is a "No Brainer Deal" on a Really Great & Legendary World Class Vintage Racing Motorcycle ! * * * That was in the Largest Motorcycle Show on Earth !!! .............How's that for Providence !!! * * * * * IMPORTANT * * * * * "UP COMING * AUCTIONS ALERT" * * * IMPORTANT ....PLEASE NOTE:<<< Not related to this auctions 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing bike >>>..... But just so everyone can be ready & be looking out for them ...We are in the process of losing more of our Vintage Bike Storage Therefore..over the next few days I will also be listing several of my TWO STROKE Vintage Racer Bike Collection... several YAMAHA YZ 490's + 465s + 400's + & IT 490's + 400's 250's & 175's also 72, 73, 74 250 MX's & also AT-1s DT-1s CT 1's & HT-1s ENDURO's + HONDA "CR 500R" + CR 250 +1973 CR 125M Tribute 1976 & 1979 CR 125M ELSINOREs *& also a 1974 CR 250 Engine & 2 Vintage 1970s ELSINORE CR 125Rs + also ELSINORE MT's 250 & 125's etc etc + KTM 400 ~1974 With a HUGE 14" WIDE HEAD "Air Cooled" 175 & or 400 Dual Class "Twin Shock" Vintage Racers & a 1982 KTM 250 a ~HUSQVARNA 1978 175 & a 1982 250 etc etc..I have Aprox. 70 bikes Some are restored most are Ready to Restore...& are Priced Accordingly, & all are well under NADA Values & all will be priced Very Fairly....... The GREAT News is ...This auctions 1973-4 CR 125 Tribute bike was Made from a 1976 HONDA CR 125M ELSINORE has nearly Twice as Much Suspension travel & a Stronger Chassis as a 1973 CR 125M & FAR More Suspension than any Stock Elsinore Built Between 1973-1974 -1975 !!!! & I have been told these have a Better Power Band than the earlier 73's etc etc CR's ..So this Beautiful 1976 CR 125M Should be the Very Best of All Worlds 1973 Looks & 1976 Vastly Updated & SUPERIOR Suspension !!! as She Should be a FASTER & Far Better Handling & a Much More Comfortable and FAR Control-able VINTAGE RACING Bike to ride & the best part is this bike She is the Very Best of Both Worlds !!! & My Buy it Now price is small fraction of either the 1973-4 NADA guide values & also well under half of a Nice 1976 HONDA ELSINORE !!!!!!! (& best of all ..she is not painted in the Super Ugly 76 all red scheme that only gets uglier with age) & I do not think you will be able to locate one of these 1973-1976 Bikes that looks this nice & with so little use on her or that has the Providence of this particular Bike in this overall condition in this price range !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I feel ...This is a "No Brain-er Deal" on a Stunning , Really Great & Legendary Vintage Racing Motorcycle ! * * * & also a Vintage Racing Motorcycle ...That was in the Largest Motorcycle Show on Earth !!! .............How's that for Providence !!! As mentioned earlier..We Built this bike top display at the Worlds Largest Motorcycle Show & we did a Beautiful cosmetic Restoration on her chassis we had not got to her engine yet (IE) She has Compression & Turns over fairly well & also Has "Very Great Spark" etc etc... we gassed her up today & at this point we have not had her running yet. Again,her compression would improve W/a new piston+I feel a slight drag feel so it may be a good idea to hone her iron cylinder etc. while you have her apart..I have many (70+bikes) I am having to liquidate as we are losing our Storage....Please Note: If I find time to get her running again the "PRICE WILL GO UP CONSIDERABLY".If you mechanically know these Wonderful & Very Simple Bikes I would Buy her ASAP & save a lot of $$ on this Beauty. * * Here is HONDA's Advertisement for the AMAZING 1976 CR 125M Motocross Racing Motorcycle * *as you can see the 1973-74 Silver / Green Paint work is Far More Pleasing to he eye.. PAPER WORK: I will be glad to provide a California Department of Motor Vehicles NOTARIZED "Transfer of Ownership" from myself to the New Owner of this Wonderful Bike to the new owner. Which is how Most Race cars, Race Bikes, Show & Display Bikes etc etc (Vehicles that are NOT intended for street use & or on use on National Forestry Land, Government Owned Desert Land etc etc) Keep in mind this is a VINTAGE Moto-Cross Race Bike that is intended for use on Private Moto-Cross Race Courses etc etc) so normal DMV paperwork is a "moot point" (un necessary). (IE) This Bike was Originally Designed & intended by HONDA to race on Privately Owned Professional Moto-Cross Tracks. Therefore, Again MotoCross Racing Bikes being used on privately owned Race Bikes Typically get transferred from owner to owner.. with a "NOTARIZED" California DMV "Transfer of Ownership" Form which I will have NOTARIZED & will provide for the new owner upon funding of this Wonderful Bike. If you live in Calif. & if you for some reason want to get a Off Highway Green Sticker for the use of this bike on Government Desert land or something? (which this bike was never intended to be used on) ?? Please email me & get a response back BEFORE you purchase this bike...again (this should not effect this bike if you live out of state) or again as long as this is used on PRIVATELY Owned etc Moto Cross Tracks or Classic Car & Vintage Cycle Events etc etc all should be good . ....I intended this bike to be a "Man Cave Display Bike" Or "Classic Car or Vintage Motorcycle Event" ..."Display Bike" Or Film / Commercial Film Production Display Bike.. * * * The N.A.D.A. Blue Book "Value Guide" for a Nice Example of a Vintage 1973-74 CR 125M is Aprox.. $7,500.00 & Motorcycle Action Magazine thought a Nice 1973 or 74 CR 125M was worth ~$10,000.00 ....Even a SUPER UGLY all faded orange /red 76 Blue books for over double what my buy it now price is...(.& YES! as you can see..WE WERE ABLE To Fix the Looks of the 1976 all red appearance problems ) a ugly red 1976 CR 125 (1976's were basically a Very GREAT Bike with Very UGLY red paint) Again would NADA Value Guide for Well Over DOUBLE of My Ridiculously Low buy it now would be for this bike..(So YES ! ...If you will notice my Buy it Now is a small fraction that !!! & Good Luck finding a CR 125 in this price range that looks anywhere near as Nice as This Wonderful Bike.. especially one that has so low Hours on her & with the PROVIDENCE of being in the "Largest Motorcycle Show On EARTH" in the Prestigious VJMC Clubs Booth !!!!!!!..Also, Keep in mind.This is a "Native Southern California" Motorcycle which for Most any Classic Vehicle etc etc typically Brings considerably More money than bikes from other parts of the country & makes Her "FAR MORE COLLECTIBLE"...Also,This is the Very Last Year that Honda Made these CR 125M's with the 1973-1976 Factory TUNED low Exhaust Pipe Provided as you would also see on a 1973-76 CR 125M & I believe this may be the last year of the "ORIGINAL" Piston Port PRE-REED Engines !!! Which Makes this FAR More Vintage Race-able as this again I think this was the Very last year of the Piston Port Induction AMAZING Air Cooled HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M !!! & I believe these CR 125M to be ..a Very Spirited & I think should be a "A Potentially, Competitive Vintage Racing bike" & I am offering this for a Small Fraction of that amount with a "Buy it Now" (Believe it or Not)...of well under 2K US dollars which may sound like a fair amount of money but consider this...." Everyone I have talked to as (Well as N.A.D.A. Value Guide) states that a Really Nice CR 125M would sell for well over DOUBLE that Amount !! ..Also, Recently, I have seen several of these bikes that were Very Beat & Very Faded Not much left of them ...TOTALLY UN-LIKE THIS AMAZING BEAUTY was just had a cosmetic Restoration had done to her) selling for MORE $$$$ than my Ridiculously Low Buy It Now Price" & again they were ALL UN (NOT) Beautifully Cosmetically Restored like this wonderful Bike, & NOT having almost Brand New tires, New seat etc. etc. etc etc. & again most bikes I have seen in this bikes price range.... looked to be (VERY):Faded (RED IS ONE of THE Easiest colors to Fade & to Break down with UV) they looked Beat, Raw, UN-Cosmetically restored or Rebuilt etc..& More importantly all were UN-(NOT) Beautifully transformed to look like as Nice & Overall were just in no where near As GREAT a Shape as this Beauty! & don't forget this Wonderful bike was in covered Storage for the better part (the Bulk) of it's life (Approx. 20+ years !!!!!!) & you will be the First New Owner since her Wonderful cosmetic restoration as detailed in this auction. More Cosmetic Restoration details:This Vintage Racing 1973 -74 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M "Tribute" that was made from a 1976 HONDA CR 125M ELSINORE.. (really the Biggest Difference between a 1973 & a 1976 CR 125 is the Suspension has been Extremely Upgraded from HONDA) !!! She has her Original HONDA 1973-1976 ELSINORE CR 125M Factory "TUNED" Low Pipe Exhaust... & She has Her Original Factory HONDA CR 125M seat REBUILT From The FRAME UP !!!. We also Cleaned the Entire Fuel system & added a Quality Inline Fuel Filter, & "We Installed The VERY BEST "MODAL" Trans Mission Oil". The Front and rear suspension visually looked good & it's Suspension seals did not appear to be leaking at this time so other than to clean them & refinished the lower Alloy fork legs , shock etc etc etc (IE) as far as fluid levels etc. they are just as we received them and we have not tested the suspension as we are just now getting the Bike Running again & completing the cosmetic restoration on this Beautiful Bike, Again, We Purchased this Wonderful bike for a Static Display in our VJMC Clubs Booth at the "WORLDS LARGEST M/C Show On EARTH" We did a Very Nice cosmetic Restoration on her..However Again, We did not have time to do anything to the engine other than Clean & Rebuild Her carburetor etc.She has compression & Super GREAT Spark>but,I feel Her Compression would be better W/a new Piston & ring etc.I have not worked with this bike since the Nov. 19-22 -2015 MC show.Other than today we put gas in her to see if she would start,at this point we have not had her running yet. Again, her compression would improve with a new piston+I feel a slight dragy feel so it may be a good idea to hone her iron cylinder while you have her apart..I have many (70+bikes) I am having to Liquidate as we are losing the bulk of our Vintage Bike Storage. If I can find time to get her Started the I will update the auction & Definitely (if that happens the "PRICE WILL GO UP CONSIDERABLY") if that happens ...Therefore..If you mechanically know these Wonderful & Super Simple Vintage Racing CR Bikes.. I would Buy her ASAP & save a lot of $$ on this Beauty. Over and Beyond this...In Her Cosmetic Restoration process..We removed most Every Main Component on the bike...nearly all the way down to her "Bare Frame" + Cleaned & refinished most every main component then hand reassembled ~every main item back onto her frame again "Piece by Piece".. She has I believe a Original 125cc HONDA ELSINORE 1973 Style Fuel tank that was extremely clean & Dent free on her outside (as You should be able to see in the included pictures) we repainted her & put Nice 1973 Style Graphics & she looks just like a 1973-4 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE & added Brand New "VINTAGE" 1973-4 HONDA ELSINORE Tank Graphic's were just installed. We also cleaned, painted & refinished Her; Frame, Hubs, Spokes, Exhaust Pipe (Tuned Exhaust system) & Her Original HONDA CR 125 Down Pipe Exhaust System. We repainted her Nice more 1973 style Front fender & her Original Honda rear fender etc.& we painted everything to match to a look very close to what I think a 1973-74 Vintage RACING CR 125M Tribute Built from a 1976 CR 125 ELSINORE Race bike should look like & or would have looked NEW like back in the day ! . We installed Brand New High Quality Vintage style rubber handlebar Hand Grips. Her Transmission Gears Shift GREAT, Her Clutch Releases & Grips GREAT !!! She is just coming out of a many year Dry Storage Important thing is the Clutch does Grip GREAT !. She has BRAND NEW Gear Box OIL "MODOL" which is said to be the Very Best Gear Transmission Oil you can get) She has Nice Original Fork Tube Rubber Seals which I think look & Nice condition Rubber Fork seals, She has almost "BRAND NEW" looking Vintage style MotoCross Racing handlebars. Unlike most dirt bikes this Beauty, Her down pipe Looks GREAT ! Please Note: the stand is not included However, she has updated Brand New clutch & front brake levers have also been updated as were her AMAZING almost NEW High Quality Front & Rear Tires also.. Her foot pegs, Shifter Lever, Clutch, Brakes, kick Starter Levers All seems to Look & work GREAT & do not appear to have any real noticeable wear & or damage to them .. : * * PLEASE NOTE: We are just completing her Brand New cosmetic Restoration (as detailed above etc)...& "YOU" can be the Very First Owner of this Beautiful Bike since this was completed ! If you are looking for a 100% Perfect bike ...Please do everyone involved with this auction a big favor & Please look elsewhere as...I built this to be a Vintage Race Bike NOT a 100 point CONCOURSE SHOW Bike !...Again, If you are looking for a 100% stock or 100% Perfect concourse etc etc bike than this is not the bike for you & please do everyone a favor & please look elsewhere ..as this is a Wonderful 1973 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE "Tribute" Bike Built from a 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing bike & if you are some kind of Concourse bike collector & or, are some kind of "Super Nit Picker" & or a near impossible to please collector type etc etc. Please, do us both a favor & Please do not bid or email me on this Magnificent Motorcycle. She is a Beautiful 1973-4 CR 125M tribute & is technically about the Very Best of Both Worlds (IE) World Class 1973 -74 Raw Beauty & Paint work (these were said to be one of the very Most Beautiful Dirt Racing Bikes Ever Built !!! & being made from a 1976 HONDA ELSINORE She has nearly "Twice As Much Suspension travel as a 1973 CR 125" !!! & more than any Original series Piston Port Vintage race-able 1973-74 & 75 CR 125 HONDA ELSINORE !!! (& Best of all She is not all Ugly faded red/orange..& keep in mind..No color Fades as Badly as Red/Orange) ...Again, Most Vintage Racers would say this is the very Best of Both Worlds 1973 CR LOOKs & 1976 Suspension + Stronger Chassis & a Better Power Band !!!!!!!!!!! Therefore, would be something Better Suspension wise than a 1973-74 or 75 CR 125M ELSINORE & "FAR More Beautiful" than a ugly faded orange 1976 HONDA CR 125M ELSINORE !!!!!!!!!!! & Most enthusiasts feel these Early 1973-1976 CR's have much Better Balance & Natural Stability than the more top heavy later CR 125's 's ....Again, if you truly need a perfectly Stock vintage Racing bike ...you may want to please look elsewhere as I am not sure what all that would be about & again, this was NOT Built to be a 100% Perfectly stock SHOW or 100% Original Concourse Bike etc....But, I can tell you ... I would think Most People think this is a " STUNNING Vintage Racing Bike it will typically Draw a Crowd of people where ever we have Parked or Shown her off ! ...At the Worlds Largest Motorcycle show with other Vintage Street & Race bike in our VJMC (Vintage Japanese M/C Clubs Booth ...that was sitting next to ...what many MC Enthusiasts would call nearly Priceless Race Bikes (& this auctions bike you can buy for well under ~2K) ....Anyway,...During the 3 day show... "Hour after Hour" Our Vintage Racing CR Bike Repeatedly Drew "HUGE" crowds of "on lookers" as many a nearly any other bike in our Vintage Japanese MC Clubs Booth !!!! ..I personally Think of this bike as a Potentially WONDERFUL Vintage Dirt Racing Bike ...& I believe these CR 125 HONDA ELSINORE bikes By Nearly All MC Enthusiasts are Considered Extremely Beautiful & also Fairly Rare & Hard to Find these days !!! Especially one as NICE looking as this Wonderful bike ...If I had a Man Cave in my Home ..I personally would put this Magnificent VINTAGE Motorcycle in the Highest Place of HONOR as I think it is a Very Beautiful, Functional & Very Purposely Built and Graceful Motorcycle !...I would place this bike on top on my Fireplace mantle if my wife would let me !!! <<< "IMPORTANT" >>>* * * Auction Bidding Rules * * * ..Please Read Before Bidding.. In fairness of everyone involved in this auction...Please refrain from bidding on this 1976 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE (1973-4 CR 125 HONDA ELSINORE "Tribute" VINTAGE RACING bike).. *Please Do Not Bid until ANY & ALL of your Questions are Answered & any and ALL Inspections are made etc etc to your satisfaction and any & ALL information has been gained from your research so that you are totally comfortable "LONG BEFORE YOU BID" on this wonderful 1973-4 CR 125M Tribute Bike Built from a 1976 HONDA ELSINORE Vintage Racing bike... Also, Please make sure that you can Fully Fund for this 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing bike.. within the 3 day time constraints of this auction: as all sales are final.. (IE) Buyer Must Make a "Pay Pal" 500 US dollar deposit (Non Refundable) if he hits the "buy it now" or if for some reason it goes the full auction term the 500 Deposit is due within 24 hours of auction close & then within 3 days (3 working days M - S) post auction FULL Funding is Due or you are in forfeiture of this auction & may lose your good faith deposit ... Mainly for Liability reasons ... Buyer agrees to assume all risks & liabilities after time of sale of this vehicle & like all used vehicles typically sold here in California for that reason is being sold As Is... Which is the case with used cars & Vehicles sold in California Again this is being sold in “AS-IS” & Her chassis looks Great & as described we have not worked on the engine at this point therefore otherwise I think she is in Very nice overall condition & she is being sold with “NO IMPLIED OR EXPRESSED WARRANTIES”. Again, Please ask any questions, do any required inspections etc etc "LONG Before Bidding" In fairness to others bidding involved in this 1973-4 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE "tribute" Vintage Racing bike auction.. I can't think of anything that can be more fun & enjoyable for a Family than a GREAT High Quality Vintage Motorcycle ..This STUNNING Vintage Racing Bike should always draw a BIG Crowd at Classic Motorcycle Shows and Please keep in Mind ....Bike & Car Shows & Meets & typically are a Great way to meet New friends & prospective clients for your business etc etc !!! . So, Please make sure that everyone in your family is totally "On Board" & "100% OK" with your purchase "BEFORE YOU BID". All bidders for this item must have a minimum of 10 positive feedback History with no negative feedback comments etc & NO NON PAYING Bidder marks against you and Again,this is a Fairly big ticket item So.. Please "NO" New to Ebay (no History) members as I feel this Beautiful 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing bike Motorcycle though a Bargain for what I have listed it for ....Again, She is still a fairly big ticket item. Here's Some tips on "How to get a good Shipping Quote": I can give you a source for an international Shipping Quote.. In the past I have had a lot of emails with shipping quotes all over the map...Therefore, When you try and Get a Shipping Quote... I would try & get several (many) shipping quotes (& get a estimated pick up date in writing) before you commit or finalize a deal & or make a deposit) with a shipper... as one of the last bikes I sold out of our collection went to North Carolina via USHIP.COM, (which is about 3,000 miles from here)...it was a 1975 YAMAHA 400 Enduro which weights nearly about DOUBLE of what this auctions Magnificent 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing bike Beauty Weights ( I would estimate only about 190 pounds!!!) & he was only charged about 330 US dollars a few months ago...I think ebay may have a shipping site, but if you want a very competitive rate I would go thru Uship.com & get "LOTS OF BIDS" the first bids you will recieve will most likely be the highest $$ quotes that you will recieve...Also Please Keep in mind, I live Very Close to the Central Business Hub of Los Angeles & Also the Los Angeles (Long Beach Harbor) areas & Millions of Trucks leave this area every day all you need to do is find a truck that has a little space & that is headed in your direction & I am sure the price would be a lot better for you than if you deal with some trucker that is not ! Again, If you need a shipper I would get "Lots of Quotes" (I have always had Great Luck with USHIP.COM & plan on "the rates will vary widely" (IE) as a trucker that is already here in Los Angeles Area & is already planning on going your direction will be a lot different rate than some one that is not already here & is not going any where near your direction...Also, "Please Remind the trucking Co. you are getting the quote from that ..."This bike is a relatively nimble + very simple dirt bike & ONLY weights about 190 Pounds" (It is NOT a "HUGE" 700 pound Harley etc) So the Shipping rate should be FAR Cheaper & Should definitely reflect that difference.Also, If it will get you a better Shipping Rate Also, I will deliver this bike to any Los Angeles Area Based Shippers Distribution yard hub for "FREE" & or if you live out of the Country I will deliver this Bike to any Los Angeles Based International Shipper yard in the Los Angles Area for You for "FREE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!! "PLEASE NOTE": RESERVE IS : "THE BUY IT NOW PRICE" (WHICH I HAVE ALREADY LOWERED Aprox $500.00 ) For a Quick "No Brainer" Sale...Again..A Nice example of a 73-74 Vintage Racing HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M NADA.com Value Guides (Blue Books) for aprox. $7,500.00 & "Moto Cross Action" magazine estimated a 1973-4 CR 125M HONDA ELSINORE would be worth up to ~$10,000.00...I invested a lot of time & Effort to make this Wonderful Vintage Racer look a lot like a STUNNING 1973 CR 125M ELSINORE & Not a Painfully Super ugly all faded orange red (Yuck) 76 CR 125M ELSINORE that would still NADA.com Value Guide for Over $4,000.00..With This Wonderful Vintage Racing Bike You Get the Very Best of Both Worlds (IE) 1973 ELSINORE Looks with the Vastly Superior 1976 SUSPENSION Tougher Frame & Updated "Better Power Band" !!! These bikes are Fairly Rare & I do not believe You will find a Better Overall Example with so little use & as updated as Nicely Tributed to look almost identical to a 1973-4 CR 125M as this Wonderful Bike for anything around my "Buy it Now" Price of Only.... 1975 US dollars ! ! .... If YOU WANT THIS BIKE "THE BUY IT NOW" Price is what it will take to get Her...If You wait till the auctions end you may get into a Bidding war ...& It could end up Way Past that amount ....& This is "The Last Year" of the 1973-1976 Down (LOW) Moto Cross Racing HONDA "TUNED" Racing Exhaust Pipe on these fairly Rare 1976 HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M Vintage Racing Bikes.. That is one of the very Last Years of the SUPER DEPENDABLE & FAR MORE DURABLE "Air Cooled, "Original Style" Piston Port (Pre-reed valve) engines & therefore these are FAR MORE Collectible as these still also have their Vintage Race-able "DUAL SHOCK" Rear Suspension are FAR SUPERIOR as compared to earlier 1973-1974-& 1975 Rear Suspensions & her Forks also have FAR More SUSPENSION TRAVEL than a Pre-1976 (All 1973-74 & 75) etc HONDA ELSINORE CR 125M !!! ! & this is the last years that I feel has the early CR 1973-76 AMAZING Balance & Natural Stability .... Happy Holidays & Happy Bidding to All ....