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Cycle News 1974 02 12

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The Honda MT-250 and MT-t25. J T wo strok e s f r om H onda. Lightning strokes for roa d a nd dirt. The Honda MT-250 and MT-l 25 give t h e twostro ke rider a great new Slim tank. choice . Vented MX fu e l cap. Designed around the wi nni ng Honda Elsinore"?' motocro ssers, the MT's have added fea tures for the best in ro a d and rough r idin g . The MTs ' torque cu rves are right whe re you w a n t them -wide and flat. And both bikes feature a utomatic oil injection with a large , ea sy-fi ll opening to the oil reservoi r that i s under the seat. When Honda betters the competition, it doesn't have to s hout i t-lis te n to t he m uffl e r systems on the MTs'. C ycle M a g a zine say s that out of them "comes the quietest sound of any two-stroke Off-s et axle fro nt forks . end uro on the ma rket." As for the finer points, Honda continues to e xcel. Rubber d ust cove rs on levers p ro te ct control cab les. There 's a n e a sy- to-se rvi ce, oi le d foa m a i r cleane r eleme n t , a gua r d e d, but eas il y a cce ssib le p r i m a ry s pr ocket and a kick starte r lever that stays c o mpletel y out of the way when riding. Quick. Quiet. Honda- Road-ready Instrumentation. d ependabl e . The ne w Elsinore MT-250 and MT-125. Your Honda de ale r has them now . O nce you see the m, you'll rea lize that Honda has outdistanced the competition once again. Make that twice again. Good things happen on a Honda.

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