o FROM BON
Two 125cc dirt bikes;
ODe four-stroke, ODe
two-stroke; ODe aD MXer,
the other a play bike;
ODe steady chugger,
ODe slick screamer. ODe's
good, the other's beller ...
which is which depends
OD wbat suits your style.
A relocated slow speed jet. another port and a new pipe give the Elsie improved
grunt over last year 's model ,
The XL's four-stroke mill churns out 125cc torque that's equalled.only by Honda's
small bore trials mou nt, the T L·' 25.
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By Charles Morey ,
"Yeah, we'll get you a, paIr of125cc ' Hondas to do a test on,"
the' man had said, "the new
Elsinore and the XL 125." He'd
said it so rt of m at ter-o f-factl y, like
it wa s the m ost natural thing in
t he w orld t o co mbine o ne o f the
swe etes t l ittl e MX ers i n
productio n in an article w ith th e other
trailbi k e, n oted for it s reput a t io n as
b eing the slug of the ind ustry .
Re p utatio n - t ha t's t he m agi c word
that sent t he Cycle News t est er in t o
New shouldered rim and larger shock
. plunger rods grace the CR's rear quarter.
XL'air box and foam 'filter can hand le
enduro duty.
n ear h y steria as h e im ag ined h im sel f
ste pping off the Elsie , throw in g a le g
o ver th e " oth er " b ike and d y ing in the
fir st set of wh o op-de-d oc s. R ep utation
ca lled the MX er a fin e m achine an d the
st re et/trail b ik e a dud . Reputatio n, as
the teste r w as soon to discove r aft er h e
overcame: h is initial tim id it y t owa rd
Hond a 's eighth liter X L m odel , was \
m islead ing.
Everything that had been said ab o ut
The new filter is bigger and fuzz-less.
Two screws release the light/instrument
modu le.
