1998 FMF Honda CR125 2 Stroke Tribute Build - Dirt Bike Magazine

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Dirt Bike Magazine took a 1998 Honda CR125 two stroke that was sitting in the dust of our headquarters in Southern California and brought it back to life with some old school flair paying tribute to the 1990s with the FMF/Honda Factory teams. The concept for this build came from a bench racing session in the garage and had some influence from last years Red Bull Straight Rhythm event. The bikes of this era had character and we teamed up with some industry leading companies like FMF, Faster USA, Specbolt, Decal Works, Race Tech, Wrench Rabbit, Dunlop, UFO Plastics, Supersprox and ODI to see if we could recreate some of that magic.Platinum FMF pipes, shorty silencers and carbon fiber immediately take us back to the late ‘1990s. We went one step further replacing a lot of hardware using a complete Nickel Wurks kit from Specbolt that features CNC aluminum washers and bushings. Light Speed is making limited runs of CR125 ignition and clutch covers right now. The wheels are from Faster USA featuring their CNC machined billet aluminum hubs, stainless steel spokes, alloy nipples and gold Excel rims. We added Galfer brake rotors, Dunlop MX33 tires and a black Supersprox rear sprocket.The engine was rebuilt using a complete kit from Wrench Rabbit, we added a VForce reed valve for some additional performance and the Nickel Wurks hardware from Specbolt makes the cleaned up engine cases pop.We had a blast building this project and it’s mind blowing how many aftermarket parts are available for these late ’90s two-strokes.
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[@Austyn.255]

I have a 99 and I love it

[@plumberhero]

I love this 2 stroke build series and look forward to seeing them. Nice work guys!

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

I had a 97 cr and loved it. My buddy had a brand new 98 and we switched for a few laps. I was dying to get off that thing and he didn't want to get off of mine.

[@LukeOnTheWay]

I've had 97 125R and i loved it. Pretty fun bike to ride.

[@lachy.grisanti659]

Nice 👍 I love the retro Honda dirt bikes

[@tyrelllewis4258]

isnt that a steel frame

[@joshbartel7384]

@@tyrelllewis4258 yeah in 97 the 125 was steel but the 250 was Aluminum

[@brandonuribe2549]

Clean!! I like when the mods happen but a lot of newer guys buy older bikes to start riding and want to spruce them up. This is a cool build and great motivation for a new guy sprucing up an older bike! Great videos.

[@jake.debnam24]

I have a ‘04 Honda Cr125 and I love the bike. I’m used to smaller four strokes so it’s a big step up!

[@johnthomas6614]

Awsome Build Guys as Always. y'all do sme Badass Builds. Wick On ✊

[@mikearmstrongofficial1725]

What a sound!

[@OG_Skelly86]

I just love my 1998 CR250R! Bosson silencer with fmf gold series fatty. Sounds amazing!

[@davidramsay1055]

I've had 2 loved them! both one was modded pretty good 6 speed installed tons of Goodies it was insane

[@markl8043]

I had a 97 cr250 and I loved that bike though most people seemed to hate it. Would love to see a first GEN aluminum frame as a project bike!!!

[@Bags609]

This is a first gen aluminum build?

[@freddieshannon8397]

I have a 98 cr125 and its a blast

[@paulmryglod4802]

I raced that bike back in the day and a 95 cylinder would have done wonders for it.

[@ducaveli]

Wow I hope the 2001 cr125 I’m building on my channel turns out this clean 🤟🏼

[@olliem442]

I'm 14 and have a 98 cr 125 so this is pretty cool to see👍

[@tysonthewolfe93]

Awesome 👍

[@zook_291]

This is my main bike right now!

[@davidramsay1055]

I had a 98 with 250 air Boot an a 96 bottom end with a six speed an smart carb it was an amazing machine! and a 97 cr 250 built like crazy I still have

[@everywherelocal]

yeah! 👍

[@hencetirta7633]

Waow cool cR

[@deetlenroy]

What a view!! Awesome looking 125!

[@ducaveli]

I agree 💯, I like these retro vibes! 🤟🏼

[@TTR66]

I Prefere the the Bike i was Riding Back in those Days a 1986 CR 500R with the Steel Frame...A Rpm Monster...Good Boyz Bad Toyz

[@Coopdegras]

I remember sellards on the white fmf honda maybe 2000ish 👌🏼

[@macbrebonicks8668]

Hop on my '98 dirt bike
You try to stop mines from growin'

[@fullnoyz7670]

Screaming eagles little bro

[@bwbailey12]

So funny it’s making a lot of noise but going super slow lol

[@owenarsenault5955]

No red pipe? that would have made it prefect.

[@gericoudiong4118]

Notice!!

[@ronniemacjr6932]

Ron jr kinda style

[@ac-wl3in]

Clutch clutch clutch..... is this fmf exhaust so bad?

[@kaseymathews322]

My brother let’s me ride his it’s so sick but fly wheel flew

[@DarkGrey8]

Can I participe if I am from Canada?

[@motogembo9065]

First