Help me identify the year of this CR125

[skiking]

Can anyone help me identify this bike? I was told that it's a 1997 but a friend looked at it and said the forks are wrong so it must be older. I have no idea. Any help is appreciated!

 

[SRAD97750]

Late 80's
The 10th digit of the VIN gives away the year
-BIG DAN

 

[2strokesteve89]

1989 and 1990 had the same plastic as yours.....doesn't conclusivly identify it as those years as the plastic will swap over to other years but to be sure check the vin like DAN said, should be on the right front side of the frame.

 

[skiking]

Thanks. there is nothing on the neck, no VIN. Is there another part of the frame I can check? thanks again!
OH... What year did the CR change the forks upside down? Thx.

 

[2strokesteve89]

Actually yours is a 1989 as I went back and checked, the inverted forks started on the 1990 model year.

 

[skiking]

Thanks very much. Can't find the VIN anywhere... Not on the neck for sure.

 

[SRAD97750]

Thanks very much. Can't find the VIN anywhere... Not on the neck for sure.

It happens. Are there any numbers or letters on the engine cases or cylinder head? Sometimes the 'code' can identify the year. -BIG DAN

 

[Redordead89]

Wasnt the 90 cr125 an orange tank?
thats fighting red so Steves bang on i think!

 

[skiking]

It happens. Are there any numbers or letters on the engine cases or cylinder head? Sometimes the 'code' can identify the year. -BIG DAN

I'll have a look today. thanks again.

 

[ossagp]

Definitely looks 89 to me. the year of the white frame and the leading axle conventional forks if those indeed were the originals tells it. pretty nice shape from the looks of it, but WTF picked that rear tire??!! I guess he wanted to make it accelerate and handle worse than it did to begin with.

FYI the two larger cr's got the USD's in 89. Honda made sure the 125 was going to out handle both of them by sticking to the conventionals. the first frames and execution of the forks themselves put the switchovers behind in the handling dept.

 

[skiking]

Definitely looks 89 to me. the year of the white frame and the leading axle conventional forks if those indeed were the originals tells it. pretty nice shape from the looks of it, but WTF picked that rear tire??!! I guess he wanted to make it accelerate and handle worse than it did to begin with.

FYI the two larger cr's got the USD's in 89. Honda made sure the 125 was going to out handle both of them by sticking to the conventionals. the first frames and execution of the forks themselves put the switchovers behind in the handling dept.

Thanks for the good information......... What's wrong with the back tire? I took it for a rip yesterday and I think I know what you mean about the acceleration, very little bottom end, but sure flies at the top!

 

[ossagp]

looks like it would be marginally big on a 250. put on a 1.85 rim like the 125 has and you just screwed your handling and added some unnecessary weight. there is a reason you never saw that on a factory race bike when that one was current.

 

[MikeinFresno]

wasnt 88 the first year of the blood red color...it looks blood red to me

 

[Redordead89]

wasnt 88 the first year of the blood red color...it looks blood red to me

Yup but its called R134 Fighting red!

Its the colour i chose to paint my 89 250 frame after the original white got stripped off

 

[ossagp]

yep, got an 88 sitting here, red frame and plastic. the frame on that 89 looks white to me though.