1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore Dade City 2023 FTR Event.

Racing a vintage Honda CR125 Elsinore on a very fun and fast Florida Trail Riders Dade City Hare Scrambles race. The track featured a lot of long straightaways and slick black dirt with many tree roots. I seized my bike in practice at this event last year and I did some rejetting and tried to be a little gentler on the engine in the really fast sections. The tree roots gave me fits in spots, because my Honda is really light weight and has a rather narrow powerband. The bike likes to light up the rear tire and spit you off over the slick tree roots if you get too aggressive with the throttle. My friend Kevin was riding his fast Yamaha 360 and gave me fits all day. I finally ran out of talent and went down a couple of times and Kevin got a well-deserved win. We had fun dodging other riders on modern bikes and trying not to hit trees in the beginning of the race. I was better in the tighter areas, and he was better on the long straights. This video is the first lap and I ended up coming off the bike and knocking my GoPro loose and the video had to end after that.