Restoration of two 1983 Honda CR480's that are race ready!

We’ve had a few “twin” bikes on the channel recently where two of my bikes are only a few years apart and today is no exception! Both of these Honda CR480 motocross builds are the 1983 model year and have tons of upgrades to be more race ready for the track. These were alot of fun to restore. I paid $4,700 for each at the time and appeared in good condition overall and not beat on. The bottom frame rails are in excellent condition. I have a CA title for one of the two. They had original plastic for the most part which is a good sign. The tanks were in very good condition so I decided to refurbish them and keep them off the bike. I purchased the aftermarket tanks that are currently on the bikes from VMX Racing and they are good quality tanks. These tanks take the original gas caps.

At the track, I prefer the CR480 over the CR250 for the extra power and torque off of the starting line. All the power on these bikes are in the low and mid range and drops off at the top end so you want to find that sweet spot of when to shift. The power increase definitely outweighs the weight disadvantage compared to the 250.

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