HONDA CR250M ELSINORE CM

[jeaneou83]

The best symbol of the american dream, for us, french riders, during the 70's! thank's for this video. Great souvenir. Jean-Louis.

[canammx125]

Great vid........Those where the days!!!!

[ashofallchins]

Does anybody here know where I can find a shirt like that? I've been searching but I can't find anything. :/



[zumomomoponyo]

スティーブマックイーンもエルシノアも素敵です。

モトクロスもショウー化して一段と過激になってますが

初心に戻ってこのくらいのデザートライディングが一番楽しいと

気付かせてくれました。



[haro123p]

★時の経過を忘れてしまうような素晴らしい動画です。素晴らしい­！ありがとう！

[thesykboy]

@samzepplin, clearly you have no idea what you're talking about or the magnitude the man in that video had on the sport of motorcycling. I suggest you go play with Barbies and leave this sport to the big boys.

[99Bubbles99]

Riding was better then. Way better.

[shimokita2]

McQueen was paid a Million Dollars to ride for Honda and do adverts.

This CM (commercial) was only advertised in Japan for Japanese people.

[tbear662]

Now THOSE were real motorcycles anyone could ride. Long before you needed a step-ladder just to get on one.

[jcvm66]

woaaaa awaoooaa guitar !!!

[samzeppelin]

gay riding, homo bike, lame desert, ugly helmet, girlie music 

[1972H2]

Looks like this video could have been produced by Bruce Brown.  Certainly the same "feel" as On Any Sunday.

[Joerodmx]

This was for a commercial shown only in Japan.

[ducatisti]

Thanks for posting this, it's awesome footage. Never knew McQueen rode Honda!

[goat34]

@ducatisti

He rode Honda because they paid him 1 million dollars.He rode TRIUMPH for free!!!

[ducatisti]

Thanks for posting this, I never knew McQueen rod Honda. What great footage!

[disyokerr]

On any sunday, steve mcqueen great  ryder better person,

[wabashofutah]

Honda Elsinore was the best.

[dudeking1999]

The good O'l days! Simple and Fun. And cheap too!

[kirkconway]

The 250 Elsinore left everything behind when it came out in 73,

good bike good sound good power, comfortable,

AND HONDA RELIABILITY!!!!!!!!!!

[al2bmw]

beautiful motorcycle honda elsinore 250, this documentary has a lot of production, must have been from the honda factory,the nusic Goldfinger style, james bond.

Steve for a lt of us was a true hero, living life at it's full !!!!!!!!

Godspeed!!!!!!

[misin8888]

Two Thumbs up, It's just awesome.

[TheElsinoreRacer]

wish I had rode those trails. Fantastic! check out a great retro 70s elsinore desert racer at the elsinoreracer

[kirkconway]

No Sound like an older Elsinore,

RRRAAASSSpppyyy,,,,,

slinky Look's, RELIABLILTY,

Part's Availability,

[MasterGun2010]

great :)

[MrRobRoy100]

It's the area that was once known as Holiday Hills between 230th and 190th St and up in the hills.

I spent half my life ( recalculating now ) Ahem... Make that one-quarter of my life riding those exact same trails.

Funny too.. I had the same Bell Magnum helmet in silver, the same Carrera goggles as well as the TH gloves.

Who knew I was setting styles for the likes of Steve way back then.

The PICO PIRATE LIVES !

[smellycar14]

fuck1n progress

[suzukijo]

170th, bean cyn, tehachapi, mels place, remember when Lou Upshaw lived in the small trailer on the corner about 12 mi in from 170th?

thats the place, saddleback, the slide, the spring, impossible hillclimb, what a place.

[ottohof]

yep yep. Bean Cny.(140th) which is where I heard Hannah would train and do sick cliff jumps out of the narrow raven.

170th at the other end, go up a ways and there's a good BLM spot to park and avoid 'the man'. lol Grab a map and GPS and you're safe.

This place defines 'out west' riding and there's great trails up in the pine covered mountains in the background.

[suzukijo]

i was saying to myself, man doesnt that look like 170th, then I see others have pointed out it is. Bean Cyn, Tehachapi, Wild Horse Cyn, Bachus Rd, the end shot camera view shows the south side of the AV out near Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes.

we used to go riding out that way in the 70's, and one day while riding my '73 Honda CR250, we met Bob Hannah.

saddleback, the slide, the spring, impossible, what a place.

this is the first time I have seen this video, way cool.

[ottohof]

@suzukijo

Yeah, that end shot looks to pan from the play hills out near 170th & Rosamond.

He parks it with the Tehachapi's behind him(N), right?

Then panning from his view, L to R or the SE to the W up the 138 towards the 5 almost.

[suzukijo]

@ottohof yes, its very recognizable to me, i live here. used to ride there all the time till it got to be a bust, either ticketing you at your truck, or if your not on private land with permission, ticketing you for tresspassing, even they ride bikes now.

i'm sure there are those that still ride there, it was a time that passed.

still a neat video, untill today, i had never seen that, i even worked at honda dealership for 28 years and never saw it, but then we rode it every weekend.

[dirtaddict23]

I think the most interesting thing is seeing how big the whoops are. Certainly they are bigger today, but this video seems to answer the question of what came first, whoops or long travel suspension.

[citabjockey]

@dirtaddict23

for 4.5 inches of rear travel they are pretty good size --- and that CR250 doesn't swap or headshake at all!

[nickiz1]

@citabjockey thouse things didnt exsist then only the throttle and ego for BIG it didnt matter just that you went BIG..

[BrokeLegBoi]

Damn i want that elsi!!!

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[ottohof]

Utah? That area looks quite a bit like the Palmdale/Lancaster, CA area. Not far from Willow Springs race track, out by Ave. 170.

[dezracer]

@ottohof Yea you're very close, it's Bean Canyon out off Bakus Rd. But as you pointed out it's not Utah. Good Eye ottohof :>)

[Slowpoke11162]

That's a great video. I have two of those bikes, and have been around Hondas my whole life, and have never seen that. Thanks for posting it!

[hogpoo]

i love the message at the end.

[otb2much]

Way back around 1975, Bill called me from Gardena and told me to line up motorhomes, Hertz Rental Trucks, etc. as they were going to film a Honda Elsinore ad for the Japanese Market!!! Told me to meet a VIP at the Salt Lake Airport, turns out to be Steve McQueen!!! Ad was for the Japan market and I was told that McQueen was paid $1,000,000 to do it!! They were so pleased with the results they asked McQueen to do one for the US market........He said sure......$3,000,000.......no US McQueen ad

[GODIERGENOUD1135]

欲しかったけど、免許取る雨に製造止めてた　(￣ρ￣)ハゥゥゥ

[elsonore0324]

ＣＲ250Ｍ　最高！ＥＬＳＩＮＯＲＥ　好いねぇ

このＣＭ流れたから今でもエルシノアＭＴ250に乗ってる。

ミーハーと言われようがスティーブマックィーンはカッコイイ。

ＯＮ　ＡＮＹ　ＳＵＮＤＡＹを気取って中年ライダーは今日も行く。

[shimokita2]

@elsonore0324 - Was McQueen any good?

[pitinmayumi]

う～ん、すばらしい。こんなに長いＣＭもあったのですね。

欧米か？うん英語でナレーションしてっから欧米だろうなぁ。

しかしマックイーンかっこいいなあ。運転上手いしフォームもきれ­い。

ワンダフル、ビューティフル、エクセレント！ほんでもってアウト­スタンディング！（＾＾）

[MyWoosh]

The police harass you in the us as well.

[provoira]

Wish I knew how to put this video to a dvd!! Cool stuff!!!!

[hamtrak]

Steve coulda went pro in MX, road racing,desert racing and.........he could act too.

[TeamLibertyExpress]

It is like a dream.

He was a great rider.

[adamkpratt86]

@TeamLibertyExpress If only the producers of this video came to the reality that no man's motorcycle dream has weak music like this has...

...I'll just mute it and listen to Back in Black.

[lovetrain442]

I remember those days many many years ago. Lots of fun!!

[jacktrieste0909]

wonderful..dream

[stuntrider88]

I luv this vid, you americans are so lucky to have all this gorgeous landscape to ride on, over here in the UK you could go miles away from anybody to ride as soon as you do the police turn up & ruin your whole day :( Wish i lived over there in the US!! Didn't even know Steve was into motoX, what a great guy :D

[Monroefanx3]

compared to today this is realy lame

[Rokka76]

Compared to yesterday you are very lame btw.

[klassetompa]

I woild kill for Steves CR250 shirt!!!!

[westeh]

i like it also

[pott747]

Steve was a great guy. I wonder what he would think about all the Bullshit we face today as a nation. Cap& trade, Copenhagen, He would want to stand up to the treasonous convicts in office today. Rest in peace my old friend.

[klassetompa]

LOL at 00:09 the bike is allready offloaded.....

[hamtrak]

Man, those bikes from my youth sure didn't have any susp. travel. My KTM 250 SXF has 14 in. front and rear.

[kirkmach32]

Wow! This is back in the day when tree-huggers didn't exist yet, we didn't have to worry about bushes and turtles being saved, this looks like the desert as I remember it back in the 70's. What a fun and memorable time.

[tobyeo]

Haha, tree huggers existed back then. The rumors of banning two strokes even occured during that time and even R&D into 4 strokes were occuring. Actually, people were racing 4 strokes until a breakthru in technology advanced the 2 stroke into what it is known for today. There were issues with old 2 stroke technology which were solved in the 50s by Germany. Search for Walter Kaaden

[kirkmach32]

There may have been tree huggers somewhere, but they didn't have the political clout they have today. They just looked at us like they hated us. Now they not only hate us, they're trying to take away our bikes.

[sporty05]

Steve did a honda promo vid???

[srfdad]

In vintage MX, these are still the bikes to beat!

[MerlinxPV]

I pride myself in knowing a lot about vintage MX, never knew Steve McQueen even tried one let alone shot this film, wicked neat!!

[hondacrff]

luv it !! the music is so 70s,oh what an era..mx was evolving

[MAYINSANTI]

I owned a 1974 CR250M in 1976 and was very light and quick....caution!!!!!

[andoromedahatudenki]

旺年のマックィーン最高です！　彼の体躯も素晴らしいですし、風貌が男の風格を感じさせてくれま­す。　締めの言葉にセーフティー・ライドと言われており心にしみました­・・。　生の声を聞けてとても嬉しいです。　ありがとうございました。

[kirkconway]

elsinores arew sweet and they werte made for normal sized people not 6,3 on monoshockers,

all things considered ill take an elsie and be done with it,

[86waterpumper]

Just bought one of these the other day. The thing has very little shock travel and vibrates like a cement mixer tons of fun. If honda says it's a man's ride and Steve mcqueen rode one that is good enough for me! Real dirtbikes are two stroke

[kirkconway]

amen brother,

I like the elsinore too, i was wanting to find out what kind of bike i wanted but the elsinore 250 M is about the best you can get out there and is reliable

and Quaity is number one!!!

[250hondamt]

I got a 1974 elsinore 250 mt its a blast to ride

[virgo887]

Great , thanks up.

[kirkconway]

an Elsinore is an Elsinore is an Elsinore,

nothing sounds or looks like one or handles like one,

Slinky, Sexy, and Honda Reliablity

BRRRRAAAAPP

[madmarkalan]

yeah steve you the man and allways will be in my eyes

[megaroost]

Motocross exploded in 1973!  And the Honda Elsinore was one of the reasons why!! Steve McQueen...you 'da man!!!

[klassetompa]

2:46 ahhh that´s what´s it´s all about!!!

[klassetompa]

Damn I want that bike!!! is that 4 stroke or 2 strokers?

[lilfatpat]

2 STROKE

[badboys907]

what a funny mx trip !!!!!!

[cheesedog3000]

hi all, im from elpaso texas and a major vintage fan. i remember when he shot movies by my house and later was flown to juarez mexico that ican see from my business to find a miracle cure for his cancer. what a guy. lived a full life

[coby111]

So ridiculously badass.

[klassetompa]

You said it brother!! :-D

[steigerpower]

This is how life was so care free 1970's.

Steve Mc RIP. A real Hero.

[cantstandfools]

Takes me back to the day when you could show up at the track with $10 in your pocket. Pay your entry fee, get some dogs and drinks between motos, then stop for a burger on the way home......

[CR250R40]

...... and still have $4 leftover to put towards the next ride.

I miss the days of old. I had a 1974 CR250M toy [6" diecast with rubber knobbies] in 1974. Wish I had that bike today on my shelf. Grrr. Wish I HAD A real '74 CR250 today.... and a burger to go with it from the early 1970s. Fast food was tasty then.

Cheers to my fellow retro CR racers.

[kirkconway]

Stop dreaming,,,

Go and get a 74 250M Elsinore and then go to the local burger king, or jack in the box, and get an order to go,

go to a place to ride and eat too,

[pursang]

Thanks for posting - where did you find this??? Note Steve's beloved Husky in the background at the begnning.