I’m in my 50’s and I loved my red XR 75! We ran the hell out of it!

Absolutely love the XRs. I had a grey 1974 XR when I was 11 years old in 1975 Melbourne Australia. Priceless memories 🙂👍👍

Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love watching Kaplan America, And so do you!

My cousins had mr50 and xr 75 and I had my qa50 cant even describe the fun we had greatest times being a kid very fond memories.

One of the all time best mini's.

Makes every kid want a bike.I had so much fun on mine,I had no time to get into trouble when I had one.Except for riding on the street the police in pierce county Wa. were so tight about it you couldn't even walk it if it was running.

This brings back memories. Had some good times on the ol 75

I had the red devil 77 first with red rear shocks layed back pumped out side covers and red frame ,damn i loved that bike took me on many adventures up in the hills and miles from home ,only needed sniff of mower fuel

I love em! Thats a 4 speed. At the moment i have 2 '74's, 2 '77's, 1 '78 and 1 '82 xr80..addictive plus theyre gold nuggets!

I had a1976 version when I was 12 years old and had many great times on it, maybe the best times of my life ,awesome bike loved it. 😊👌

My first motorcycle !!!!!! Mine was a grey '74 with gold Wings. Got me hooked for life, nothing better than riding. Thank you Kaplan America for keeping these jewels alive !! And God bless America !!

Ken as someone your age. I always loved these bikes. Just ride 4 ever.

My first bike i rode , wow watching your video brought back all good memories when i was 13 yo back in 1977 .

My 1st real dirt bike in early 80s at 12yrs old! - NJ

Have a 78 thay never die still going strong for the Grand kid's

Had a friend with a brand new one in his bedroom ,one to practice on ,one to race flat track race on , and I had a Yamaha 60 with no 3 rd gear and a broken frame ,and I still out rode him 😂👍

I started on one of these and moved up to cr 125 elsnores in 1976 and a 250 in 77.

1977 was the year my parents bought me a brand new 1977 xr75 that was the best bike I think I've ever had and it turned me on to Motocross

I had one just like that. Dad bought it for me for $250 in 1977. Rode it for 2 years and sold it for $275. Loved that little thing.

Nice. My brothers had 73s back in the day. Another Honda that changed the motorcycle world.

your right im pretty sure one of the most popular bikes of its time i think the side exhaust just makes those classic hondas look cool

wow bullet proof and will go anywhere

My son and I were just looking at this one today at the museum

A beauty~! Im waiting till this goes up on auction. Afraid of the reserve tho 😳 interested in the '84 CR80 also.. but cmon guys can't ask $5800 etc! #Yamaha #Fox #MaximaOils #TwinAir

Cool brother , this was my first bike my dad bought me when I was 10 and it got stolen so we found another xr 75. Cool.little bike. I went from that to Cr 80 and then to a Suzuki PE 250 my dad gave me his bike. This is neat little bike. I went everywhere up big mountains on that 75 that k you for sharing the classics too

Mine was silver and I saved up to pay $451 brand new including a silver glitter helmet. It was Freedom for me on the farm. When I left home my Mom still used it. She sold it but I never found out to who. Wish I had it again! She used to bring us lemonade on it whenever we were harvesting rice. She died from Alzheimer’s and I’m so grateful she and Dad made me save my $$ to buy it myself!

You sure got that right ken as a kid going to the Honda shop it was one of the first bikes I went to on the showroom floor yep Does remind me of Jeff Ward when he was kid on one of them in dirt bike magazines

Good little bikes i have a 1985 xr100r all oringal except chian guard tires and sproket my first bike it does need a engine rebuilt i still have the title love watching your show

Very cool, I was fortunate to have the exact bike. I was 9yrs old and it was $500 new in ‘79.

Started with a XR75 in 1980 then got a XR450 in 2005 then a Transalp 700 in 2008 and now have an Africa Twin 1100 - Love Hondas.

O..M...G!! That exact bike was my first and I had to put 50k miles on it! Thank you for sharing this a tidal wave of emotions and memories just came over me. Hit a groundhog in 4th gear wide open OUCH!!! Wow thank you

Always wanted one of those when they came out. I was a kid and they were so pretty and still are. Jeff Ward was on them kicking everybody's ass

Theses little XR's were perfect Bikes to learn how to ride on.No lights or turn signals to break,low to the ground,a clutch and 4 gears everything you need to learn how to ride.

Best 4strokes of all time. Cap do a show on a 84 200 I got one..she's clean. Dual carb BABY long live the Xr!!

Had one of those in '75, a '74 model in dark gray. I spent $1200 in 1975 dollars on a full-on race engine, bored/sleeved and stroked with Powroll crank to 119cc, 8mm top end studs, external oil line to feed top end, ported head, needle bearing camshaft, lightened rockers, stainless valves, heavy springs, 26mm Mikuni carb, PK Racing pipe with larger head pipe, internal rotor ignition, HD clutch, oil cooler and many other mods. Did 68 mph with my big 6'5" ass on it and it would keep up with a CR125 in a drag race with a light rider on it. This bike was rough on cylinder walls due to mediocre piston metallurgy, high silicon cast pistons available from aftermarket back then were death on cylinder longevity. Great nostalgia trip and video, thanks!

When I was 11 my dads best friend took a 78 XR75. Modified the back bone, down tubes and engine cradle to accept a 1989 XR250R engine. At least I think it was. I think it was the last year XR250Rs were kick start only. And he built it halfway between a hare scramble bike and a flat tracker. It wasn't a back yard build either. He built the bike at his engine machine/Drag car shop. So it was all machined billet aluminum parts, renthal bars. Reservoir shocks and tig welded chromoly. It was so rad. Rode it for a little over a year but I couldn't kick the damn thing over. I was to tiny. So he sold that and replaced it with a new 1994 KX80 which was super rad. Little XR75 with a 250r engine. That little bike would tote the mail. It was kinda dangerous with my little skinny arse on there.

Love this man😍. My first motorcycle here in the Netherlands when I was about 8y old. A XR75 from '74 with the mettal side number plates. Mine was ful red, with the exhaust without the end socket like the xr80 had. Man love to have this again in my garage. Or near the couch 😀. Really great bike you have there.

I loved mine! It was a 1975 model

A friend of mine had one of these when I was a kid in the 70s. Really cool bike.

Had a YZ. 80. It was awesome!

Stylin'! You just proved they can be ridden just fine by grown-ups. I'm 60 and I still have a '98 XR80r. Not sure if I'm a grown-up though.

i grew up on this bike... as long as you changed the oil,,, would go forever

Nice SL original exhaust 🤙🏾

I had a 76 all red loved it wish I still had it

Me and my buddy would throw newspapers with these bikes,so 😎.

This was my first and only motorcycle. I loved it. I went to ride it when I got home and my brother had stripped it to try to get his Yamaha 125 running 🤦‍♂️ He ruined my bike and never got his running. Absolutely destroyed me.

Wow this was my xr75 Idk if this is weird or what. I havent thought about this for over 40 years. Then this popped up. This exact bike was mine in the 70’s. I put that dent in it when i got it brand new for Christmas. Engine was pristine as i never shifted out of first gear! Lol just puttered around our back yard. My sister rode it and put all those dents in the muffler. My father later sold it and i never saw It again. I will have to send you some photos you will be like holy crap!

This was the bike I wanted when I had my sl70. But today I think I'd take my old sl70 back over anything.........

So cool I love the name as well my buddy had this in junior high and I was lucky enough to get the XR 80

Those things are awesome, anyone can have fun with one

Very nice, I had a one in the 70’s then traded in for a 1980 CR80. Thanks for the videos!

when i was a young man, that was my favorite bike. The legend Kenny Roberts and his sidekick Kenny from electron carbs had a couple as pit bikes, when they came to illinois. Kenny let me ride his. it had a dg header, man i loved that little bike. Def,. brings back fond memories.

Hell yeah I agree definitely one of the best 👌💪👍

I had that same bike I was 8 years old and mowed yards all summer and saved the money intell I got all the money to buy the bike from a old guy nabor I had that bike intell I was 12 and it still ran purft when i traded it in a yz125 man i miss that old bike !!!! Sweet bike i cant wait intell i can offered a cr500 and or a 250r trike for my front room !!!! Keep up the badazz content !!!

I’m the original owner of a 1976 this makes me want to redo mine. The seats not on right in the front you probably know that though.

I have one identical to it. My first bike.

I learned to ride on that bike desirable back in the 70s and still is now. Wow work of art

I had the grey one back in 75-76 somewhere back then 🇺🇸😎👍🏻

Had a 1984 xr80 loved that bike love from Australia 🇦🇺 love yr work

It looks great.

I got a side cover all original good condition...gona have to try and build a bike around it!👍😆

Ken you and I are the same age ,either you had that or yz80

Jeff ward had a mean as XR 75 in his early days

The most visually unique XR75. The transition from the grey to the Tahitian red, from the Elsinore's, was a stylistic hybrid. I didn't see many of these when I was a kid. The 1976 and the 1977-78 models were more common. I got a new 1978 XR75 for xmas in Dec 1977. I do prefer the pre 1977 engines but like the 77-78 ergonomics better.

Beautiful 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

First red tank xr wow 😯👍👍

beautyfull dream 75 xr Honda👍👍

I had one identical to this one my third motorcycle😁

I would like to have another 1973 indian jc54. Yellow with red ribbon outlined in black with white square metal number plates.

Grew up with one ! 👍 Alexandria Virginia 👍

1976 XR75. That bike, stock, with my 90 lb buddy on it, would go 70mph. From 1976 to 2019, I never had a 125cc or 250cc 2-stroke MX bike, stock, that would hit 70mph. And they never went that fast modified either.

Wish I had looked after mine

Beautiful piece! I listed for one back when they came out

I had the silver one rode it for years then I got RM125

Wolverine rides my old XR75 K2. Who knew??

Yes

I've never seen that model with a red tank before. All the ones in my area were gray.

I got a 1978 model xr75. I am just wondering what can be done to get a bit more juice out of it. How big can you bore these cylinders up? I know it got 6 hp stock. My goal is 8-10 hp and use it as a little fun bike around my town.

Back in 1975 I paid $75 for a 1974 😁

Original...just almost everything has been replaced. LOL.

Oh yeah 💎

Thats what I learned how to ride a motorcycle on when I was a kid, destroyed that bike , it didn't look like that one

I would rather have that front number plate on my 2019 YZ250, -----------------------instead of what looks like the God of Thunder "Thor's" arm shield as part of the modern plastic abstract art silliness.

We beat that absolute snot out of ours when I was a kid in the 80s.

How much are you selling it for?

I have one

I had a girlfriend with one of these.....i rode it alot more than than i rode her. She was jealous and got rid of it so i dumped her.

is that 4 sale

I have this 1973 Elsinore 125 blue and silver I don't know how much it is worth

very nice

is this still available?

Малыш!!!♡

Modern "pit" bikes can't hold a candle. 10yo me would have murdered the neighborhood for that bike- not really. That's an easy dent to pop, too.

Hot dog!

I rode one back in the day