Last updated on December 29, 2018
Words and photo by Steve Campbell (Florida, USA)
The bike was originally purchased from eBay and it looked like it was preserved in a time capsule. It was purchased from a woman directly outside of Detroit, Michigan.
The bike was shipped directly to Bill Clem @ Great Escape Cycle in Signal Hill, California. Mr. Clem deserves all the restoration credit as I only secured
the bike and funded the project. No one knows more about Elsinores than Bill Clem.
Modifications include:
- All new equipment from the ground up…tires, cables, levers, bars, chain, sprockets, bushings, bearings, etc
- Motor completely disassembled and built to racing standards – porting, head milling, cases matched, stronger rod, rebuilt crank
- Factory Works Honda RC Pipe
- Suspension completely rebuilt – 43mm forks and rear shock
- Complete Honda CR480R front end including double-leading- shoe front brake assembly
- 43mm Aluminum Billet Upper and Lower Triple Clamps
- Pro Taper Bars
- 2008 CRF450 Foot Pegs
- NOS 1981 Clutch/Water Pump Assembly – eliminates the Magnesium corrosion problem
- Magnesium clutch/water pump cover was the was the primary reason I decided not to invest in a 1983 CR125R restoration
