King of Cool and a 1973 Honda CR250M Elsinore

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I stumbled upon this on Cycle World Magazine's YouTube page. It's a promotional film from Honda featuring the King of Cool himself, Steve McQueen. Lots of great desert riding action. Not surprisingly, it has a similar vibe as On Any Sunday. Anyway, I figured a few of y'all might like to see this.

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Wonderful video undecider. McQueen truly was the King of Cool and a fine spokesman for our sport. Thanks for a post that brought a flood of memories back of "the good old days".

The Honda Elsinore was quite the sensation when it appeared on the scene as a competitive Japanese alternative to the CZ's, Husky's and other Euro makes that had dominated motocross. A friend to my brother bought one of the first to arrive at our local Honda dealer and he and Gary spent the next weekend "breaking" it in. What a great bike. It looked fast standing still.

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Good Stuff
thanks for posting

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Cool video
McQueen's story is truly one of rags to riches and he left us all too soon.
But he packed a lifetime of living into those years and was only one of a handful of Hollywood idols who didn't just talk the talk.
Other stars rode bikes and raced cars, but McQueen was head and shoulders above any of them.

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Awesome video, thanks for posting. The '73 Elsinore was a ground-breaking bike when it was introduced, even more so that it was a Honda, as Honda was a "four stroke" company at the time. I was a kid back then and was on my way to the Honda dealer with my dad to buy a '73 XR75 when we decided to stop at the Hodaka shop along the way. An hour later, I was the proud owner of a Super Rat. In hindsight, we should have gotten back in the car and bought the XR75!