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In 1973, [[Honda]], the world's leading constructor and the most ardent protagonist of the four-stroke engine, surprised the motorcycling community by presenting its first modern motorcycles with two-stroke engines, the Elsinore 125 and 250cc range of motocross and [[Enduro]] machines. | |||
==American Champion== | |||
The Honda Elsinore motocross 250, launched in the fall of 1972, was the marque's first two stroke since the model F of twenty years earlier. It also conformed to Honda's "green" policy of the early 1970s, which was represented in four-stroke form by the [[Honda SL125|SLl25]] and [[Honda XL250|XL250]]. The Elsinore marked Honda's return to the two-stroke market in fine style by winning the American 250cc motocross championship with the [[Honda MT250|MT250]]. | |||
==1974== | ==1974== | ||
[[Image:1974_honda_Mt125k0.jpg|left|thumb|1974 Honda MT125K0 Elsinore]] | [[Image:1974_honda_Mt125k0.jpg|left|thumb|1974 Honda MT125K0 Elsinore]] |