A production racer available to the public, the CR93 was an evolution of the wonderful Benly Super Sport CB92 and it was incredibly successful in European club racing for several years. “It was robustly reliable, steered and handled to perfection, was, if anything, over-braked, and would exceed 100mph. At a stroke it made all other 125cc machinery in Britain obsolete. The CR93 was not cheap but it was, quite simply, built to exactly the same high standard as Honda’s own racing machinery.” – Brian Woolley, Classic Racer magazine.
Off the production line, the CR93’s 125cc parallel twin engine put out 18 horsepower and could rev to 13k rpm, good for a top speed of 100 miles per hour. MSRP when it was released was $1,400 – compare that to the $480 of the CB92! This was a bike for riders who were serious about racing. For more on the CR93, check out this profile on Motorcycle Classics.
This example was originally purchased by a racer who bought 3 of them new in the 60s! This was his personal race bike and it was sold to his friend 3 years ago. Unfortunately it was in boxes, so the seller performed a “ground-up restoration”. The seller has some spare parts that he/she’ll offer seperately. The bike has never been run since the restoration and apparently the fairing is an alloy copy of Luigi Traveri’s RC142 and was copied from the original in the Czech Republic. Find this CR93 for sale in Camano Island, Washington with an unmet opening bid of $25,000 or a BIN of $58,000