Review of the Honda CB250R motorcycle

Honda NSR250R

Honda NSR250R

A street-legal road-oriented 249cc two-stroke sport bike manufactured by Honda Motor Co., Ltd between 1987 and 1999.

It was descended from the popular NS250R MC11 and was produced over four different generations, each powered by 249cc V-twin engines. CM, 90°, liquid cooled, plate valve. All engines included Honda's RC-Valve hydraulic valve system and cylinder bores lined with a nickasil-sulfur coating (hence the "NS" in "NSR").

The road-going NSRs were modeled after the production Honda RS250R (also known as NSR250) racing motorcycles, although they shared no mechanical parts. This was in the style of rival factories Yamaha and Aprilia.

Bike features

Here are the main advantages of the Honda SR 250:

• excellent handling;
• significant ground clearance;
• reliability.

This is already enough to call the model an excellent option for athletes. The motorcycle impresses with its dynamism and acceleration. It is enough to watch a couple of videos filmed by the driver to see how frantic, but at the same time flexible, iron monster this is.

Brief history of the model

• 2018 - start of production and sales.

Model

: Honda CB250R (CBF250N) + ABS (Japan, Malaysia, Türkiye).
Factory designation
: CBF250NJ + CBF250NAJ.

• 2019 - no significant changes.

Model

: Honda CB250R (CBF250N) (Japan, Malaysia, Türkiye).
Factory designation
: CBF250NAK.

• 2020 - no significant changes.

Model

: Honda CB250R (CBF250N) (Japan, Malaysia, Türkiye).
Factory designation
: CBF250NAL.

• 2021 - Model sold only in Japan.

Model

: Honda CB250R (Japan).

Engine

The CR 250 has a two-stroke engine with one cylinder. This engine is capable of producing very serious maximum performance: at 8000 rpm, the torque is 51 Nm, and the power at the same number of revolutions per minute reaches 58.2 hp. The maximum speed of the motorcycle is 150 km/h. The compression ratio is 8.7:1. The engine is liquid cooled and its working volume is 248 cm³. The motorcycle has a carburetor fuel supply system. Among the shortcomings of the motor, it is worth noting its sometimes excessive packaging density.

Dimensions and weight

The model reaches 2189 mm in length, 933 mm in height, and 770 mm in width. The bike's seat height is 942 mm, which makes it not the most comfortable choice for people of average height. The dimensions of the motorcycle wheelbase are 1481 mm.

The weight of the car without fuel reaches 96.6 kg, while the tank volume is 7.5 liters. At the same time, as much as 7 liters of fuel are consumed per 100 km of road, which many would not like. However, we should not forget about the specifics of the product; this is not a touring motorcycle, but a cross-country motorcycle.

Original article: https://www.motogonki.ru/extras/extras_20070907_174220.html

On September 1, 2007, the largest racing organization in the world, uniting all Honda pilots under one wing, HONDA RACING CORPORATION (HRC) celebrated its 25th anniversary. History of the Corporation and interesting facts.

From the official press release:

“Racing has always been in Honda’s blood, in fact racing is a gene born in Honda. From the very beginning of the company’s existence, from the very beginning, from Soichiro Honda, the plant’s engineers have always been instilled in them that stability and dynamics are the basis of quality competitions. This was the focus of all Honda developments, from the very first Model A to the RC212V, a formidable MotoGP weapon. As HRC President Masumi Hamane said: “A racing motorcycle is a laboratory on wheels that gives us the opportunity to take all the necessary data directly from the race track and make all our dreams come true.”

HRC History: Year by Year

1982 Honda Racing Corporation founded on September 1st. The organization replaced RSC, which was separate from Honda Motor Co. superstructure in operation since 1973 and the NR technology group. Legendary engineer Soichiro Irimajiri became the first president of HRC. The 3-cylinder, 2-stroke NS500 was released. Freddie Spencer wins the first 2-stroke Grand Prix race with it at the Belgian Grand Prix in July. Cyril Neveu brings Honda victory in Paris-Dakar. Eddie Lejeune wins the first World Trials Championship on a Honda RTL360. Shigeo Ijima and Shinji Hagiwara win in the CB900F Suzuka 8H (shortened to 6 hours due to typhoon). Invented Pro-link rear suspension design, as well as cartridge forks for motocross use.

1983 The all-around talented Freddie Spencer wins Honda's first 500cc world championship on the NS500, a superbly balanced bike that embodies HRC's philosophy of building machines that are as well-rounded as their drivers. Invented ATAC exhaust system, developed on NS500. Joy Dunlop, King of the Road wins Honda's fourth Touring Trophy title on the RS850R 4-stroke V4. Honda starts selling the RS500 motorcycle, based on its Grand Prix prototype. Hiroyuki Yoshino becomes the President of HRC.

1984 Honda releases the incredibly fast V4 NSR500 prototype, with an experimental outboard fuel tank. The injured Freddie Spencer finishes the World Championship in 4th place. Gérard Coudray and Patrick Igoa win the World Endurance Championship on the RS750R, Macky Baldwin and Fred Merkel take the Suzuka 8H to victory, Joy Dunlop wins another TTF1 (Touring Trophy) title. Andre Malherbe wins his second title in the 500cc Motocross World Championship. Eddie Lejeunet wins his third World Trials Championship. Ricky Graham wins Honda's first US Grand National track title.

1985 Freddie Spencer and Honda enjoyed their year together, winning both the 250 and 500 class championships on the NSR500 and its NSR250 V-twin half. Spencer wins the Daytona 200 on his VF750F superbike. The incredible RVF750 with Gerard Coudray and Patrick Igoa on board wins another Endurance crown. The TTF1 title is back for Joy Dunlop. Wayne Gardner and Masaki Tokuno win the Suzuka 8H. Mike Baldwin and Honda win their fourth consecutive US F1 title. Brother Prince Charles and Princess Diana inspect HRC racing bikes during an official visit to HRC's new base in Aoyama, Tokyo. Isamu Goto has been appointed President of HRC.

1986 RVF750 now equipped with single-sided cantilever rear wheel suspension, the motorcycle brought victories to its pilots Patrick Igoa, Gardner and Dominique Sarron. Fred Merkel's VFR750 wins the US Superbike National Championship crown. Briton David Thorpe wins his second MX 500 title, with Honda taking all three first places. Tough Aussie Wayne Gardner takes over from the injured Spencer and takes second place in the NSR500 Grand Prix.

1987 2-stroke Hondas dominate the Grand Prix, Wayne Gardner wins 7 races and the championship title. German veteran Tony Mang wins the GP250 title on an NSR250. Computer-controlled exhaust manifold valves have been developed. The most high-tech bike in the world is released, the NR750, a motorcycle equipped with an engine with oval pistons. He holds pole position for the 24 Hours of LeMans. Rising US star Wayne Rainey wins US Superbike and Daytona 200 on a VFR750. Eric Geboer wins Honda's first ever 250cc World Motocross title. Dirt track legend Bubba Schubert wins his third US Grand National crown in the RS750D. The new president of HRC is Takeo Fukui.

1988 Honda returns to GP125 racing with the RS125, a low-cost 2-stroke motorcycle. Ezio Gianola wins two Grand Prix on this bike and finishes the season in second place. Spaniard Cito Pons wins the first of two GP250 titles on the NSR250. HRC begins development of electronically controlled injectors for 2-stroke motorcycles. American Fred Merkel wins the inaugural World Superbike race on his RC30, Honda's most popular V4 superbike. Carl Foggarty starts with victory in TTF1 on the RC30. Wayne Gardner ends the season with a minimal gap to the leader in GP500. Eric Geboer and Jean-Michel Bayle win titles in the 500 and 125 cc classes of world motocross. Katsumi Ichida has been appointed as the new president of HRC.

1989 Eddie Lawson joins Honda and wins the 500cc World Championship. on NSR500. Honda wins its tenth Constructors' Championship in the 250 cc class. Merkel, Foggarty and their RC30 repeat their success in WSBK and TTF1. Private pilot John Ashmead wins the Daytona 200 in an RC30. Dominique Charron and Alex Vieira ride the RVF750 to win the Suzuka 8H. Gilles Lelay wins his fourth Paris-Dakar with the powerful 750 cc NXR750. Jean-Michel Bale and David Thorpe win the 250 and 500 cc World titles. Takeo Fukui will assume the position of President of the Corporation.

1990 Seventeen-year-old Loris Capirossi wins the first 2-stroke championship for Honda in the GP125 class on his RS125R, the first of two titles for the young Italian. Alex Vieira, Jean-Michel Mattioli, Steven Martens and their RVF750 win Honda's sixth consecutive Bol d'Or 24 hours. Eric Geboer wins his second consecutive 500cc motocross title. Jeff Stanton and his CR250 win the second of three US Supercross titles. Australian veteran Malcolm Campbell wins his second Australian Superbike title on an RC30.

1991 Luca Cadalora joins Honda and wins the GP250 world title on the NSR250, Honda's 10th crown. Wayne Gardner and Mick Duane win Suzuka in RVF750. Honda 2-stroke technology dominates world cross and supercross championships, Georges Jobet wins 500cc World Motocross crown, American Trampas Parker 250cc, Jean-Michel Bayle moves to US Supercross and wins debut season on CR250 , as well as the US Motocross Championship on the CR500. Miguel DuHamel and his RC30 win the Daytona 200. The NR750 is ready for mass production.

1992 New HRC star Mick Duane dominates the 500 cc MotoGP class with the new NSR500 in big-bang configuration, but loses the title due to injury. But the Honda Constructors' Championship doesn't matter. Luca Cadalora wins his second consecutive GP250 title. Australians Deris Beatle and Wayne Gardner win the Suzuka 8H in an RVF750. Greg Albretin accepts congratulations for his MX125 title. Takashi Shinozaki takes over as president.

1993 Shinichi Ito and his fuel-injected NSR500 break the 200-mile speed barrier at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Dirk Raudis wins the GP125 title on his Honda RS125R. Ricky Graham wins the US Grand National crown, after 11 years since his first success. The CR250 dominates the world of motocross. Doug Henry and Jeremy McGrath win their US 250 MX and 250 US Supercross titles.

1994 Mick Duane becomes the first ever to win his fifth MotoGP 500 cc title in a row with the NSR500, Honda takes the Constructors' Championship for the seventh time. New Zealander Aaron Slight and American Doug Polen give Honda its tenth Suzuka 8H victory on the RC45 Superbike, HRC's new V4 engine. Swede Marcus Hansson wins the 500 cc class of the World Championship. Jeremy McGrath dominates 250cc US Supercross. Suguru Kanazawa has been appointed managing director of HRC.

1995 VFR-750R, 4-stroke RC45 superbike earns another important title in world motorsports: Belgian Steven Mertens and Frenchman Jean-Michel Matthioli win the World Endurance Championship, the world endurance racing championship. Miguel DuHamel wins the US Superbike title, Aaron Slight and Tadayuki Okada win another Suzuka 8H. Haruchika Aoki records his first and several titles in the 125 cc class of the World Championship on a Honda RS125. Alessandro Puzar wins the 125cc World Motocross class crown.

1996 Mick Duane, Alex Crivier, Luca Cadalora, Alex Barros and their NSR500 finish in the top four places in MotoGP, with the NSR500 winning 13 of the season's 15 Grands Prix. Haruchika Aoki wins second MX 125 title. Miguel Duhamel wins Daytona 200 on RC45. The NSR500V, a V-twin version of the motorcycle piloted by Tadayuki Okada, wins pole position in its Grand Prix debut. Stefan Everts wins the first of his 250cc World Motocross class titles on a CR250. Jeremy McGrath and his CR250 win their fourth US Supercross title in a row.

1997 Mick Duane wins his fourth MotoGP title with his NSR500 equipped with a new ignition system. Honda monopolizes the top five spots in the World Series with Dwayne, Tadayuki, Okada, Nobuatsu Aoki and Alex Crivier all on NSR500, and Takuma Aoki on NSR500V. The NSR500 wins all 15 races. Honda - tenth Constructors' Championship in the premier class. Max Biaggi joins HRC and wins the 250cc class title on an NSR250. NSR500V goes into mass production. The RC45 continues to dominate 4-stroke racing with John Kosinski winning World Superbike and Japanese Shinichi Ito and Toru Ukawa winning the Suzuka 8H. Stefan Everts takes the MX 250 championship crown.

1998 Led (once again) by the mighty Mick Duane, the Honda field of MotoGP World Championship riders once again wins top places and Mick wins his fifth title. Honda begins production of a new twin-shaft engine motorcycle, the NSR250, piloted by Toru Ukawa. Ukawa arrives fourth overall in his debut season in GP250. The RC45 continues to impress with Doug Polen and Christian LaVale winning another World Endurance title and Shinichi Ito and Toru Ukawa winning their second Suzuka 8H race. Ben Bostrom wins the US Superbike title. The new president of HRC is Yasuo Ikenoya.

1999 Usually soft-spoken Spaniard Alex Crivier and his loud-talking NSR500 earn Honda's tenth World Championship title. Mick Duane is leaving the saddle of a motorcycle due to injury and moving to coaching at HRC. Emilio Alzamora and his RS125R win the 125cc World Motocross class. This is Honda's tenth title in the class. Tadayuki Okada and Alex Barros win the Suzuka 8H, Miguel DuHamel wins the Daytona 200, all three on RC45.

The 2000 VTR1000 is Honda's first production motorcycle aimed at super sports riding. Colin Edwards brings victory to the Corporation in his debut World Superbike season. The VTR1000SPW also comes out on top at another 8-hour Suzuka 8H race with Toru Ukawa and Dajiro Kato. Royal Class debutant Valentino Rossi ends the season with second overall result in the NSR500. Frédéric Bolli wins his second consecutive MX250 crown on the CR250R. Dougie Lampkin Dougie Lampkin wins the first of his four world titles in the Motorcycle Trials World Championship.

2001 Valentino Rossi ends the 500cc MotoGP era with a clean sweep of the final 2-stroke season on the NSR500. The Italian superstar also gives HRC Honda's 500th Grand Prix win at the Japanese Grand Prix and then teamed with Colin Edwards to win the Suzuka 8H in a VTR1000SPW. Dajiro Kato wins the 250cc championship with a Honda NSR250. Honda's new RC211V MotoGP is unveiled at Motegi as Mick Duane and Freddie Spencer unveil the bike that will put Honda on the map and become the flagship of motorsport for the next five years.

2002 Valentino Rossi wins the first season of the 900cc MotoGP era on an RC211V. Honda takes the Constructors' Championship with a huge lead over the rest of its rivals. The V5 takes motorcycle racing to the next level, winning 14 of the 16 races of the season. Colin Edwards wins his second World Superbike title on the VTR1000SPW and brings HRC another victory in the Suzuka 8H with Dajiro Kato. In the US, rising star Nikki Hayden wins her first US Superbike and Daytona 200 crown on a VTR. Frenchman Fabian Faure earns Honda's first World Supersport title on the CBR600R. Suguru Kanazawa has been appointed President of HRC.

The 2003 RC211V once again dominated MotoGP, winning 15 of the season's 16 races. Valentino Rossi brings the company another world title. Second and third places also for the RC211V were Seth Gibernau and Max Biaggi. The RC211V is equipped with a rotary steering damper. Dani Pedrosa wins his first 125 cc world title. on RS125R. The new CBR600RR, packed with MotoGP-proven HRC technology, wins the World Supersport Championship with Chris Vermeulen. Miguel Duhamel wins the Daytona 200. Yukio Nukumi and Manabu Kamada ride the VTR1000SPW to win their fourth straight Suzuka 8H. Ricky Carmichael takes his second straight US Supercross crown on the CR250.

2004 Honda completes a hat-trick of MotoGP Constructors' Championship wins with the Intelligent Power Control-equipped RC211V. Dani Pedrosa wins the GP250 title in his first attempt on an RS250RW. Italian driver Andrea Dovizioso wins the GP125 crown on the RS125R. Toru Ukawa and Itoyasu Izutsu win the SUZUKA 8H on a CBR1000R Fireblade, Honda's first inline-engine win. Karl Muggeridge wins the World Supersport title on the CBR600RR. Takanisa Fujinami wins the Trials World Championships title. Satoru Horiike has been appointed executive director of HRC.

2005 Dani Pedrosa wins his second GP250 title, Honda's 15th 250 cc title and 19th Constructors' Championship. Swiss Thomas Lüthi wins the GP125 title with the RS125R. Toru Ukawa and Riyuchi Kiyonari win the 20th anniversary Suzuka 8H on a CBR1000RR. The CBR600RR continues to dominate the mid-sized motorcycle class with Sebastien Carpentier in World Supersport and Miguel Duhamel in the Daytona 200.

2006 Nikki Hayden wins the world title for Honda in the last race of the 990cc MotoGP era, riding a powerful V5-powered RC211V. Nikki brings the Corporation its 200th victory at the Dutch TT race. This is the 14th world title for Honda drivers and the 17th Constructors' Championship. Sebastien Carpentier wins his second consecutive World Supersport title on a Honda CBR600RR, Jake Zemke takes the Corporation to victory at the Daytona 200. Takeshi Tsujimura and Shinichi Ito win Honda's tenth Suzuka 8H 8-hour endurance race with their CBR1000RRs.

2007 New MotoGP rules, engine capacity reduced to 800 cc. HRC introduces the RC212V, an 800cc 4-stroke motorcycle with a V4 engine. Masumi Hamane is the new president of HRC.

Chassis and brakes

Of course, the CR 250 has an aluminum frame. It looks quite stylish, in the spirit of motocross bikes. The wheels are spoked, and the typical sized comfortable steering wheel makes it easy to control the motorcycle even at its maximum speeds.

The rear suspension is a monoshock with progression, and the front is an inverted fork. The rear brakes are a 240 mm disc. The front brakes are discs of the same size. These brakes are quite sufficient taking into account the above-mentioned characteristics and class of the motorcycle.