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thank you Magoofan
My first brand new bike was a 2000 CR250.
amazing to assist at the MX championship 95-2000 with the legends.
messico pipe it's nice for the high rpm, hgs and fmf fatty is better for low and middle rpm.
with this tag you win, it's sure ahah
thank you for these anedoctes on honda, many had the same judgment as you on the engine of the new honda.
Are your suspensions semi-factory?
you have a beautiful CR 250 with a factory look, you did well to keep it ahah.
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CR 125 2003 of Tonio Cairoli, Team martin racing ?
The suspension is full factory fork with magnesium fork caps and full factory shock with billet shock body. The parts on the bike are not replica parts.. they are period correct HRC parts to recreate the RC250M Japan factory bike.
This bike worked well for the Pro's also as the 2nd gen Honda's won the All Japan Championship and the MXGP championship in 2000 and 2001. Tortelli probably would have won the AMA MX championship also on the bike if it were not for Rickly Carmichael who would have won on any bike. I am not sure if any other particular model bike had so much success in the different championships around the world. There was something to this bike. Ironically, the 00-01 bike was only for 2 years while other model years were around for a lot longer.
Not at the moment, as they sit in the warehouse where I keep them and not sure when I'll be over there, but can try to dust them off and take pics next time. As I said, they're not like one of Tokyo Tiddler's HRC replicas, they're virtually stock.
The cylinder/head mods on the 250 lowered the port timing and gave it a big improvement in low-end response/torque.
In the meantime, here's a pic of one of my '03s I made the mistake of parting with about 15 years ago.
I had a 2001, 2002, 2003 and a 2006. I liked the motor and suspension on the 2006. WAY better than the 2001, 2002 and 2003. I loved the 3rd Gen Aluminum frame.
love all these bikes. my '02 when i had an '86 kit on it
The one that never saw the dirt
Here are the last 2 strokes I did a build up on. A 01 cr250 which I owned one of these back in 01,and my recent 06 cr125 with less then 10 hours on it which I freshened up.
I’ve been riding Hondas my entire life except in 03 when I bought a yz250f and I just sold my rm250 I couldn’t gel with.
No one ever mentions the 2000. It was the year of the new design change. Magazines, webzines, YouTube, you name it, always cite the 2001 model. Why? I had the 2000 and loved it, until I got hurt that is. I’m not sure how much changed from 2000 to 2001 but whatever it was, the 01 stands out as the winner in the public and media’s retro memory, while the 2000 just seems long forgotten. Just wish I had a reason.
The 2000 was a good bike, but they changed a lot on the 2001 engine that made it the one that people seem to love most considering that engine had been around for many years. In 2001, they changed the cylinder/ porting, the exhaust pipe, and the carb from a Keihin to a Mikuni. Other than that, the rest of the bike is the same except for seat and shroud graphics. The 2001 engine changes all came from learnings from the HRC factory teams. The Mikuni carb was a pain to jet but did make slightly more power than the Keihin. It is a shame that engine only saw one model year. I would like to have seen that engine in the 2002 frame.
thanks for that! that does make sense.
I don’t recall them changing the engine “a lot” but I do remember everyone looking for the 01 CDI for their 00 model or the ones with the 01 looking to buy the carburetor off of the 00.
Love the honda 2 strokes
Pit Row
'00 and '03
Surprised that there was no story or pics of Willie Surratt,s cr250 from glen helen. The world 2-st race will easily be the best national race of 2023. Willie is Super talented & the cr250 had a Awesome bark to it.
That bike was ripping and pulled 300s up the hills from the inside line. I’d be curious to know who did the engine work. Mine hauls ass, but it’s still lacking a little down low and there is nothing smooth about the mid-top. Going to try a pwk in the next week or so
edit. I’m going to shoot you a DM regarding tuning the mikuni
I've had 98' and 02' CR250R, my 98 was the better of the two overall, vibrations aside. Faster, and more stable, not that the 02 wasn't.
I'd love a minty 98-99.
i went to your page, absolutly amazing build of the factory RC 250 HRC , the parts on the bike are fabulous.
you have one parts of the mx history in your garage.
i thinks Honda was too much ahead on the concurrence mx bike in in those years
in white your CR 250 is pretty beautifull.
factory bike look amazing but one CR125/250/500 full oem is so amazing too for me. If you want i can go in your warehouse, washing your bike and go ride sometimes with lol
honda are the best bike, your 2 last 2 strokes are nice, the CR125 look new !
you have the best in your garage
factory CR125 team HRC ?
Starting in 02 the CR250R had a case reed engine; these engines sucked on 91 octane pump gas and were very susceptible to atmospheric changes. I had my 03 jetted perfect one day at Lake Elsinore and it ripped. the next week at the same track the temp and humidity were different and it ran like a dog. I started running 1/2 91 octane pump gas and 1/2 VP c12 and it solved the problem. Once I got it jetted right on this gas it ran pretty consistently and the air temp didn't matter
i had an 01 and it had that garbage mikuni carb on it..i bougght a new pwk air stryker from a 2000 cr250 new from honda and that bike RIPPED! i actually jetted it rich to de-tune it because it hit so hard w/ the fmf pipe i had on it.
i think using a lectron today would have similar if not better results
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