Making My Own 250AF

Considering that the 2001 CR250 was the last good 250T that Honda made, I wouldn't suggest going through the trouble. In fact, you should be acquiring as many NOS Honda parts as possible for a future restoration because it will be a collectible bike someday.

True...

A really cool bike build would be a 2003 CR 125 with a 97 125 motor with the 96 barrel and a KX 125 pipe to a PC tailpipe. VForce Reeds and me on the scooter!

I'll be the lone dissenter.
The CR250's were all mass produced bikes- if you want an investment, buy investments. If you want to have fun on a dirtbike, have at it. Even if you'd bought a first year CR250 Elsinore and stored it, the value would be nothing compared to taking that money and investing it into basic Blue Chip stocks.
I'd be way more concerned with any potential cutting or welding that might need to be done. If done wrong, it's liable to break at a most inopportune time, like landing a 50 mph triple.

I remember a thread on Thumper Talk's "Honda 2-stroke" section where a member slapped a 01 CR250 motor into a 02+ CR250 frame, though I don't remember seeing any 4th gen frame swaps over there. Maybe do some searching over there?

It's not an investment, it's just a desirable and collectible bike. butchering it up would be a shame.

Thumpertalk has a few people that has changed plastic to the 02 and newer...

I tend to be along CamP's line of thinking, being as how I'm kinda fond of the ol' bikes...

but it is all about fun, so if you haven't already, I'd go over to the following forum and do some reading in the "friggin beer can" section. Just be sure to search thoroughly before asking a question which has already been dealt with... you will get shredded

Banned CR500 Riders

Nothing is better than OEM Honda plastic and the best prices on it are at Service Honda

Matt Fisher wrote: "I remember a thread on Thumper Talk's "Honda 2-stroke" section where a member slapped a 01 CR250 motor into a 02+ CR250 frame, though I don't remember seeing any 4th gen frame swaps over there. Maybe do some searching over there?"

This is true I have seen it over on thumpertalk.com ....basically as I remember the thread they said you could just drop in an 00-01 engine in the 02 and up frame without any mods there you would have a more modern CR frame and plastics with the best engine of them all, thats the way Honda sould've made the bike IMO and you can find 02's 03's for as cheap as 1500 on craigslist

Please do some research at TT before you commit but if my memory serves me it should work but I am not 100% sure ....just 90%

Also contact AJ on here or at servicehonda.com and ask his input he is usually very helpful and knowledgeable on this conversion

Well in this case-
the bike is already an AF,
and in a decent chassis..

so i think it would be a huge investment of time and trouble,
to gain asthetics, and a bit better handling chassis.,

the time and money would be better spent,, in either updating your bike suspension ,
or selling it and buying a newer bike..
.

very little,other than engine and carb ,
could be used in changing over to a CRF250R chassis


IF you already had a CRF250R chassis, so both donor bikes in hand,
it migh tbe worth th etrouble as it is a better handlking package once completed.

but it is far more modification than most realizre,
the entire cradle area needs reworked, the yoke area raisded severa linches..
major airbox revaming..radiators modified.swingarm spacing,.
modding the pipe and silencer,etc etc etc
welding aluminum isnt hard, but there is pre heated- post treatments in a frame like this..



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For someone wanting to buy a brand new CR250 ,
which is no longer availible from Honda,
and have a CR250 in a newer style chassis than Hondas last CR250 effort
then we (service Honda) are a good source to do so!!!



Tiki-
I have a CR125 in the works,
it will use a new 99 CR125 engine,and be in the 09 CRF250R chassis.

a side note,

it is fairly easy to put an 01 cr250 engine into a newer 02-07 CR250 frame

(remember in that case you are simply adapting a cR250, t oasccept a diffferent year of cR25 0engine, much less involved)

so if looking for a slightly newer chassis and *look"
that would be the easier route!!
if determined to use the 01 engine anyway

and i do like the 01 engine better than the 02-07's

*shrugs*

AJ were the 99's better than the 97's? Sounds cool, it will be neat to see.