New Honda Trail Bike

JohnnyBoxer · Feb 29, 2012

250cc

Available in the UK from June, apparently

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Nice 'n' Fat · Mar 1, 2012

Very nice JB

Is that a standard bike or a Mugen version?

JohnnyBoxer · Mar 1, 2012

Nice 'n' Fat said:
Very nice JB

Is that a standard bike or a Mugen version?

Mugen, I expect

Nice 'n' Fat · Mar 1, 2012

That does look sweet

david a hall · Mar 1, 2012

But why two pipes on a 250? there seems to be a naked woman carrying a gun on the thumb nails at the end, worth a look

MGJ · Mar 1, 2012

After a quick google

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 3, 2012

Saw one in a Honda dealers today.........................not impressed, it felt very, very heavy for a 250 and definitely a 'budget' trail bike

Quality was not a patch on the XR range of old

Cheap controls, brake and gear lever made of cheap steel and no bendy tips

Finish was very poor for a Honda, with loads of cheap steel in the frame

Disappointed

jonnie comet · Aug 4, 2012

I wondered what happened to this ‘bike....I think it was supposed to be up and running for March.... :nenau

JB....Was the one that you saw an official UK ‘bike, and which dealer please ?

jasext · Aug 4, 2012

Yamaha have had one very similar out for a couple of years now so again Honda are playing catchup
Have a look for the Yamaha WR250R version

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 4, 2012

jonnie comet said:
I wondered what happened to this ‘bike....I think it was supposed to be up and running for March....

JB....Was the one that you saw an official UK ‘bike, and which dealer please ?

Miles Kingsport

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 4, 2012

jasext said:
Yamaha have had one very similar out for a couple of years now so again Honda are playing catchup
Have a look for the Yamaha WR250R version

I knew about the Yam & a lovely machine it is

The Honda is a very poor imitation, not a patch on a 250 Serow or WRR

Very cheap & nasty

Disappointed & I'll keep my XR

jonnie comet · Aug 4, 2012

JohnnyBoxer said:
Miles Kingsport

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craig10 · Aug 10, 2012

Yeah, think I'll stick with this one...

Timpo · Aug 10, 2012

craig10 said:
Yeah, think I'll stick with this one...

Jeez, you may be my new hero.......

You are not the only dude who has old iron in the shed, but it's not everyones taste, some want new, as y0ur bike was one day in the past, so this bollox of posting old bikes on threads about brand new kit makes zero impact..... why do it? Are you Chuck Norris?

OP in mind, JB I reckon HRC will have two new bikes out soon, the 250 based bike based on the bike you have generated this thread about... and yep, with Honda rekindled interest in the rally scene, there will be a 450 variant, which I think will be the bike of the future for some time...... remember the XR500 leading to the XR250, XR600 and then the XR400 domination. They were real bikes in our field. :thumb2

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 10, 2012

Timpo said:
OP in mind, JB I reckon HRC will have two new bikes out soon, the 250 based bike based on the bike you have generated this thread about... and yep, with Honda rekindled interest in the rally scene, there will be a 450 variant, which I think will be the bike of the future for some time...... remember the XR500 leading to the XR250, XR600 and then the XR400 domination. They were real bikes in our field.

Hope you're on the money, that would be a nice proposition, because at present the 250Serow and WRR are far better built and specced, plus in reality ride a lot better

Timpo · Aug 10, 2012

JohnnyBoxer said:
Hope you're on the money, that would be a nice proposition....

Why else you the Japs re-invest in the event? No brainer!
And think about it...... a real bike, real reliability at a real price.
I think the future is not orange, the real money is coming back to the table. :eek

Much to the delight of many...... you included Johnny?

T.

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 10, 2012

Timpo said:
Why else you the Japs re-invest in the event? No brainer!
And think about it...... a real bike, real reliability at a real price.
I think the future is not orange, the real money is coming back to the table.

Much to the delight of many...... you included Johnny?

T.

Reckon so, really enjoying being back on a 250 again, love the XR I'm riding at present

Timpo · Aug 10, 2012

JohnnyBoxer said:
back on a 250 again, love the XR

And only this week, I found a very, very low mileage XR400...... and I mean low miles!!! :eek

The bartering will begin this weekend..... :thumb2

Davy F · Aug 11, 2012

craig10 said:
Yeah, think I'll stick with this one...

I bet you get some fun on that (and never mind what the grumpy git says, it's still a free country last time I looked :augie

).

Anyway, I saw the new Honda 250 this week. Didn't have a real close-up, so can't comment on the quality but as some would say, the first bite of a dish is with the eye, and I think it looks rather good. Seems priced quite well too. :thumb2

JohnnyBoxer · Aug 11, 2012

Timpo said:
And only this week, I found a very, very low mileage XR400...... and I mean low miles!!!
The bartering will begin this weekend.....

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