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found a bunch of 1988 honda 250's imported by dealers from japan...anyone buy one before or have any experience with an imported bike such as these...selling for $2000-2500 (which i think is high for this year but maybe i'm wrong)...apparently they are an inline 4 cylinder, with DOHC, 4 stroke and put out 45 hp...any thoughts?
btw...they are safetied...
Where are these bikes? I know someone else that will be interested.
If it's a VT250 then they only make around 32hp. This is the 4 stroke I believe.
But the NSR250R, which makes 45hp, is a 2 stroke. From what I know, 2 stroke is a pain to take care of, taking apart possible every winter, just to be sure that there is no scarring or excessive wear on the motor. In the end, 2-stroke is a lot harder to take care of. If you can get an NSR250R and are will to do the maintenance on it, for 2000-2500, I'd grab one... One of the greatest bikes ever in my books.
CBR250R?
If it is one, I hear they're small and light and a little uncomfortable, but pretty quick and with good handling.
^Wasn't the 250R only offered from 2011?
1988 honda had the CBR250R, I think in 1990 they brought out the CBR250RR (dual disc, gul swingarm and a few other mods). They are actually really nice bikes for their age and came out in some fantastic colour schemes. They are 30hp and were VERY popular in Australia cause of our tierd licensing.
The NSRs were closer to the 60hp mark and yeah 2 strokes. Ive done 40-50k on a 2 stroke with absolutely no issues at all. 80-90% of that was around the redline in the twisties and track.
Do you know what model it was you saw?
I plan on leaving this world the same way i came in...... Bloody and screaming.
Ahhh... you're right, in 1990 they brought out the 250RR. I didn't even think of that.
the one bike was a 1988 cbr250r hurricane...another was a 1988 cbr250r...another was a yamaha fzr250 and the last one was a honda bros 400...
i was the one looking at a 2007 ninja 250 in london that carbon 600 so kindly looked at for me but have since found out a few things about the bike and seller that made me think twice...
my other option is to buy the cbr125 that i had last year when i first got my license as i seem to miss it for some strange reason...
Those are sweet looking bikes! I think once I have more experience I will
look at getting an older bike!
As for the 125 I already miss mine a lil and I haven't sold it yet!! LoL
Originally Posted by ifiddles
All cool bikes and wont disappoint. Wonder if they had the zxr250, That was my favorite Japanese 250 back then. Kinda looks like the mini offspring of a zxr750 and a zx9r.
If the shop is actually importing bikes maybe they have or can get the RFV400 (rc35). Would be a great bike to learn on as the v4 is very smooth and puts out about 60hp.
Any of these bikes will be ok for Hwy riding imo, they actually have specific cheap entry level 250 and 400 race classes in Australia.
I plan on leaving this world the same way i came in...... Bloody and screaming.
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