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new ride
Posted: February 15th, 2009, 8:12 pm
by 100hp honda
i ended up buying this one today. but i aint going to mess with it much for a month or 2 or 3 until it warms up outside. this is the first 250 ive ever owned

, it had more pep than i expected, nothing like a 500 but it ran pretty good all things considered. does the powervalve need any maintenance or adjustments ? anything else in particular i need to know about these bikes ?

Posted: February 15th, 2009, 8:22 pm
by mike hunt
Nice bike and congradulations. I still can't believe Honda quit making the 2 strokes. I hope it comes back to bite them in the ass.
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 6:56 am
by JBaze
Nice bike. Is that the one you were looking at at the dealer? The bike I used for my conversion the 01 was the first 250 I really ever owned and rode around a bit, and I too was suprised at the amout of power it had also.
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 7:44 am
by 100hp honda
no this wasnt from the dealer. that was different bike
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 12:53 pm
by iggys-amsoil
If it runs great, don't mess with it, I dare ya.

Looks like a good find.
To keep the p valve clean try Amsoils Interceptor 2 cycle, Its made for P valves.
Re: new ride
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 1:40 pm
by hoofarted
100hp honda wrote:anything else in particular i need to know about these bikes ?
Yeah - the 500 motor fits quite well!

Re: new ride
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 2:26 pm
by 100hp honda
hoofarted wrote:
Yeah - the 500 motor fits quite well!

thats what i heard. luckily i got a extra laying around

. ill get to it after the cold weather subsides, im not in a hurry to freeze my balls off
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 3:18 pm
by ~Trever
what year is it? Looks real nice, hard to find any newer than 03 around here.
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 5:02 pm
by 100hp honda
its 2006. i was searching for quit a while and heres what i found mostly
'02-'04= i found a shitload of these but most were really beat up in the photos so i didnt bother going to look at them
'05= i only found a couple of these but wasnt able to go look at them
'06= i really only found like 4 of these and 3 of them werent very good shape i didnt think
'07= i never did find one of these
according to what ive seen and heard heres what i think happened, the honda 4strokes really started to surface around '04 and everyone wanted one so the cr250 sales numbers dropped alot which would explain why there aint many '05-'07 out there atleast from what i seen in this area. i really didnt plan to get a real new one but it was about the cleanest one i could find. i did find a real nice '03 for decent price but it sold within hours of being on craigslist so i missed that one. there was a '04 i was planning to go look at but never made it because i bought this one instead
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 5:36 pm
by xtremeslide
iggys-amsoil wrote:If it runs great, don't mess with it, I dare ya.

Looks like a good find.
To keep the p valve clean try Amsoils Interceptor 2 cycle, Its made for P valves.
x2
Posted: February 16th, 2009, 5:36 pm
by CRMOE500
Sweet lookin' bike. Being patient means you always find the deals.
Posted: February 19th, 2009, 5:22 pm
by nate79
That is a beautiful machine.
Posted: February 20th, 2009, 10:29 am
by south central hoon
Nice find. Ride the piss out it, then build your 5 hundo.

Posted: February 22nd, 2009, 9:14 am
by 100hp honda