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CR250R
249cc2-stroke1 cylLiquid-cooledKick start
About the CR250R
Honda's 250cc two-stroke motocross racer, a benchmark open-class MX bike from 1978 until two-stroke production ended after 2007.
- Family
- CR 2-Strokes
- Model years
- 1973 – 2007
- Also known as
- CR250M, CR250M Elsinore, CR250R Elsinore, CR250, Elsinore 250, Red Rocket
Generations
2002 – 2007
CR250RNew case-reed engine with electronically controlled exhaust valve in a third-generation aluminum frame.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
- Fuel
- Carburettor
2000 – 2001
CR250RSecond-generation, more compliant aluminum frame.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
1997 – 1999
CR250RFirst twin-beam aluminum frame and heavily revised engine.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
1992 – 1996
CR250RNew, more powerful engine in a steel frame first criticised as too weak; gusseted frame from 1994.
- Engine
- 250cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
- Fuel
- Carburettor
1984 – 1991
CR250RMajor 1984 redesign with ATAC exhaust valve and front disc; later updates added a cartridge fork (1986), rear disc (1987) and inverted Showa fork (1989).
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
1981 – 1983
CR250RFirst liquid-cooled, single-shock Pro-Link CR250R; 1982–83 revisions fixed its reliability problems.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
1978 – 1980
CR250R ElsinoreAir-cooled twin-shock era after the rename from CR250M Elsinore; 1980 brought a center exhaust port and double-downtube frame.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
1973 – 1977
CR250M Elsinore- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
Year specs
- Engine
- 249 cc
- Bore × stroke
- 66.4 × 72 mm
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
- Horsepower
- —
- Torque
- —
- Dry weight
- 96.6 kg
- Wet weight
- —
- Seat height
- 942 mm
- Ground clearance
- 338 mm
- Wheelbase
- 1481 mm
- Fuel capacity
- 7.6 L
- MSRP
- $6,449
38mm Mikuni TMX flat-slide carburettor with TPS. Dry weight as published. Starter (kick) from motorcycle.com spec page, whose other figures match Honda's sheet.
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