Help needed: Info on a 1988 Honda cd250uj

**Spyke** · 11th January 2007, 17:03

hi me and my dad have been looking at a 1988 honda cd 250uj on trademe to buy, a learner 4 me. and a little fun for him 2 get bak into riding after 20 years off his cb900.

the guy says its in ex condition and its been in storage for 11 years but been out of it for a year. it has only done 18000 ks. iv done a bit of research on the net and found out that it is a british bike so it must have been imported before the storage.

i was wondering if anybody has had one/got one of these bikes and what they thought of them. would they be a good learners bike? and are they easy enough to get parts 4?

heres the trademe auction to have a look at. (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=81710953)

thank you

**stunz** · 11th January 2007, 17:12

doubt parts would be easy to come by, but if you look hard enough you can get parts for anything. It sure looks nice and tidy though. Good luck

**Bonez** · 11th January 2007, 17:19

The basic motor is still in production in the '06 250 Nighthawk and parts are probably common the other Honda models. Should be ideal for what you want.

Welcome to KB.

A quick bit of research shows the CD250u was an Australian market model also-
http://www.zedder.com/msg16.htm

**Spyke** · 11th January 2007, 18:42

thanks stunz and bonez 4 replyin to the quest. will hopefully get the bike, cant wate to get out on the road and ride.

**Paul in NZ** · 11th January 2007, 20:19

Well its not rare (except in NZ) and is possibly never going to be a desireable classic like a Goldstar but they are good little bikes and thats a reasonable price I would have thought??

Might wanna budget for some new tyres

**Monorail** · 11th January 2007, 21:54

dont buy that, by my bike instead. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=83114488
will sell for 800 to a kb member

**SwanTiger** · 11th January 2007, 22:05

Originally Posted by wana_b_rider

hi me and my dad have been looking at a 1988 honda cd 250uj on trademe to buy, a learner 4 me. and a little fun for him 2 get bak into riding after 20 years off his cb900.

the guy says its in ex condition and its been in storage for 11 years but been out of it for a year. it has only done 18000 ks. iv done a bit of research on the net and found out that it is a british bike so it must have been imported before the storage.

i was wondering if anybody has had one/got one of these bikes and what they thought of them. would they be a good learners bike? and are they easy enough to get parts 4?

heres the trademe auction to have a look at. (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...px?id=81710953)

thank you

Fuck you write English worse than a gook speaks it, invest yah old mans coin in private education.

On the other hand, I looked at this here fine motorcycle and its a great buy, I don't know why the wanker has over done the text 'cos its been over on its side! fucken gimp.

Good buy, definitely.

**Lucy** · 11th January 2007, 22:20

PM Twig he has one of these (I think). It's a great bike.

Also, the 'ks' are most likely 'miles' being British and all...

**Spyke** · 12th January 2007, 07:10

hi swantiger
yes my english is not up to scratch, thats what my english teacher says, he must be right when i get bottom of the class. ive always been better at hands on things!!!!!

thanks for the info and just wondering how you know its been dropped?

thanks to all of you guys who have posted a comment it's good to have site where all the bikers can get together and share opinions/thoughts!!!

**Shadows** · 13th January 2007, 01:34

I used to have one of those.
Funnily enough the last bike I owned before that was a CB900 too!
The CD was a fun little bike, it never gave me any trouble. It was gutless, of course, that 150kph claim on the auction is complete bullshit. More like 120kph max going downhill with a tailwind.
$1,700 for that probably isn't too bad. The mileage stated will be miles, not kilometres. I sold mine for a lot less than that, I threw in some Neo trousers to sweeten the deal as well, but I have to say that it was nowhere near as good condition and had done about 36,000 miles.
When they were new and not on promotion they were only a little more expensive than the GN250s, which are selling new for $3K now.
I have a couple of old magazines which have articles on them if you are interested. PM me if you would like them in an email.

**elle-f** · 13th January 2007, 06:00

and thats the thing.......a new GN250 is worth about $3300 and they hold their value and it wouldn't give you any trouble and will still be under warranty if it did.

Anyhow, the bike that you want on trademe is looking like it's in great condition. However, look at how many views it's had. Best to get in quick and have a look at it if you want it.

**Bonez** · 13th January 2007, 06:09

Stumbled on a thread were a pommy chap is onto his third CD250. The first one had done 80,000 MILES - http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/po...tm?v=i&t=10781

**Spyke** · 13th January 2007, 07:40

thanks for all the help and information!!!!

+ andrew +

**skidMark** · 28th February 2007, 20:44

i just bought this bike, it's sitting in my garage,

i borrowed it off my mate, got hit on the motorway so i decided to buy it rather than fix it mint again only to give it back

and he was selling anyway....

got it for 1200