CR250R Motard

**cooneyr** · 10th May 2007, 13:17

Not sure if this should be in sports/road bikes or off road section but given the ability to road reg (supposedly given the sales card) then I'll put it here. I saw this for sale at a car dealers on Moorehouse Ave near the hagley park end.

Kinda different - lets see what we have here (correct me if I'm wrong - I really dont have any idea bout CR's or road bikes) - looks bike it is a CR250R from the late 80's with a VFR400 rear swing arm and front forks off some road bike (no idea what).

Steering head angle is "rather' steep but I guess that makes it easier to throw around. Hard breaking would see you on the tank though so maybe a lowering the rear end would help things. Final gearing looks like a bit of a compramise between speed and acceleration given smaller rear wheel than factory.

Use to think the RMX I had for a while would be fun on the road but this would probably be better.

Sorry about the pics - I can't get my phone to talk to vista yet so have to make do with pix size ones for now.

Cheers R

**ZeroIndex** · 10th May 2007, 15:46

Damn that looks like some good fun...

**Romeo** · 10th May 2007, 17:24

Sweetas, I saw this in the Autotrader magazine. It's a pretty crazy looking machine I'll give it that much ;s.

**jeremyb** · 10th May 2007, 17:58

Looks like a Bros wheel, therefore swingarm, $6k is a bit steep tho'!

**cooneyr** · 11th May 2007, 08:10

Wonder if the dealership is open to test rides. Summit road anyone?

Cheers R

**NordieBoy** · 11th May 2007, 08:41

Bros bits.
The only catch is tank range.
But should be OK if not fanging it...

Tui moment

**cooneyr** · 11th May 2007, 10:18

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Bros bits.
The only catch is tank range.
But should be OK if not fanging it...

Tui moment

LOL - Bling

Tank range would defiantly be annoying although working that thing hard through a set of twisties will be hard work.

Cheers R

**Paulus** · 11th May 2007, 11:42

Plastics would suggest an 88 or 89. Decals on the radiator shrouds say 89 (if they're original). That old HPP motor was a tractor and was pretty reliable too. Be awesome fun on the road if it handles okay with the steeper head angle.

**Buddy L** · 11th May 2007, 12:32

Nice, would be a pain carrying a container of 2 stroke oil around with you and mixing it up ever time you get gas.
Unless it has CRM motor in it

? with CR graphics

Would still be fun.
But not at that price.

**Paulus** · 12th May 2007, 09:28

Have any of you guys ever built a super motard out of an MXer? Do you know what is required to get it on the road? I imagine it'd need a lighting coil, lights, mirrors, horn, indicators, side stand, quiet silencer and some form of low volume vehicle certification. I have this (long term admittedly) dream of making one from a late model CR500. I reckon it'd rip!

**cooneyr** · 12th May 2007, 09:35

Originally Posted by Paulus

Have any of you guys ever built a super motard out of an MXer? Do you know what is required to get it on the road? I imagine it'd need a lighting coil, lights, mirrors, horn, indicators, side stand, quiet silencer and some form of low volume vehicle certification. I have this (long term admittedly) dream of making one from a late model CR500. I reckon it'd rip!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I though that things like breaks, bearings etc etc all have to meet certain regs so if that model was never certified as a road model in NZ you need a complete vehile low volume cert which would be seriously expenive I would have though. The beasty above "should" have been in the same situation as I would have thought that the CR range was never road cert so who knows really. Ring VTNZ or LTNZ - I'm sure somebody would help.

Cheers R

**bistard** · 12th May 2007, 11:13

Originally Posted by Paulus

Have any of you guys ever built a super motard out of an MXer? Do you know what is required to get it on the road? I imagine it'd need a lighting coil, lights, mirrors, horn, indicators, side stand, quiet silencer and some form of low volume vehicle certification. I have this (long term admittedly) dream of making one from a late model CR500. I reckon it'd rip!

Honda actually sold them new in Aussie,they were a CR500E & would be a blast