2011 Honda CBR250R

[jaffaonajappa]

This bike, is absolutely fantastic. way above the ninja.
Take a ride and see what I'm talking about.

Cayman......it might be a V10 motor....or whatever, and look flash for sure. But its hard to take you seriously, when your posting in a biker forum with a car engine avatar.
Now if it was a 1100 hillman hunter engine, id get it.

[EJK]

http://youtu.be/loNOoO8C1f4

[jaffaonajappa]

Such an unfair comparison.....and not as relevant to Kiwi's on their L or R licences as a proper comparo would be. ie, vs Kwka or Hyo equivalents.

I still think these single banger 250's will come into thier own idc, as petrol costs increase, and especially once the new learners laws make the multi cylinder 250's seem 'odd' and overpriced - overcomplicated.

[racefactory]

This bike is just a sign of the times if anything. Cheap, boring, slow; it's a good bike for the Nanny state and recession.

[Botany Honda]

Cheap, well not every one wants to spend big, slow, depends on what you are expecting, boring, well I wouldn't know about that, I have riden one, it is fine, I will take one home this weekend for an extended play

This is kind of bike that will bring the new riders into the game, we need that for the sake of our motorcycling future, it will also apeal as an easy to ride economical commuter.

I will admit I am biased, but I do get to ride a lot of different bikes

[7mmWSM]

Cheap, well not every one wants to spend big, slow, depends on what you are expecting, boring, well I wouldn't know about that, I have riden one, it is fine, I will take one home this weekend for an extended play:scooter:

This is kind of bike that will bring the new riders into the game, we need that for the sake of our motorcycling future, it will also apeal as an easy to ride economical commuter.

I will admit I am biased, but I do get to ride a lot of different bikes :woohoo:

:2thumbsup Agree!

Theirs alot of arm chair experts out there and 99% of them who have commented on this post will have no intention of even looking to buy one.
I was suprised at how well it goes and has more power than you would think for a single. The chassis is light feeling and is a dream to negotiate traffic in the city and stable on the open road.
If you're worried about the looks of the muffler, we fitted a 2 Brothers pipe to one and looked awesome and sounded light a 450 MX bike!

[jaffaonajappa]

Agree!

Theirs alot of arm chair experts out there and 99% of them who have commented on this post will have no intention of even looking to buy one.
I was suprised at how well it goes and has more power than you would think for a single. The chassis is light feeling and is a dream to negotiate traffic in the city and stable on the open road.
If you're worried about the looks of the muffler, we fitted a 2 Brothers pipe to one and looked awesome and sounded light a 450 MX bike!

No disclaimer to this post?
your not working from a Honda shop selling these?

ok, I like the bike. I recently bought a 150 yamaha for town work.....the honda seems even better than the yammy...which i like.
There is a place for these new bikes - more so once fuel costs rise a bit more and the learners licence thing changes.

But come on - people need to get a bit more honest and up front. Talk up the bike...but if you stand to benefit from the sale of them, let people 'clearly' understand your stake in this.

[placidfemme]

wow... thats.... ugly

[nzspokes]

I looked at one yesterday, better in the flesh in one colour.

Id ride it.

[Flighttime]

I looked at one yesterday, better in the flesh in one colour.

Id ride it.

They do look a lot better in the flesh.

And the one parked in my garage with 700km on the clock looks better still.
I've had plenty of bikes from RG50's to CBR1000 over the years and I know one thing about the CBR250R.. It's a keeper.

[nzspokes]

Ive just realised that my 25 year old CBX has the same engine config but gives 7 more hp. And my bike is 30kg lighter.

Why up grade?

[ducatilover]

Ive just realised that my 25 year old CBX has the same engine config but gives 7 more hp. And my bike is 30kg lighter.

Why up grade?

Because....ummmm.....
And you can make a sweet cafe racer out of yours

[CRF119]

I think it looks better then the ninja but id have to ride the CBR to decide. The Ninja i test rode for a mate felt lie it was going to split in half with all the chassis and suspension flex during braking and cornering. So it would have to be pretty bad to be worse then a Ninja.

Think id take a old tidy CBR250RR over it unless its lasts like 600km on a tank or some thing stupid.

[edwin]

Slightly different with the CBR 150R

[Xander393]

Ok, I've owned this bike for just over a week now and thought I'd say something

Stalling
The engine seems intent on stalling if under 10kph. The bike has a really decent amount of torque and I’m meaning you’re doing 65-70 before
you know it. But if you don’t utilise this torque from a standstill then it will stall. What i mean by this is that if you put it to about 2000rpm and
start to move off it will insta-stall. I had to get the rpms to around 3.5-4 to be able to move off without a hitch. Something a Newb might not be
used to but will not be a problem with some decent experience under your belt.

It took me a little while to figure this out. It does need between 3-4000 rpm before starting or u will stall. Quite frustrating when I was starting out and kept stalling at the lights.

Kick-Stand
The last issue I had was the stand. The stand although was made sturdy didn’t feel sturdy. The bike was capable to rocking in all directions
with the slightest of force. The stand also keeps the bike quite vertical which gives me the impression any decent gust of wind will have no
issues what so ever in nocking it over. This of course may not be true for all the CBR250’s but the one I test rode didn’t give me much confidence.

This too also concerns me. Whenever I park on slightly uneven ground I give the bike a few shakes to see how stable it is and to me it also seems a big gust of wind could knock it over easily.


One thing to note as well, the ABS option for this bike is not available in NZ. Sounds like they didn't want to compete with the Ninja since the price increase would put them pretty equal.

Overall though for my first bike ever, I'm quite enjoying it. It doesn't have much guts on the motorway, but I gotta start somewhere. I know there's a bigger bike in my future!