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Honda CBR 250R – First Impressions

Clearly Honda have decided to pay attention to my previous blogs which bemoaned their lack of attention to the 250cc market in this country and are going to address it with this potentially fine motorcycle. I’m not going to try and review it, there is a comprehensive description on bikerholic.com. I will say these things about it:

1. Price is given as ~£3,999 only £100 pounds cheaper than the Kawasaki Ninja 250 yet the Ninja is a twin making 33.5bhp against the single cylinder CBR making 26bhp. This is not right.
2. What’s with that muffler? It’s gross!
3. What’s with the lame red, white and blue colour scheme? Why can’t we have red like the Americans?
4. Is this a new engine or the VTR 250′s engine?
5. Are we absolutely, absolutely sure it’s coming this time? I’m still not over the debacle with the Honda VTR 250.

I can see the mentality of Honda UK: we have a sportsbike culture in this country and this bike ticks those boxes unlike the VTR 250. Fine but this will still be used as a commuter in this country and the VTR was a proven bike.

I love the digital speedo though (see video.)