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HOW MUCH?<br />
Mint £3700-£5000<br />
Clean £2000-£3000<br />
Tatty £1400-£1900<br />
Hound Up to £1300<br />
You can do this all day on<br />
something so effortless<br />
and eager to corner<br />
Parts prices<br />
HONDA CBR250<br />
Oil filter £6.90<br />
Air filter £29.39<br />
Spark plugs (NGK CR9EH9, 4 required) £6.94ea<br />
Head gasket £28.25<br />
Front brake pads (per caliper) £29.35<br />
Rear brake pads £29.00<br />
Fork seals £15.00<br />
Head bearings (top) £14.50<br />
Head bearing (bottom) £21.00<br />
Clutch plates<br />
Steel £8.41 eaa<br />
Mirror (left side) £45.00<br />
Indicators<br />
NLA<br />
Specification<br />
1990 CBR250RR MC22<br />
Clutch lever<br />
£12.25 pattern<br />
Front brake lever (gen) £26.50 (patt) £12.25<br />
Shock (Hagon) £299.50<br />
I bought one…<br />
Simon McGlue<br />
Dublin<br />
“They can suffer<br />
from the usual<br />
Honda charging<br />
problems.<br />
Oil must be<br />
changed<br />
regularly for the sake of the<br />
gear cam drive. A good many<br />
were wrecked. The noise is like a<br />
turbine. I’ve had two – 115mph in<br />
a chassis similar to an NSR250<br />
but a screamer of an engine, none<br />
of that parallel twin nonsense. I’d<br />
buy a new one in the morning if it<br />
had HISS.”<br />
Jason Staunton<br />
Liverpool<br />
Petite yet purposeful.<br />
Little CBR looks great<br />
on the road<br />
“I’ve owned<br />
three MC22s<br />
and only sold<br />
the <strong>last</strong> one this<br />
summer. Wish<br />
I hadn’t as they<br />
are a seriously fun bike in the<br />
correct hands. I’ve been looking<br />
for another MC22 all over the UK<br />
and Ireland since. I’ve owned three<br />
and had zero mechanical <strong>issue</strong>s.<br />
Although a friend’s threw a bigend<br />
out the side of the cases after<br />
a very hard run.”<br />
ENGINE<br />
Type<br />
Capacity<br />
Bore x stroke<br />
Carburation<br />
Clutch/gearbox<br />
liquid-cooled, dohc, 16v, inline-four<br />
249cc<br />
48.5 x 33.8mm<br />
4 x Keihin 29mm<br />
wet, multiplate/6-speed<br />
CHASSIS<br />
Frame<br />
aluminium twin-spar<br />
Front suspension<br />
37mm rwu telescopic forks<br />
Rear suspension<br />
monoshock (adj preload)<br />
Front brake 2 x 275mm discs, 4-piston calipers<br />
Rear brake 1 x 220mm disc, single-piston caliper<br />
Tyres front, rear<br />
110/70-R17, 140/60-R17<br />
DIMENSIONS<br />
Dry weight<br />
Wheelbase<br />
Fuel capacity<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
Power<br />
Torque<br />
Top speed<br />
143kg (315lb)<br />
1345mm (53in)<br />
13 litres (2.86 gallons)<br />
45bhp@14,500rpm<br />
17.3lb.ft@11,500rpm<br />
115mph (est)<br />
Exhaust headers<br />
Top cowl<br />
Silencer<br />
NLA<br />
NLA<br />
NLA<br />
All genuine Honda items from David Silver Spares<br />
(01728 833020, davidsilverspares.co.uk)<br />
except where indicated<br />
The two largest lumps of CBR:<br />
strong frame and a rev-mad<br />
engine packed with the tiniest<br />
components imaginable<br />
Peter Eaton<br />
Nuneaton, Warks<br />
“I’ve restored<br />
two CBR250s.<br />
My dad’s got<br />
one and I have<br />
the other. Dad<br />
is 72 but rides<br />
his like he’s 17. Lunatic. But he’s<br />
enjoying life and his CBR is a big<br />
part of that.”<br />
See how it all fits together? If you ever get stuck on<br />
a CBR250RR resto, just remember this picture<br />
Bolt-on/off rear<br />
subframe always a<br />
bonus if you like a<br />
crash or two<br />
TIMELINE<br />
1986 MC14 1987 MC17 1988 MC19 1989 MC22<br />
Colours: white/black/blue, black/<br />
red/white, blue/blue/white. Onepiece<br />
exhaust system. FG-YA model<br />
(frame number range beginning<br />
MC14-1000060).<br />
Colours: black/gunmetal, blue/red/<br />
white, white/red/black<br />
New colours. Hurricane graphic on<br />
fairing. Fully faired. Rear disc brake.<br />
Rear hugger. Stainless headers.<br />
Colours: black/gunmetal, blue/<br />
red/white, blue/blue/white.<br />
Revised frame. New fairing. Twin<br />
headlights. Black headers, single<br />
front disc and silver-sleeved can.<br />
Colours: black/gunmetal, red/<br />
white/blue, blue/blue/white<br />
Revised end can. Air intakes on<br />
fairing. Louvred seat unit. Sevenspoke<br />
cast wheels, twin front discs.<br />
108 Practical Sportsbikes<br />
Practical Sportsbikes 109
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