Honda CBR250R ABS – Long-Term Test Update #2 Quick, shift!

Honda CBR250R ABS

Honda’s CBR250R may be the favored staff errand-runner, but since our last update, it’s also been to another rev-limiter-bumping track day, as well as serving on several long road trips. We added a few items to help it perform better in these varied uses. No secret its 250cc Single, while tractable and snappy, isn’t a [...]

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Mileage Matters Does small displacement mean big mpg? Let’s find out.

Mileage Matters

One of the primary appeals of owning a small-displacement motorcycle is the savings such machines typically offer at the gas pump. To determine optimal mpg figures and see how these bikes compare in the real world, we laid out a 60-mile test loop comprised of equal parts freeway, rural and city riding. We weren’t seeking [...]

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Sportbike Shootout at the 4k Corral Less is not more, but it’s much more than it used to be.

Sportbike Shootout at the 4k Corral

A small-arms race! What fun! (Not to be confused with a small arms race; behold the power of the hyphen!) The Kawasaki Ninja 250 had been the best-selling sportbike in the U.S. and pretty much ruled the 250cc sportbike class until the Honda CBR250R got here two seasons ago and dethroned it in a thrilling [...]

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No Quarter: 250 Battle Heats Up Rise of the modern 250: Japan aims low and hits the competition where they least expect it.

2013/14 Yamaha YZF-R250

Extravagance has its place…if you’re a one-percenter. But for the rest of the population, $28,000-a-pop Panigale Tricolores, $10,000 European enduros and just-shy-of-$40K factory-custom H-D CVOs just don’t jibe with economic realities. Thankfully, the motorcycle industry has listened. In particular, the Japanese, who have taken quite a beating in the press the past four years for [...]

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Honda CBR250R ABS – Long-Term Test Update #1 Town, highway, track day.

Honda CBR250R ABS

We’ve had so much fun every time we’ve ridden Honda’s quarter-liter machine that we decided to add one to our long-term fleet. Over the first three months of “ownership,” we’ve piled on a lot of fuel-sipping commuter miles, and staffers always return from a ride grinning. The biggest smiles came at a Streets of Willow [...]

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Yoshimura R&D Honda CBR250R TRC Slip-On Exhaust – New Product Ideas

Yoshimura R&D Honda CBR250R TRC Slip-On Exhaust

Put more “thump” in Honda’s entry-level, single-cylinder CBR250R sportbike with a lightweight, tri-oval Yoshimura R&D TRC slip-on exhaust. Choose from a polished stainless steel or a carbon-fiber muffler sleeve, with either stainless or carbon end caps. A removable low-volume baffle insert is included, along with a laser-etched heel guard. Prices range from $379 to $549. [...]

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Do It for the Children – Feature See the Gregg’s CBR250R at the show, buy a ticket, win it.

Gregg's Customs Honda CBR250R - Do It for the Children

This year’s Cycle World/Ride for Kids bike to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation really does combine a few of our favorite things. Put together by Gregg DesJardins of Gregg’s Customs, this one starts out as the excellent little Honda CBR250R, loses a little bodywork, gains some cool bits, including CRG mirrors, and Dunlop tires, [...]

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2012 Honda VFR1200F, CB1000R, CBR250R and Two Scooters New-blue, traction-controlled VFR1200F headlines updated Hondas.

2012 Honda VFR1200F - Candy Blue

Honda continues to squeeze the new-model toothpaste tube, formally introducing five more members of its 2012 lineup for the U.S. We already know about the Gold Wing and updates to the CBRs, but here’s the deal on a quintet of models we had not yet heard about. New matte-gray paint highlights the 2012 CB1000R naked [...]

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Kawasaki Ninja 250R vs. Honda CBR250R – Comparison Test Small but meaty: Can Honda’s new Single outrun America’s biggest-selling sportbike?

Kawasaki Ninja 250R vs. Honda CBR250R - Comparison Test

Like Warren Buffett says, nobody knows who’s swimming naked ’til the tide goes out. In much the same way, nobody knows who’s riding naked ’til the horsepower plug gets pulled. On the CW dyno, the Honda CBR250R makes a piddly 23.7 horses, the Kawasaki Ninja 250R just 25.5. Whoopee! All that means on our favorite [...]

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Kawasaki Ninja 250R vs. Honda CBR250R – Video Small but meaty: Can Honda’s new Single outrun America’s biggest-selling sportbike?

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