Description
Additional photos of this Honda NSR250R are available here for your perusal.
In the mid-to-late 1980s, the small-displacement race replica market in Japan was booming. Legions of bright-eyed young riders were lining up to fork over their hard-earned yen for competition-derived road-legal runners like Yamaha’s TZR250, Kawasaki’s KR-1, and Suzuki’s RGV250. Manufacturers on the island were battling it out on the race track and in showrooms in an ongoing arms race to produce the most trick race bike for the streets. In 1985, Honda launched the NS250R MC11, laying the foundation for its line of quarter-liter oil-burners that followed. The NS featured a box-section aluminum frame and swingarm, disc brakes, full GP-style bodywork inspired by Honda’s RS250R factory race bike, Honda’s Astralight rims, and a liquid-cooled, 249cc, 90-degree V-Twin engine, two-stroke engine that made 45 hp (at 9,500 rpm) and utilized the ATAC (automatically-controlled torque amplification chamber) power-valve system. Constant competition led to quick improvements in the model line, leading to the MC21 generation that was unveiled in 1990. Timing of the RC Valves were now controlled by a PGM-III ECU, it featured the iconic Gull-Arm swingarm, close-ratio gearbox, and smaller wheel diameters, which dropped from 18″ to 17″.
This example (VIN: MC211003085) has been with the seller for fifteen years.
The odometer shows 17,238 kilometers (10,711 miles).
It features aftermarket bodywork (we are unable to identify the manufacturer) as a tribute to the Telefonica Movistar Honda NSR250 that Daijiro Kato (#74) won the 2001 MotoGP 250cc championship with.
Modifications:
Tyga exhaust.
Penske remote reservoir shock.
Dry clutch.
Blue chain and Tyga rearsets.
UNI air filters.
The sale includes a matching polo shirt.
There are some small nicks and scratches and one of the tank decals is starting to peel off.
Currently located at our facility in Santa Monica, California (please make an appointment for viewing), this NSR is offered on a clean Oregon title.
Once you buy this, you can snag yourself a 1:12 kit of the original, too!
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