1988 Honda CR250R Classic Motocross Review 

i had raced this bike in 1988. procircuit motor and suspension. that bike was 10x better than the 1987cr250. super fast, great suspension. turned great loved it.

Great looking bike in 1988. I appreciate the Great reviews 👍

My last MX bike was the 1988 Honda CR125R

Always love these👍 Well done as ever.

Mr Tony , thanks a lot for your mission! , So important for the world!!!!

loved my 88 raced it all the way up to 94, many hole shots and race wins should have qualified for lorettas vet b in 94 2 crashes in first moto ended my run 16, 5, 12, for 10th overall , wish i never sold it

Best channel on RU-vid imo ... Great episode Tony ! Wouldn't KTM have the best quality bars, levers etc in 88 ? Just asking ??

when explaining the difference in motors You called the '87 motor ..(having scalding top end thrust). That cracked me up..epic explanation ..never in my life have I heard any motorcycle guy use that term ..your awesome dude ..was clueless about the'88 cr .thanks for info man

Beautiful bikes 💎

10:25 god, the guy on the RM is skying!!!!

This was my best bike had 250 and 500 best year and most fun my 500 was a monster🥜 cheers Tony 👍

The mellow power made it a great trail/harescramble bike. Moose racing also did a powervalve spring kit for it to tune it even more. The nikasil on my cylinder held up great too. I did have one of the rear suspension link bolt bend like Tony mentioned. Only problem I ever had with it. Great bike!

I think that was the first year for "nikisil" cylinder plating, and I was skeptical about it before I bought the bike. But the plating proved me wrong. Not only did the engine ingest a ton of sand for the first week I rode it, (I did not check if the filter had filter oil on it. It was dry), but I rode it for 5 summers, (new piston/ring each spring), and the plating showed no damage until the 5th year,---and it was minor damage. I bet it got another 2 or 3 good summers out of it. 1997 Kawasaki "electro-fusion" plating,---did not last 2 seasons and I had to have it replated at US Chrome. That Honda cylinder plating totally changed my mind.

Can you do a video on the 1984 RM125?

Just need a 1988 fourtrax 250r video.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hey man. Fantastic reviews. Do you or anyone else on here have any specific suspension modification recommendations for improvement on this machine? I also have a shock from an 89 machine as well as the original 88 shock to choose from. Many thanks Russ

I have one that needs work,can't afford the fix but I want to keep it.

11:43 What's up with the cab of that Toyota pickup? Is that the product of magazine photo stitching or something?

Looks-wise, these definitely were home runs.

I remember... troppo troppo belle le Honda di metà anni "80. Avavo Beta 250 e Cagiva 125, ma Honda era un vero sogno😍. Vederle guidate dai piloti USA, quando venivano in Italia, era un vero SPETTACOLO, come al Motor Show di Bologna oppure al Motocross delle Nazioni 1986, David (little professor) Bailey, Rick Johnson, Johnny (O'show) O’Mara. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🖐️

👀.............best wishes Tony🤙

I disagree with the fork fix. It needed lighter compression dampening, stiffer springs and more rebound dampening to handle the fork spring. It did "head shake" wildly when braking for bumpy corners, (especially if on a down hill slope), and the stiffer springs fixed that like Tony said, almost. I just put in a lighter oil, (they are all light today), to make the compression more supple to chatter bumps, and the stiffer springs,---then my rebound was too fast, and I never had that fixed. That was OK until I hit a tall faced jump, and the forks would rebound off the face and pitch my front end up too high. All it needed was some stiffer rebound dampening to control the spring, and it was very good on the chop and hard landings. Later I saw Rex Staten on TWT show agree with my suspension philosophy. Light on the compression, a heavy spring with very small preload to handle the hard hits, and the stiffer rebound to handle the heavy spring. With heavier compression, the choppy bumps would have gotten worse. I could never understand why somebody would want heavier compression---when you want the fork to move as freely as possible. But it does work well for big hits.

I couldn’t find the ATC 250r shirt in the store.😢

Mod this bike and nothing could touch it. It's a legit race bike.

You say you do some writing for PulpMX. But I don't hear your intellect from those guys.

Honda from 82-87= Exciting .. Honda from 88-2004: Blah.