IS THIS Honda XR250R THE WORLDS BEST TRAIL & PLAY BIKE EVER BUILT? 

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Anyone here have an extra header for an 85 xr250r ? Havin a hard time finding one in decent shape

I had a 81 xr 200r , it was awesome

Yeah man had one too...absolutely bulletproof

My Xr 400 is a pain in the ass to start

@@TopRevs if all is OK with your engine, air filter, valve adjustment and compression, it should start fairly easily. Sometimes I find half choke or no choke is better for starting providing your air filter is well oiled and sealed properly. Hope this helps.

I've had 2 600's one I bought brand new 95' other was an 88' hardly any difference! Lol

Right on!

The 1997 xr600r is 146kg wet same as a crf250L and has at least 45hp

XR250L all have estart every where in the world but usa

How much of a difference does the 280 kit make

Yes I agree I own one my self

Just add estart.

Saludos varón y estoy totalmente de acuerdo con su comentario seria lo más genial que pudiera hacer Honda aunque fuera de la xr250r lo único que pediría es que le pongan encendido electrónico y de kran también saludos

Millions sold ❤️ Honda does well in the design department. Sochiro Honda was an awesome guy. Watch the docs on RU-vid on him if you never have. He was a bit of a perfectionist but there's no doubt his brilliance was baffling

I think it was around 1993 +- the XR600R was dirt bike magazine choice dirt bike of the year ..their test bike had log over 10,000 miles all off road in the California mountain trails and Forest and the California desert riding.... And afterwards the bike had never been serviced since the day it was uncrated . Having the same fork oil rear shock oil and engine oil ...they said the bike after 10k miles there was no loss of power , no oil leaks and no oil consumption !

"Al Baker XR's only" is your Honda XR guru period. I was invited one day to a big shoot out at my buddy's brothers cabin lake resort in the middle of the Hoosier national Forest right next door to Crane naval Base Brother Steve-O as we call him had bought this property and a whole bunch of equipment to turn it into a hare scramble race track around two hundred acres around a lake was very steep hills and deep hollers...my XR500R at the time was still under reconstruction so steve-O says " take my bike cuz I'm on call this week-end and can't make it ! Steve-O is a brain surgeon of only three in the Indianapolis area that can do what he does for e.r. patience..so I'm on this 1996 XL250 RFVC that's been well massage with XR250R engine and chassis parts... handles off road great and feels a ton lightweight than my old 1984 XR500R ...And on a high speed 3rd gear roll on will left the front wheel in the air ..and humm I'm impressed ...but not nearly as impressed as later that day we are all in a pack charging in the upper levels of switch backs headed down around the trails to the lake ...so it's twisted throttle wfo time as I was able to pass a YZF450 with a seasoned rider on board the Yamaha who became very surprised as I took him on the outside headed for tight 90 degree right hand berm that you have to make this one or it's Wile E. Coyote style short cut all the way to the bottom ..I'll bet you'll beat the paramedics there that way by at least 20 minutes ...but not this time as I roosted the YZ on the back wheel with the front wheel crossed up in the air coming off the berm with both feet on the pegs wfo slinging wet fallen tree leaves and clods of forest mud ....the XL250 street legal with a tune are nothing to shake sticks at , cuz it can throw big sticks back

Air cooled 400s actually feel pretty light and agile with enough power to get up rocks and hill climbs.

@@ButtSnorkler9000 I'm not dissing em. Great bikes. And they feel light till your landing one from 10' in the air....which is fine cuz there not motocross bikes. But when your used to a 250 2st. the 400 def feels heavy...

@@DetroitFettyghost agreed. Compared to my exc300 it feels like it just doesn’t want to do jumps. I was just surprised at how much heavier and clunkier a 2021 crf450 felt when I rode it. Definitely more snappy and has awesome suspension but if I had a choice I would go with the old air cooled xr for trails

I had a 97 xr250 with white plastics and road legal here in Australia was awesome 👌

Forever...!!!

Do you have an oil temp gauge? My high comp piston XR284 runs hot on longer stretches at higher revvs, between 250F and 290F. Changing oil often because of it. I bought an oil cooler but that requires some fabrication work to install. Love the bike, especially since we got the flat slide carb dialed in, she rips.

Sell it and buy the 400. More economical and way better results. It's almost never worth a ton of upgrades when u can get a better bike for slightly more. The 400 is WAY more powerful, it'll give u what your looking for.

I’ve had a 96 and a 04 with the 277cc big bore kit. It’s like a different bike with that mod. It’s so much quicker off the bottom and a perfect trail bike.

Sounds like a helluva ride!

@@DetroitFettyghost it was the one machine I should never have parted with. I put a lot of time and money in that bike over the years and with the engine mods that my uncle and I did we ended up having to put a decompression valve in it to make starting it easier. Starting my modded 560 KX was easier than my 350R. I am willing to bet that had I put a close ratio gear-set in the transmission like what comes in an MX bike I would have been able to hang with the earlier carberated 4 stroke 450s. The newer 400s that came out in the mid 90s were very mild mannered in comparison. I will stand on this sentiment some of the best years for offroad dirtbikes were the mid 1980s they had brute strength and dang near bullet proof engineering to their powerplants. I would gladly take a 1986 KX 250 engine and put it in a newer 450 frame and put it against most of the modern 2T bikes anticipating consistant podium finishes. There is something about mid 80s bikes that you cannot get out of any other generation.

Cool story

Put in a new properly gapped plug, clean out the carb jets n all , might help. Could be the modern gas too tho. There's garbage in it that wasn't around when these engines were designed.

My 01 does not like any throttle when starting hot. When cold it helps to give it some priming kicks holding the kill button, then use full choke till it starts and then go to half choke but don't give it any throttle till it has run a minute or so! They are jetted so lean from the factory!

@@DetroitFettyghost unfortunately a new properly gapped plug didn't help. I've also adjusted the valves, and upped the pilot jet to a 48 (135 main and other mods accordingly) unfortunately none of it really helped.

@@charlesatwell6658 mines almost the opposite there's times it seems it needs to be held wide open or it won't start. They are jetted awful lean stock. I've uncorked mine, have a 135 main and 48 pilot. I've got a 50 pilot too and I'm tempted to try it out I just think thats too much.

TfromtheD(etroit) realized I always run the same fuel and switched to chevron 92 today after draining the tank completely. Didn't have one single hot start problem the entire day, bike started up just fine with the decomp procedure.

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