Devon TRF Group Forum

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Devon TRF Group Open Forum -> General Discussion Board -> New 2012 Honda CRF250L
Post Info TOPIC: New 2012 Honda CRF250L
Simmo


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1393
Date:
New 2012 Honda CRF250L
Permalink  

jt wrote:

He wants to check his facts - 1.36 - "Japanese bikes" well the Honda isn't......its made in Taiwan....hmm

 

So does that mean the Honda Civic which is made in Swindon is not a Japanese car? confuse

On balance I'm glad I bought a 23 year old gixxer instead of a crf250l.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2213256/Ten-best-cars-Britain.html



-- Edited by Simmo on Thursday 11th of October 2012 07:50:25 PM

__________________

Make my day punk, CLICK on this....
snasher


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 105
Date:
Permalink  

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/videos/2012/October/oct0812-video-honda-crf250l-group-test/

 

MCN video group test. 



__________________
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

He wants to check his facts - 1.36 - "Japanese bikes" well the Honda isn't......its made in Taiwan....hmm



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

Simmo wrote:
jt wrote:

He wants to check his facts - 1.36 - "Japanese bikes" well the Honda isn't......its made in Taiwan....hmm

 

So does that mean the Honda Civic which is made in Swindon is not a Japanese car? confuse


 Not to me, if its made in Britain - its British

 

Same as if you live in Britain your British...... EG the term British Asian makes no sense to me confuse

 



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

BTW

 

Saw an Audi driving through Exeter this week with a sticker in the back saying support British Farmers, Buy British food.......hmm.......



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
Simmo


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1393
Date:
Permalink  

jt wrote:
Simmo wrote:
jt wrote:

He wants to check his facts - 1.36 - "Japanese bikes" well the Honda isn't......its made in Taiwan....hmm

 

So does that mean the Honda Civic which is made in Swindon is not a Japanese car? confuse


 Not to me, if its made in Britain - its British

 

Same as if you live in Britain your British...... EG the term British Asian makes no sense to me confuse

 

 

I was born in England and I live in England therefore I am actually English.  Britain is the watered down entity that gives immigrants passports. 



__________________

Make my day punk, CLICK on this....
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

wink



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
TTR


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7902
Date:
Permalink  

A very positive review by Adventure Bike Rider, Alun Davies - see page 102 onward in issue 13



__________________

Exeter area - Devon TRF Group member

http://www.ttr250.com     

http://ttr250.activeboard.com/ - THE forum for TTR250 owners
Big T


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1037
Date:
Permalink  

It's the CRF250R in Skyfall:

 

skyfall_daniel_craig.jpg

 

Still, got to be good publicity for them! I'll be trying to emulate his riding on my crf250x after I see the film on Monday.....



__________________
"If you don't ask, you don't get"
Harty


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 3402
Date:
Permalink  

Obviously the plastics discolour quick

__________________

Culmstock area - Devon TRF Group member - KTM 690 Enduro
Biff


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1849
Date:
Permalink  

Just wonder if they dub a 2 or 4 stroke engine sound

__________________

GG Red     4 strokes good, 2 strokes better

 

Complexity is the enemy of reliability

 
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

Well they couldn't have used the L in the film it would have dropped to bits at the thought of a stunt hmm - Gotta say the marketing effort is 1st class, but I'm far from convinced having seen the bike.......



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
RichT4


Champion

Status: Offline
Posts: 4681
Date:
Permalink  

Nice to see 007 promoting the MT43biggrin - brave man doing front as well as rear though.ashamed



__________________
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

Vid of them filming it all here - Robbie Madison was riding.



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
D13dkt


Clubman A

Status: Offline
Posts: 753
Date:
Permalink  

That's great


__________________

what have i done 
Big T


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1037
Date:
Permalink  

Yep, very nice.



__________________
"If you don't ask, you don't get"
jt


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 8129
Date:
Permalink  

A little bird told me tonight of a new one thats gone pop already hmm



__________________

'4 wheels move the body - 2 wheels move the soul'
steve xr33


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 484
Date:
Permalink  

Here some snaps of it

P1030809.JPG

P1030810.JPG

P1030811.JPG

P1030814.JPG

P1030812.JPG



Attachments
__________________

333 I'm the Devil doing a half arsed job!!  "Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul."
Ming


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 2421
Date:
Permalink  

If it says "CRF250R" on the panniers does that not signify it's the CRF250R MX bike (with added lights etc) rather than the CRF250L which is in the title of this thread?



__________________
Caution - the poster may well have been drinking........
Biff


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1849
Date:
Permalink  

Pics seem to show alloy frame as opposed to steel ?

__________________

GG Red     4 strokes good, 2 strokes better

 

Complexity is the enemy of reliability

 
delvey91


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 2948
Date:
Permalink  

They are both 06-08 crf250r's

__________________

 
doh !


Clubman A

Status: Offline
Posts: 852
Date:
Permalink  

Both bikes are fuel injected 2011 crf250r motox bikes with Dunlop sticky trials tyres Honda gave them 30 bikes and only got 5 back got the info from Honda marketing manager at the show he was laughing at us trying to work out how they bolted all the extra bits on it got done by a special effects company .....don't think I'll let em loose on my crf ( same model )

__________________
Johnnyboxer


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 194
Date:
Permalink  

Also, a 700 mile 'as new' CRF250L with sumpguard and barkbusters fitted, didn't even attract 1 single bid, with a no reserve £3000 start price - when it finished on Ebay tonight

Doesn't bode well, does it



-- Edited by Johnnyboxer on Wednesday 14th of November 2012 08:16:37 PM

__________________

So many roads........................So little time

A Devonian, exiled in Yorkshire

2004 Honda XR400R

2011 KTM 530 EXC-R

Montesa 4RT Trials
Ming


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 2421
Date:
Permalink  

Simmo wrote:

In Skyfall too.

 So not at all in Skyfall thendisbelief



__________________
Caution - the poster may well have been drinking........
Simmo


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1393
Date:
Permalink  

Ming wrote:
Simmo wrote:

In Skyfall too.

 So not at all in Skyfall thendisbelief

 

Crap film anyway so not important.



__________________

Make my day punk, CLICK on this....
KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 3255
Date:
Permalink  

Simmo wrote:
Crap film anyway so not important.

 I disagree, thought it was great and resets the whole Bond saga.smile

Anyway, back on track, it seems that the 250L isn't a Honda after all, expect the sticker says it is?wink



__________________

 

KTM Sunday = ATM Monday 

DTRF kd101146eb
Johnnyboxer


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 194
Date:
Permalink  

steve xr33 wrote:

Here some snaps of it

P1030809.JPG

P1030810.JPG

P1030811.JPG

P1030814.JPG

P1030812.JPG

 Yhat's not a 250L, it's an X, is it not?

Electric and Kick, surely they wouldn't risk an inferior lardy Honda CRF250L when they have the superior CRF250X at their disposal for 007 duties



__________________

So many roads........................So little time

A Devonian, exiled in Yorkshire

2004 Honda XR400R

2011 KTM 530 EXC-R

Montesa 4RT Trials
steve xr33


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 484
Date:
Permalink  

The Honda man at the dirtbike show said they are CRF250R

__________________

333 I'm the Devil doing a half arsed job!!  "Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul."
delvey91


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 2948
Date:
Permalink  

They have a fuel injection style kill switch and as they havent yet made the x fi then i think the honda man is correct

__________________

 
Simmo


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1393
Date:
Permalink  

nickpdo wrote:
Simmo wrote:
Crap film anyway so not important.

 I disagree, thought it was great and resets the whole Bond saga.smile

 

Good bike stunts and a good joke about Bond being a little shi*t do not pull it out of the comic book bull**** category.  Not much sex and no gratuitous violence.  Live and Let Die was far more enjoyable.  Any of the Bourne trilogy are far superior to anything except Mary Poppins which is Ace! Did anyone notice the Hayabusa??

It may have just been the fact that I saw it in Sidmouth cinema and most of the audience have probably stopped breathing by now as they appeared to have special dispensation from St. Peter to be allowed to see one more Bond film before they shuffled off this mortal coil in a parrot cage....



-- Edited by Simmo on Thursday 15th of November 2012 10:00:36 AM

__________________

Make my day punk, CLICK on this....
RichT4


Champion

Status: Offline
Posts: 4681
Date:
Permalink  

I watched the all new StarTrek movie in the Sidmouth cinema and although I was very comfy in those nice seats I'm sure the projector was out of focus - It was like watching a cam rip, maybe the screen was optimised for by-focals.aww
Bond is cool, the yanks tried to do it but it didn't catch on see Our Man Flint.biggrin



__________________
butty


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 140
Date:
Permalink  

Well boys back on topic !

Today i rode the Woolbridge motor club Hardy Classic trial, basicly a long distance trial around dorset and met up with an old friend Buster Griffen who is the proud owner of a new Honda crf250l so i had a good chat with him about the bike. When i told him i had heard that his bike had been sent back to the dealers with a blown engine he didn't know what i was talking about! He has done 850 miles with it trail riding and ldt's and it hasn't missed a beat! The bike has taken him into the awards already! I sat on the bike and it is a bit on the heavy side but it carries it's weight low so you don't realy notice it. He has dropped it several times and it always starts instantly when back upright! I can see potential for it loosing a bit of weight when there are some aftermarket parts for it.

Overall i didn't think it was a bad bike for the money and if a 70+ year old short person can ride it as well as Buster can i think it's got a good future!

( maybe we should't knock it till we try it) after all it is a trail bike and thats what we do init

Cheers Butty



__________________
chrisoncbr


Expert

Status: Offline
Posts: 1227
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Butty.  I was the start marshal on Meerhay.  Which bike were you riding?  Had a good day anyway.smile



__________________
Chris
butty


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 140
Date:
Permalink  

chrisoncbr wrote:

Hi Butty.  I was the start marshal on Meerhay.  Which bike were you riding?  Had a good day anyway.smile

 Hello Chris, I was no 18 on a Gas Gas Pampera, Meerhay is a lovley lane to ride but i bet it wasn't so good for the cars!

I had a great day with nice weather, What more could you ask for!

Cheers Butty



__________________
TTR


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7902
Date:
Honda CRF250L 200-mile review
Permalink  

See here

A fairly positive review!



__________________

Exeter area - Devon TRF Group member

http://www.ttr250.com     

http://ttr250.activeboard.com/ - THE forum for TTR250 owners
snasher


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 105
Date:
New 2012 Honda CRF250L
Permalink  

http://adventure-motorcyclingh.com/2013/03/12/honda-crf250l-project-bike/

Further mods made here - interesting stuff



-- Edited by TTR on Saturday 23rd of March 2013 08:10:32 PM

__________________
TTR


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7902
Date:
Permalink  

2012 one on eBay here 



__________________

Exeter area - Devon TRF Group member

http://www.ttr250.com     

http://ttr250.activeboard.com/ - THE forum for TTR250 owners
delvey91


Devon's Best

Status: Offline
Posts: 2948
Date:
Permalink  

Seen on facebook a bloke has one of these in teignmouth being laned weekly

__________________

 
snasher


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 105
Date:
Permalink  

Just read in MCN that next week (Wednesday 10th April) they are group testing the Honda CRF250L against the TTR250, Kawasaki KLX250 and the AJP PR5 250.

__________________
snasher


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 105
Date:
Permalink  

Well if you've read the test the TTR250 won on price Honda and Kwak more modern but as you can get a TTR for £1500 you may as well spend the balance on an adventure.

__________________
TTR


Powermonger!!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7902
Date:
Permalink  

It was a somewhat bizarre test for the four 250 trail bikes!

Their thoughts on the TTR

What we liked: the TT250R is indestructible & SIMPLISTIC.

What we didnt like: Er, nothing

Their VERDICT:

 The Yamaha (TTR) was on test as a benchmark bike and a nod to the second-hand market. Eight years older then the rest, its age didnt show, and you should be able to get a good one from around £1,500



__________________

Exeter area - Devon TRF Group member

http://www.ttr250.com     

http://ttr250.activeboard.com/ - THE forum for TTR250 owners
philsil


Clubman B

Status: Offline
Posts: 231
Date:
Permalink  

Reading about this big ride on a CRF250L

www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/p/blog-page.html

__________________

I get confused after the word "simply.."

http://www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com AIDS Education through Cricket
«First  <  1 2 3 | Page of 3  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Devon TRF Group Open Forum -> General Discussion Board -> New 2012 Honda CRF250L


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard