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I am looking at this for my daughter who turns 18 just now. Yes she can ride and has been since the age of 6 or 7. My first 250 was a dual and I have no experaince of small sport bikes. Only big ones.









I think this is an 1987 model Honda CBR 250

Looks clean.....

Paul, do we have to direct you to the new rider stickies?

Looks like a well kept little bike. Isn't it just a covered standard though? I dont think it has the same 'sportbike' riding position.

For a 1987 it looks phenominal.

nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?

That bike is waaay ahead of its time for an 87. Looks very well taken care of.

younggun wrote:nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?

im guessing they should still have the other one.

like here in CA... you can legally ride w/ only one mirror. the right side, if im not mistaken.

so maybe they just didn't wanna use both mirrors.

VermilionX wrote:

younggun wrote:nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?

im guessing they should still have the other one.

like here in CA... you can legally ride w/ only one mirror. the right side, if im not mistaken.

so maybe they just didn't wanna use both mirrors.

cause nothing is ever to your left eh?

NorthernPete wrote:
cause nothing is ever to your left eh?

bike mirrors are overrated!

head checks is the way to go.

my mirrors are setup when im sitting normally. but when i tuck in, it becomes useless.

VermilionX wrote:

NorthernPete wrote:
cause nothing is ever to your left eh?

bike mirrors are overrated!

head checks is the way to go.

my mirrors are setup when im sitting normally. but when i tuck in, it becomes useless.

I dont know about over rated, I use them to see things coming up on me a ways off, I use head checks as well. Can never have to many ways of seeing the people coming up on you. I suppose a sport bike rider may have a different set of problems with the tucking in and what not.

sapaul, from all I've read up on the CBR250 lineup, the bike you are looking at there in the pic is a nice starter. I was looking at an early 90s CBR250RR but went a different direction.

Anyhow, I'd still love to get on a CBR250(R ir RR). I believe the 87 or 88 might be the first year of production. The bike is very light and sits about 40ish-45HP. It has a fairly low seat height andfairly easy to control. I see it also has dual disc up front and single disc rear = good.

If your daughter has been riding since she was a youngin', she shouldn't have much trouble with that CBR250 other than learning it's characteristics. They like to run with high rpms, think 10k+. The RR had a redline of 19k(maybe 21k?).

That would not be a bad bike at all to get rolling on. The seating position is more of a standard setup than a street position of the R or RR which should make for a good transition if/when we upgrades to a street seating position.