beggining of a long journey

[john7780]

got myself a 1987 cr250 today swapped it with my mate for a mikilon 250, he wanted the mikilon because it runs and it wont kill him, completely stripped the cr took me 3 hours, then sprayed the frame with graffiti remover whih when left will remove just about anything off a variety of surfaces, the frame is now down to the metal so tomorrow i will commence phase 1 of my long journey to refurbish the whole of the cr, pics will be posted of each phase, when finished this cr will be helping me get a crm250ar

[twistednuts]

Thought you already had a CR?

How come you yearn so much for an AR when Mk3s are just as good? (Not my opinion, just what ive kinda gathered from the peeps on here)

An how come you change your bikes more than i change me under keks? hahaa

[john7780]

Thought you already had a CR?

How come you yearn so much for an AR when Mk3s are just as good? (Not my opinion, just what ive kinda gathered from the peeps on here)

An how come you change your bikes more than i change me under keks? hahaa

i certainley do already have a cr250 check out my vid on youtube called open valves, i was offered this one by my mate who knows bog all about bikes except how to ride them so i wouldve been the one to bring it back to life anyway, he wanted my chinese 4 stroke yzf copy because it looks and runs nice and seeing as i only paid 360 for it and he paid 400 for the cr i said yes, the parts are cheap enough for the 87 cr and its easy enough to work on as every one knows hondas are the beesknees, i dunno about the mk3 id say its 50/50 vote in here between the ar or mk3 as it seems quite a lot have one of these bikes on here and besides i want to find out what this active radical business is about the 87 cr is classed as an evo and judging by the prices the evo bikes are going for i reckon i could buy an AR with just the money from the sale of the cr

[john7780]

well the engine rebuild has gone well it now runs so ill be taking margeret out this sunday for a test and see how the old bird gets on oh and ive found out its a 1989 model
if all is good on suday then she will be getting the full cosmetic makeover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F7UdHnH1eg

[john7780]

and some more pics

[knackeredMk1]

John - It's an '85-'87. '88 & '89 look like a Mk1 CRM.

[john7780]

oh an yes knackered i did use the old nuts for the base and head as they were servicable albeit a bit rusty
and heres a couple of pics to prove that ive still got my other 1992 cr250 minter

[john7780]

John - It's an '85-'87. '88 & '89 look like a Mk1 CRM.

aha nope the frame is off a honda xr 1987 so good for getting the year right on that part but the engine is definatley a 1989 theyve all still got the numbers on and thanks to carole nash when i rung up for insurance they told me what when and where

[knackeredMk1]

Surely frame is from a CR not an XR (air cooled 4 stroke) .

[john7780]

nope its definatly off an 87 xr mate the frame numbers havent been tampered with and i even ran the frame numbers through motoverse vin decoder and it came up with the same answer

[back off road]

With it being a hybrid how are you fixed for racing margeret ?

[fallenmikethebike]

With it being a hybrid how are you fixed for racing margeret ?

Mongrel class
Mike

[john7780]

are you being funny about my margeret mr mike
im certainley up for racing the old girl i have every faith that i should get an hours riding before she has a heart attack and spits herself over the floor