Every 1989 CR meets the
exactingstandards ofHonda. Of
Rick Johnson. And ofHRG'" And
those are anything but your
standard standards. /
We made it to go. .
showing up on yourHonda
dealer's showroom floor. r4:
Richard the First.
:."
As far as the competition is concerned,
Rick Johnson is a royal
With the workS.
pain. He has a way of
beating them time after
The 1989 CRs are as close
as you can get to a works bike.
time. In races that prove .
man's inhumanity to maBecause all the changes we made
come from the same place. First
chine.We watched Rick win.
And we learned. And we
place. In the most inhuman race
built a production bike With
ofall. Professional motocross.
just about everything on it but
And weJve got the
Rick himself. If you thinkyou're
letters to prove it.
HRC:" Honda Racing Corpora- the next Rick Johnson, see your
= = local Honda CR Support
tionis a company
that produces .
.,...... dealer for details on how
you can win your share
onlyone thing.
Victories.Butthe
........~...,;;;;;;;;o;;;;;o;;;;;;;;;l ofHondas $1,285,000 CR
bikes theydesign '-..
Contingency Program.
And you may end up king of
aren't just showing up at the finish
the hill.
line. Fbr the first timeever, they're
'=:---..
Forks that eat up
the competition.
Sometimes you can't make
just a small change. You've got to
turn things upside down. That's
what we did with the Showa'"
forks on our 250 and 500 CRs.
What we got was incredible
stability. And mobility. Butthat
wasn't enough to satisfy our
appetite.
The missing link.
Once we took care
ofthe front suspension, we moved to
the rear. We made
our delta-shaped
Pro-Link"lighter
on our full-size
CRs