'The CR125 received the biggest changes with the addition of Showa inverted forks and the Honda Power Port (HPPI exhaust power valves.
New cylinder porting and crankshaft. redesigned frame geometry and
new suspension linkage ratio are some of the CR250's highlights.
Like its brothers. the CR500 gets new geometry for the white -pa inted
frame. A new crank and intake tract changes were made to the engine .
1990.Honda CR meteeressers
Engine, chassis refinements
plus white frames for CRs
" H ig h ligh ted by di st in ct ive
whi te frames and brighter red
colors, th e 1990 (Honda) CR
line brings substan tial irnprovements and refi nements 10 the
ultra co m petitive mo tocross scene ,"
is how th e jus t-released H onda p ress
kit introduces the manufact urer's
four mo tocrossers.
T he CR500. CR250 a nd CRI 25
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and refin emen ts" whi le th e CR8 0
rem ains virt ua lly iden tica l 10 th e
1989 mod el, a lthoug h the 1990 CR80
gets the sa me "brighter red " a nd
white frame paint trea tm ent i ts
brothers receive.
Suggested reta il prices for the CR
lin e rem ain th e sa me as last year with
the excep tion o f the CRI25 's price
tag increasing by $200 - fro m $3298
to $3498.
CR500 R L, engi ne im p ro ve ments
in clud e new cra n ks ha ft balan ce
fac to rs tha t H onda says red uces
vibra tio n; a redesig ned carburetor
manifold th at is co m bi ned with a
reshaped reed valve bod y in tended to
im prove low-speed throttle resp onse;
a new clutch assembly that uses eig h t
p lates (the 1989 CR cl u tches had
seven pl at es); a nd a resha ped cyli nder
head .
Ch assi s im rov em ents found on
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the new CR500 in clude new frame
geo me try th a t H onda says in creases
straight line sta bi lity while ma intai ning corneri ng precision; redesig ned rear hu b, as well as new rims
fro n t a nd rea r; a n HRC-deve1oped
system th at refines ac tio n o f th e
i n ve rted 45 m m air-a dj us ta b le ,
lead in g-axl e, 14 posi tion co rnpression adjustable front forks; new sea t
d en sit y and wider footp egs; an
