The first time you roll your new
Honda XR'" 250R or XR400R down
lie loading ramp, you better tell your
ing bud4ieS. to take a good look.
use all they're going to see for
the rest of the day is your dust and a
big firehose roost - and that's if they
can even manage to keep you in sight.
In one bold stroke, these two bikes
have made every other machine in their
class look about as advanced as a
weed-wacker lashed to a pogo stick.
They both feature compact, air-cooled,
Radial Four-Valve Combustion chamber
engines offering legendary XR reliability,
and the 400 features an easy-access
CR"'- type clutch cover. Their stainlesssteel headpipes are lighter, and big-fin
cylinder heads and dry-sump engines
mean they run cooler. Their automatic
decompression systems make them a
