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Cycle News 1982 11 17

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TWO NATIONAL C IPS TAKES A HOT RIDER AND A COOL BIKE. obody in American :motocross could hold a cand}.e to Donnie Hansen in 1982. He burned up tracks all over the countIy en route to the 250 National and Supercross Championships. And beneath him eveljT whoop of the way was the Honda RC250. Its tremendous horsepower was maintained lap after ~ by a sophisticated yet cooling system to Honda. same cooling sys~lBn on the 1983 production .. compact, light- steering. The cylinder head has two outlets for increased coolant flow The engine they cool is equally sophisticated. A blend of horsepower and torque that gives the CR250R blazing speed as well as a forgivingly-wide powerband. . Making sure all that power gets to the ground is Pro-Link, our exclusive rising-rate single-shock rear suspension system. You can select from 20 rebound and 12 compression damping settings. Smoothing out the track up front are massive 43 rom air-adjustable forks with 14-wayadjustable compression bttrame-mounted iafAlrs instead of a sin- .

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