ers for the fork. Good luck trying to duplicate
all these features with your standard shock.
The WE's engine receives special hand-
polished porting and a red anodized cylinder
head with CRF engravings—a nice touch.
You also get a hydraulically actuated clutch
system versus the standard's cable. Honda
claims clutch pull is 16% lighter than the stan
-
dard. The WE also has a Twin Air Powerflow
air
filter kit. The airbox is also larger.
In the chassis department, the WE features
D.I.D's top-tier and Dirt Star LTX rims, which
include a wider 110/90-19 inch rear rim, and a
beefier D.I.D DM2 gold chain. Dunlop's MX33
tires are used instead of the standard's Pirelli
Scorpion knobbies.
Compared to the standard CRF250R, the
WE is equipped with a shiny Yoshimura RS-12
exhaust system (with a stainless-steel header
pipe and titanium muffler), which would run
you $1319 at the store. That's nearly 57% of the
WE's $2300 price increase. The WE also gets a
special Kashima coating for the Showa upper
fork outer tubes and a titanium oxide coating for
the lower fork tubes. The WE's 49mm coil-spring
fork also sports super-trick finger adjusters on
the top caps. The lower fork lugs and gray-col
-
ored triple clamps are also specially coated.
The rear Showa shock
gets the same tita-
nium oxide treatment to its 2mm larger shock
shaft
(from 16mm to 18mm) and updated in-
ternal valving. It also has new damping adjust-
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RIDE REVIEW I 2025 HONDA CRF250RWE
Welcome Honda's CRF250RWE
"Works Edition" to the WE family.
