VOL. 52 ISSUE 40 OCTOBER 6, 5015 P59
We take a spin on Honda's more powerful CRF250R
BY THE CN STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
POWER RANGER
H
onda is relying on the
small-things-making-a-
big-difference strategy
with its latest version of the
CRF250R. Rather than
going all out and making
ground-breaking changes,
Big Red chose to instead
make smaller, but some of
them significant, updates to
its 2016 CRF250R, a bike
that hasn't taken top honors
in our annual Shootouts
lately but is still one of
our favorite "small"-bore
four-stroke motocrossers
because of its great chas-
sis, plush suspension and
overall gentle mannerisms.
The Honda is easy and fun
to ride.
However, the CRF250R
has been criticized, and
rightly so, as of late for lack-
ing that "killer" motor which
is so important in the 250F
class, where many rid-
ers can actually utilize just
about every pony a 250F
can deliver at least once
or twice around the track.
The CRF250R, however,
makes up for some of that
lack of overall power by how
