Info New Honda CBR250RR Code named K64A

Call me a quitter, but I would sell all my old bikes and buy a new one in a heart beat if they brought out new 250cc inline 4's that are fuel injected

 

You and a million others......one has to ponder what the Japanese manufacturers are or are not thinking ?

 

All your old bikes would have to worth $20,000 if they did.

 

Nice Suzuki-





And typical Uglisaki, theyve topped their Ninja 800 and H2r with this abomination-



Hoping all of them don't do whaat Yamaha did with my R3 and give them 42hp and 321cc,
because I still cant race it

OR I want to see the irony in Motorcycling Australia and Industry racing circles if the Kawasaki is a power and CC increase, and suddenly a change of heart about parity.

 

Still be a twin thou

 

They should just make a 300 Triple. Enough cc's to appease the people who think 250s aren't good enough, and enough cylinders to make everyone happy.

 

I'd rather $6490 ride away twins and singles,
can get a new one every two years if anything goes wrong or something new comes out I like,
and now they are so good I wont have the skill to outride one in my life time.

 

Well what has really changed on the 250cc twin and single bikes? I mean, fuel injection was the big one. There's still zero racing pedigree and nothing really except styling changes. Those bikes are designed to be efficient and the easiest/cost effective to manufacturer. But is it what most consumers want? Well ask anyone with a carb'd bike and they'd happily trade it in for one with FI. I know I would!

 

They are so capable for very little money, 40hp, handle well, bulletproof and 190kph
Cant find any vices with my R3 yet apart from the junk Michelins which were removed.
It would smash my MC22 is every single way

 

Think u should bring ur r3 to Morgan park mate lol

 

I get Brando to take one there

Im off to the Drags next month, and Back to Barbs for some laps.
Its already quick, but I can go faster this time, and Barbs saps the power out of a bike with its elevation.

 

It would be pretty dismal of Yamaha *not* to "smash" the MC22. The MC22 is what, 26 years old and the engine is over 30 years old? No one is saying the R3's are bad bikes, but they could make much better bikes. The styling of small displacement modern bikes has only now started to look half decent but they still lack character for me. All of my friends turfed their 250cc bikes as soon as possible (they had Ninja's) but the ol' MC22 was always a head turner. It had something special about it. It didn't need to be the best because it had the allure of speed. It's great that they're paying attention to small bikes but it would be nice if they were as adventurous with engine design as they used to be (I mean, gear driven cams are pretty awesome). But like I said, for them it's the best bike for the cheapest price and that's what people have to pick from.

 

MC22 was $10,990 plus on road costs in 1996, a cbr600 was cheaper.
I paid $6990 for a FZR600, and $13k for a yzf750 (it was the 2015 R1 of today)

That is eleventy billion Dollaaaarz today.
One that made 45hp and passed emmisions without massive holes in the powerband,
weighed 160kg wet without ABS in 2016 would be 1000cc Superbike prices.
The market isnt there for them to any cheaper.

The only reason MC22's are common as a clit in Straya is the market dumping 15 yrs ago, and they are $2-3k on the Lams market.

 

VFR400 was around $22,000

CBX250, CB250RS and other comparable cooking model 250's were $2-2500.
One day someone will explain to me why they compare MC41's to MC22's because ive never got my head around that old chestnut.

 

Excellent question, the numbers don't add up