transworldmotocross said:Although the bottom-end leaves you wanting more, the mid-range hit is quite possibly the strongest we’ve ever encountered in a stock bike.
gonzo843 said:They should have changed the frame. That would have helped the bike a little but I dont think they care about those bikes anymore.
john3_16 said:Yeah stick with the 03'....It's the same bike as the 04' and 05' model really...Actually the 04' lost 1 horsepower on top and who know's what the 05' is putting out.....Still with an 03' you're making more horsepower than an 05' YZ250 which has the same motor as an 03' model which was beaten by the 03' CR250 in outright horsepower.
I mean, with an 02' or 03' you still have a bike that's better handling than any 05' model other than another CR250...
Studboy said:I would love to see a dyno that shows a non works CR250 producing 54 RWHP.
vetcr47 said:....they wrote an article about it for mxa......throw in carb work, bottom-end, ign./i-cat and fuel...there is more than 1.5 hp in just the fuel.....as vp will tell you....it is difficult to hold on to...in addition......for guys that run superkart.....they are getting 60-62 hp out of 2001 cr 250's with major mod's......talk to eddie lawson...they call it ICE.....the aprila gp motors are maxing at 110hp...the 250 twins.....so the potential is there.....
steve125 said:SAE can read low HP because it means the run has been corrected. But only if the comparing run was on a colder day, a hot day the reverse is true. SAE is the only fair way to compare this run with other runs from different days due to its correction factor.
So IMO this run is no trick, if the run was on actual HP, then it would largely be dependent on that days air temp and humidity. One could easily be misled with a chart like that.
So when comparing runs from different days and temps, the SAE correction factor is the proper way to compare. It sets the standard for temp/humidity, and all runs are "corrected" from that standard.
Someone said:Why did RC leave Honda again? :) Good read in dirtrider.
Rcannon said:John, where is the truth behind all this?
I rode the 2002 and 2004 CR 250. No matter what the charts say, the CR was not anywhere as quick or fast as Studboys YZ 250. I now it makes big numbers, but do the numbers really matter when the bike feels slow?