Well, the CRF250r is out, so the new season will be even more interesting!
http://www.motobike.co.il/asp/motobike/news/news.asp?id=301
http://www.motobike.co.il/asp/motobike/news/news.asp?id=301
The CRF250R is out!
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Here we go again folks
Oh boy....sounds like another:
"Hottest bike of the year"
"Best thumper ever built"
"Bike of the century"
"oh GOSH mommy, ive just GOT to trade my (crf450/yz250f/yz426f) on it! it's the gnarliest!"
machine.
Here come the rag articles.......:eek: :confused:
Oh boy....sounds like another:
"Hottest bike of the year"
"Best thumper ever built"
"Bike of the century"
"oh GOSH mommy, ive just GOT to trade my (crf450/yz250f/yz426f) on it! it's the gnarliest!"
machine.
Here come the rag articles.......:eek: :confused:
Does anyone else think its kind of funny that we're only hearing about this from a site that is in Hebrew? The only other place I've seen anything on this is other message boards, but the hebrew site is the reference on all of them. I'm gonna keep this one in the rumor department for myself, I'm sure Honda is working on this very bike, but I wouldn't even try to guess when we'll see it.
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Here is a pic of a 450F for comparison.
http://www.hondamotorcycles.com/models/2002/index.html?model_number=CRF450R
Doesn't it seem odd that the 250 has the same clutch size and kickstarter as the 450. Oh wait - it even has the same engine, except for some black pixels added to make the header look thinner. If you look at the pic on the Hebrew board, you can see where the long 450F muffler has been edited out.
Also notice that the two bikes have the same wheelbase, judging by the location of the rear axle relative to the end of the number plate.
And why would they be privy to this kind of information?
An obvious hoax.
Here is a pic of a 450F for comparison.
http://www.hondamotorcycles.com/models/2002/index.html?model_number=CRF450R
Doesn't it seem odd that the 250 has the same clutch size and kickstarter as the 450. Oh wait - it even has the same engine, except for some black pixels added to make the header look thinner. If you look at the pic on the Hebrew board, you can see where the long 450F muffler has been edited out.
Also notice that the two bikes have the same wheelbase, judging by the location of the rear axle relative to the end of the number plate.
And why would they be privy to this kind of information?
An obvious hoax.
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I hat to bust your conspiracy theory Holeshot, but this is the real deal...
To start off, I have a friend in Italy who is a moto-journalist (his site is .Motonews.org ), and even before I saw this picture (or heard about it), he confirmed that the bike would race at Anaheim.
Next, I opened the picture in Photoshop, and couldn't find the muffler to have been "shortened" or doctored, or any other editing for that matter.
Finally, when I lived in Israel (I sold and worked on Honda's, and had some inside knowlege), we would get info that would take some time to get out in the American press.
It's just like when the CR450 came out. It appeared on European sites first (several weeks in advance on some), and when Motorcycledaily finally broke the news, they just put a shortcut to the guys site.
My point is: Don't judge something as a hoax, only because Cycle News doesn't put it on their cover.
Have a good new year!!
To start off, I have a friend in Italy who is a moto-journalist (his site is .Motonews.org ), and even before I saw this picture (or heard about it), he confirmed that the bike would race at Anaheim.
Next, I opened the picture in Photoshop, and couldn't find the muffler to have been "shortened" or doctored, or any other editing for that matter.
Finally, when I lived in Israel (I sold and worked on Honda's, and had some inside knowlege), we would get info that would take some time to get out in the American press.
It's just like when the CR450 came out. It appeared on European sites first (several weeks in advance on some), and when Motorcycledaily finally broke the news, they just put a shortcut to the guys site.
My point is: Don't judge something as a hoax, only because Cycle News doesn't put it on their cover.
Have a good new year!!
I dont think you looked close enough in photoshop. If you look at 600% you will notice that the rear fender and exhaust both have some things done to them (i.e. colors dont match up in some places). The crf 250 may be on the way but this is not the picture. Anyone who has any experience at all in photoshop can do a little editing and come out with something different. If you dont believe me then look at this....
I made that in photoshop, of course it doesn't look completely authentic, but if I was to post it somewhere and say it was real, I am sure someone would believe it.
If it is indeed real, why wouldn't honda let us know first?
Sean
I made that in photoshop, of course it doesn't look completely authentic, but if I was to post it somewhere and say it was real, I am sure someone would believe it.
If it is indeed real, why wouldn't honda let us know first?
Sean
Thanks :)
The point I was trying to make is that anyone can come up with a picture and some information. So, the only people we should really believe is the people who manufacture the bikes. Personally I dont think that picture is of a crf 250, I think it is a crf450 with a shortened muffler, a flawed rear fender, flawed shading from where the author tried to put the muffler back on, as well as some other little things that just dont make any sense. Just my $.02. I will only believe it when it comes from honda.
Sean
The point I was trying to make is that anyone can come up with a picture and some information. So, the only people we should really believe is the people who manufacture the bikes. Personally I dont think that picture is of a crf 250, I think it is a crf450 with a shortened muffler, a flawed rear fender, flawed shading from where the author tried to put the muffler back on, as well as some other little things that just dont make any sense. Just my $.02. I will only believe it when it comes from honda.
Sean
i really wish other bike manufacturers would release some 250f models so pricing will be more competitive, thus enabling me to buy one of those so-called "old" 2001 yz250f's fi they're cheaper ;). btw do other bike manufacturer's give u discount's if u'r G.P.A. is above a 3.0 like suzuki?
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