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Honda CBR250RR

The folks from Young Machine (Japan) posted a few images of what possibly is the 2020 Honda CBR250RR. Apparently, the photos were obtained during a product briefing for Honda dealers and they’ve also managed to cop some specs from the latest Honda 250cc sports bike. (more…)

Pelancaran pasukan Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing semalam turut menampilkan kehadiran jentera Honda CBR250RR.

Jentera tersebut merupakan jentera yang akan diguna pakai Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing dalam kelas Asian Production 250cc di ARRC, hujung minggu ini.

Rata-rata peminat dua roda di Malaysia mahu melihat Honda CBR250RR dipasarkan di Malaysia namun ketika ini jentera terbabit hanya boleh didapati di pasaran Thailand, Indonesia dan Jepun.

Tidak seperti jentera 250 lain, Honda CBR250RR menampilkan kaliper brek Nissin 4 pot, lampu depan dan belakang LED dan juga SHOW upside down fork.

Rupa keseluruhan jentera ini juga langsung tidak menampakkan identiti sebuah motosikal 250cc malah tampak seperti abangnya CBR1000RR Fireblade!

Difahamkan, jentera ini berharga sekitar RM30,000 hingga RM38,000 – seangkatan dengan harga sebuah jentera 650cc – seandainya dipasarkan di Malaysia.

Angka ini juga antara sebab mengapa sukar untuk menyaksikan Honda CBR250RR dijual di Malaysia apatah lagi terdapat beberapa faktor yang tidak akan lulus piawaian Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) seperti lampu isyarat kiri dan kanan yang diletakkan dibahagian atas lampu depan dan bukannya tertonjol keluar seperti jentera lain.

Apa pun, diharapkan rakyat Malaysia akan diberi peluang untuk memiliki jentera ini seandainya Honda membuat keputusan untuk membawa motosikal ini ke Malaysia, kelak.

Mungkin juga ada sebab disebalik tindakan Boon Siew Honda menayangkan jentera tersebut?

  • Many enthusiasts have been crying out for the Honda CBR250RR.

  • We had the opportunity to see one during an event yesterday.

  • The bike is chockful of high-end parts.

Many Honda fans and enthusiasts have been crying out, “Where’s the Honda CBR250RR?” However, it’s available only in Japan, Indonesia and Thailand.

Truth be told, we’ve only seen the bike in pictures thus far. But even then, we could deduce that the bike is full of great features for a 250cc sportbike, besides looking great, of course.

But thanks to Boon Siew Honda, we were able to get up close to one during the Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing AP250 team rollout yesterday.

 

The CBR250RR definitely looks like the most advanced and high-quality 250cc sportbike out there, typical of Honda.

 

Check out the Showa upside-down forks; Nissin four-piston front caliper; ABS; those distinctive LED headlamps. That bodywork wouldn’t be out of place on a 1000cc sportbike, either.

Moving backwards, look at the quality of the front and rear footpeg brackets. Or that heatshield on the dual exhaust silencers. The seat unit looks like it came from the CBR1000RR Fireblade.

But take an even closer look and you’ll see that the aluminium alloy swingarm is cast in one piece, rather than welded together from different pieces of metal.

However, a Boon Siew Honda representative pointed our attention toward the various stickers in Bahasa Indonesia. This meant that the bike is for the Indonesian market. Besides that, the front signal lamps are integrated into the top part of the front fairing. This arrangement will not pass JPJ homologation unless Honda attach signals on the sides of the fairings or into the mirror nacelles.

Seeing its quality opened our eyes to the large expense it takes to build the bike. It’s said that the CBR250RR would cost in the regions of RM34,000 to RM38,000 should it be sold here.

Unfortunately, that’s why the bike will not enter our market where there’s an overriding sentiment of price vs. capacity. Buyers will be tempted to get a 600/650cc machine for that price.

But that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped hoping (and pestering) for it to enter the Malaysian market. At a competitive price, of course.

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  • Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing rolled out their AP250 team for the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) today.

  • The team is slated to join the series full time next year.

  • The early entry will provide them with experience and data.

Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing rolled out their AP250 team for the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) today.

The team is slated to join the Asia Production 250 (AP250) category fully next year. Therefore, the launch today is to “test the waters” in the series with a factory backed team and wildcard riders. The sixth round of the 2019 ARRC season is currently being held at the Sepang International Circuit.

Without a doubt, the experience and data gained this year will be priceless in their participation in 2020.

“The Asia Production 250cc class was added to the Asia Road Racing Championship roster in 2015. To date, the class had been dominated by Thai and Indonesian riders. However, we know that, given the calibre of Malaysian riders, they should be challenging for the title in every single season. After all, the Malaysian riders are dominant in every other category of the ARRC (ASB1000, SuperSports 600cc, and Underbone 150cc), except the 250cc class. By establishing our own factory outfit in the class, we take on the mission of changing the balance of power in this popular category,” said Mr. Keiichi Yasuda, MD and CEO of Boon Siew Honda Sdn. Bhd.

To achieve this, Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing will field two wildcard riders. 18-year-old Muhammad Syarifuddin Azman and 15-year-old Muhammad Idlan Haqimi Raduan will ride the CBR250RR.

Muhammad Syarifuddin was the Yamaha PETRONAS Super Series champion in 2016, and also captured the 2018 Wira category title with Idemitsu Kozi Yam Honda Racing.

Muhammad Syarifuddin (left) and Muhammad Idlan (right)

Meanwhile, Muhammad Idlan was the 2018 Honda One Make Challenge champion.

Idemitsu and Boon Siew Honda also hopes that these riders will be developed into world-class riders of the future.

  • Pusingan MotoGP di Motegi yang baru sahaja selesai menyaksikan peragaan motosikal Honda CBR250RR HRC 2019.
  • Dilengkapi dengan skema warna tiga warna perlumbaan Honda, kemasan warna tersebut diinspirasikan oleh motosikal berkapasiti lebih besar, Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade.
  • Skema warna ini masih dalam pertimbangan untuk pasaran Jepun, dan sekiranya ianya berjalan lancar, ianya akan boleh didapati menjelang bulan November tahun ini.

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  • The last MotoGP round in Motegi saw the showcase of the 2019 Honda CBR250RR HRC.

  • Clad in Honda’s racing tricolour scheme, the colour is inspired by the much bigger Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade.

  • The colour scheme is still being considered for the Japanese market and if all goes well, they will be able to get it by November this year.

It seems that the Honda CBR250RR is still very elusive when it comes to its major arrival here in Malaysia. While we wait for its uncertain official introduction, Japan is set for its most beautiful variant yet in the form of the 2019 Honda CBR250RR HRC and we are JEALOUS. (more…)

6 things you ought to know about the new Honda CBR250RR that just debuted in Indonesia.

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Highly anticipated and new 2016 Honda CBR250RR set for launch in Indonesia on July 25.

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Highly anticipated new Honda CBR250RR teased in new video released online.

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Is this the first leaked image of the upcoming new Honda CBR250RR entry-level sports bike?

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Take a good long look at this bike as it is going to be the base bike for the upcoming BMW baby sports bike – the 313cc sports bike based on the G310R.

Word on the grapevine is suggesting that TVS Motor Company, the same company that assembles the G310R in India, is officially putting this bike into production as the TVS Apache RTR 300.

Based on the BMW G310R, the Apache RTR 300 will be powered by the same 313cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder engine as the G310R. Though both the engine and gearbox will eventually offer unique power figures different from the G310R, in its existing state of tune however, the BMW motor produces 31bhp and 28Nm of torque.

According to Indian website Rush Lane, the final production version of the Apache RTR 300 is expected to retain much of the dramatic bodywork shown in the pictures here as the Akula 310 factory racer concept which was showcased at the Auto Expo 2016 in India. According to Rush Lane, the bike will retain its twin headlamps, tall windshield, chiselled fuel tank, split seats, LED taillights and a stubby exhaust. ABS and sticky tyres could be offered as options.

When it is launched the Apache RTR 300 will take the fight to the KTM RC390, Yamaha R25, Honda CBR250RR and the Kawasaki 250.

The TVS model is unlikely to make it to Malaysia based on current conditions, but we are excited to see the BMW spin-off of this bike. Expected date of arrival in Malaysia will be sometime in the second or third quarter of 2017. As for the name of the bike, how does BMW S310RR sound?

Image and story credits: Rush Lane

Honda CBR250RR is one step closer to production as headlight patent leaks online.

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