Honda CRF250L - first ride

Lars1974 · Post by **Lars1974** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:06 pm

Hi all,

Yesterday I had a chance to try out the CRF250L and i was waiting to see how it fares compared to my XR400.
First comment is: I am impressed!!!

Yes its not as powerfull as the XR, but it handled the very wet lanes with ease. On road handling is fine and the tyres work ok. 6 speed box is light and precise but needs working hard if speed is what you are after....however it pulls fine away from lights and 50mph comes up quickly. 60mph is no problem as well. After that it takes time to get faster.

Here is a picture before i headed out into the lanes...nice and clean!

Than it was time for a short run on the local byways. The biggest difference to the XR are the tyres. On the XR i have propper enduro tyres and they grip much better off road than the OE tyres on the L. Fueling i found was very smooth and nice, brakes are good and suspension although basic worked fine! Being over 6ft2 the bike is a tiny bit small for me...but bar risers would sort that.

Here are a few shots on the lanes...

as you can see the bike did well and stayed even fairly clean given the wet condition out on the lanes.

Anyway, its a great tool for green laning and short commuting.
Well worth a go.

Thanks,
Lars

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:57 pm

Oooooh, I'm liking that very much.

simon · Post by **simon** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:15 pm

... Lars,
Was this your bike?

seems simliar

Lars1974 · Post by **Lars1974** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:17 pm

simon wrote:... Lars,
Was this your bike?

seems simliar

no just a "press" unit I borrowed for the day...

simon · Post by **simon** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:44 pm

no Lars.. THIS ONE

Cheers..

Lars1974 · Post by **Lars1974** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:15 am

simon wrote::roll:

no Lars.. THIS ONE

Cheers..

Sorry, misread your post.

Yes, the red R1100s was my bike for a few years. Do you know where it is now?
It was a great bike and took us 2up through Spain, did a lap of the Nurburgring, scotland ....

Hayden · Post by **Hayden** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:37 am

el-nicko wrote: Oooooh, I'm liking that very much.

Ditto, I would really like something like that, very nice..

Daveg2812 · Post by **Daveg2812** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:53 am

Me too. My first proper bike was an air cooled monoshock Yamaha DT175, which was a very capable 'green laner', and it spent a lot of its time off road (as opposed to 'off the road'). Problem is, I don't have enough time to ride my S, so with something like that in the garage, it would get ridden even less.