<< Today a CR is close to 40 or 45. >>



add 10HP and your right on the money!



<< The CR500 engine hasn't changed since '86. Off the showroom floor you're looking at 65 hp regaurdless of any year after that. A CR250R making 55 hp is a little bit far fetched I think. Unless it's piped and has other engine work done. >>



it's been changed, trust me. a stock 250 puts out at the very very least 50HP, and slightly modded one has ~60HP. (pipe, silencer,ported,polished,milled)

 

would the cr250r motor fit into a 400 or 300ex frame?

 

yeah..if any one knows how to do this conversion please post it..i have a pro-circuit built cr250 engine just beggin for a home. if it wont work then i will sell it i geuss

 

Here are the REAL numbers. If you don't believe what you see, argue the point with Honda. Remember that these numbers are recorded at the wheel and not the crankshaft.

2000 CR125R.......32.1 HP
2000 CR250R.......44.7 HP
2000 CR500R.......55.0 HP

Patrick

 

<< yeah..if any one knows how to do this conversion please post it..i have a pro-circuit built cr250 engine just beggin for a home. if it wont work then i will sell it i geuss >>



Make yourself some mounts, and had a pipe mde to fit it, cut fenders so you cn kic it and your done.... I am in the begining of a project like this with my 250R.

 

I always heard 52 to 55 hp for a cr500

 

well you're likely right patrick, the announcer always say &quot;these bikes are putting out 60+ hP&quot; but that's when the pro's are racing. but my brothers CR was a pro's bike for only one-two moto's, after that weekend the guy needed money.........so my brother bought it. it has 60+ HP, almost too much...almost!

 

Ricky Carmichael's CR250R SX bike dynos at 56HP at the rear wheel. I don't remember the MX bike's HP, but it was a few more.

The HP for the 250s is actually what killed the 500 class. Once you get near 60HP, anything more is uncontrollable to even the best riders. The 250 is lighter and can be built to suit the rider easier than a 500 even if you are getting 500 class power from them.

Not to say that the CR500 can't be &quot;built&quot;, but you just don't see the 90HP CR500s on a motocross track. Those are TT and Super motard bikes. [And for the duners ofcourse]

 

i agree, some people don't realize that there's such a thing as too much power! i feel more comfortable riding my XR than my brothers CR, but i'm not used to it now. i haven't seen a CR race in 2 years now! i think honda realizes this because the 500 is stuck in the late 80's

 

Knowsalot,
What is super motard? Cannondale has a new bike or something with motard in the name and I have no idea what it means. I pictured an mxer with a hockey helmet.