Sir Robbie Rob: The New Hotness v.2008

In 2006, I made a post about the arrival of the new to me 2004 Honda CRF250R. It made a huge difference in my riding. I was progressing quicker than being on the 2004 Kawasaki KX250. Cut to April 12, 2007, I tore my ACL riding at the Austin-Del Valle track. A few months after surgery I was back on the bike and 5 minutes into riding I had a set back in my injury. Out of frustration and not wanting to ride the cursed bike again, I sold it. Now almost a year after getting hurt I’m ready to start riding again. After posting a few wanted ads around the net I found a beautiful 2005 Honda CRF250R. Alev and I went to go pick it up from the owner today. It’s definitely the nicest bike I have owned to date. The most powerful too. Here are some of the pluses with the bike:

- New complete 2006 CRF250R topend installed less than 8 hours ago by a professional mechanic. (Used the 2006 head because it has replaceable valve seats unlike the stock 2005 cylinder head.)

- Forks were serviced at the same time as the engine with Genuine Honda parts used.

- TAG privateer triple clamp kit

- ASV F1 Levers

- FMF Factory 4 full exhaust

- Devol Racing skid plate

- Moose wide foot pegs

- New Accerbis plastics all around

- New Troy Lee Designs graphics

- New Uni air filter

- Braking rear wave rotor

- Polished frame

After picking up the bike we came home and took some pictures. Then I took it over to Georgetown Honda to put on a new tire, tube, fix the jetting on the bike, and just look it over. We should get it back next Saturday in time to head out to Cross Creek for some riding. Check out some pictures.