NSR 250 2000 Buy it?

I have a line on a racer / mentors 2000 NSR 250. He gave it to his mechanic as a git and now it may become mine if I can work something out with the mechanic.

What should I offer and is it stupid to buy one now that they are basically gone.

It is on my bucket list to ride one. Wife is not happy and it would be a stretch financially.

 

Like this?




meh.





Like this?






Left Nut

 

Honda only made the NSR250 until 1999. Are you sure it's not a Honda RS250?

This is a 2000 RS250.

 

the adult in me says if its a financial stretch pass on it. the kid in me says do it, there is no tomorrow. That probably wont help you though. Sorry.

 

How much and what kind of shape is it in? Probably not a 2000 but if it's a 1999, it's a MC28. Like Krooklyn said, they stopped making them in 1999.

 

Chance to own a two stroke exotic:















Priceless..... :up:

 

It's important if the bike is a standard RS250 or NSR250.

CONCLUSION: DO IT, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.

 

Do it and sell it to me.

 

You all know that there's also one for sale in the 2-stroke section, right?

 

Buy it. Are you kidding?

 

It is an NSR. It was imported by a friend of his that was racing it in Japan. It's been sitting in the mechanics shop holding old magazines. Wife is not happy I'm considering it. I haven't been able to afford to join you gentleman racing yet.

It's no rush to buy hope the wife gets a yob so I can get it. And yes it's all the kid in me.

 

Dude, what's the price? Is it a runner or do you have to get it running?

 

Have we determined if this is a streetbike or a racebike yet?

 

Not that I can tell.

 

It hasn't?

 

People have been known to race street bikes...

 

Which makes them race bikes. The OP says it is the NSR (street) rather than the RS (track only) but that it was being raced in Japan. I consider that question settled.

and shit

 

I took my information from this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NSR250

I read the above as:
NSR250 is a full-blast 250ccGP bike.
NSR250R is a streetbike.
RS250 is a ($20K not-street-legal) racebike.

What does the OP have his eye on?

 

The NSR250 (track only) was a regular entrant (and front-runner) in the world championship (I'm talking GP, if there's any confusion left) for many years, including 1999. The NSR250 (street) which can be turned into a production race bike is an entirely different animal.

So, you were saying it's settled?

 

Kinda like TZR250, TZ250, and YZR250. Right?