You could ask the same question to Yamaha, suzuki and Kawa ownwers!!!! I have a NSR becasue when i was looking for a 2 stroke everyone has a rgv or the aprillia, the KR1's is nice but i heard it had reliablity problems i didnt know of any NSR's until a freind told me about them then when i saw a MC21 i knew it was right, 2 stroke, looks cool as, and its a HONDA, I really like the Yams to but it would have to be the chocolate engine reverse cylinder or the 3xv for me otherones look GUFF!
1; as mentioned the Aprilia is just a tarted up heavy RGV.
2; the RGV has power valves made of chocolate and was once nearly as common as the CBR600.
3; the KR1 is old and its reputation was tainted by the KR1S blowing up every 45 seconds.
4; the rev cyl Yam blew up all the time, the v twin Yam is impossible to de restrict.
And the MC18 was without doubt the nearest thing to a race bike ever put on the road. _________________ Please do not PM me technical questions, if you can't find it on the Forum start a thread
i,d have to say that you cannot call any old twostroke reliable. just look through the posts on here and see how many NSR,s have gone pop!
we own NSR,s because we like them. i have never wanted any honda untill i saw the NSR250.
i would also have to dissagree that a Aprilia is a tarted up RGV? as far a i know it only uses a tuned RGV motor.
I think that's what they mean! It's an RGV motor in a better chassis (and let's face it, the motor is what makes a two stroke).
The NSR for me was bought on the back of various magazine articals, which rated it as the best 250 ever built. I wanted a bike to race, so bought it.
Having owned it for 5 years, I keep it because it's rare, very well built, very good looking and great to ride. The other 250's are no doubt as good in many areas, but the NSR seems to cover all bases that bit better. _________________ MC21SP Plaything
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I just wanted to relive my 2-stroke (RGV) youth. Picked the Honda as it was a bit 'different' from the norm _________________ 88 NSR250 R2J (work in progress!) & 05 Aprilia SL1000 Falco
Why?.
Very cool bike and underated,can be made to go quite fast for a pro 250 without resorting to gp bits as with the TZR.
Honda build quality,my crank lasted over 14 years before it died.
Then just to even the experience out got an Aprilia rs250 and had both and am racing both.
The nsr is small and light,with smooth power and quite quick turn in even with the rvf front end including the front wheel.Brakes are quite good but not as good as newer stuff,though the rvf nissins seem to feel stronger and give good feedback.The standard forks need a bit of work and do flex under hard brakes i think a deeper lower tripple clamp would fix this.The rvf forks have no flex and make a difference on the brakes but again need a respring and shiming to work well on the track.
The rs is bigger but once stripped down for racing feels quite light but not as light as the nsr.The power is typical rgv not as smoth as the nsr but not a prob on the track you just dont go that low with the revs.It turns in quite quick if set up to turn quick ie bit of extra ride height forks dropped.The brakes are very good and you can slide the front out if you grab to quick.
The standard suspension is quite good for the track and needs less work than the nsr,which is an older bike.The rvf front fixed this.
Both are very good bikes but its a shame to use them on the road as they are much better on the track.They should all be raced i think the world would be a better place for it.
Fluffy Cat wrote:The standard suspension is quite good for the track and needs less work than the nsr
The main reason is the NSR was only made for Japanese riders, who weigh sod all compared to us lardy westerners!
That and the fact they're all old now... _________________ MC21SP Plaything
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Just to add something not mentioned before (but I agree 100% with all the points already covered) is that the NSR has the largest parts availability for replacement bits compared to the others as far as I have seen. Not only that, what other bikes have a company highly dedicated to making go fast goodies and stock parts for a grey market bike that stopped prodcution almost 10 years ago? _________________ Party hardy all night long till the sun comes up and the cows come home. Yeow!
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