www.crosstraini... tractionerag.com Is the Honda XR200R the best dirt bike ever made? This race lap can count as a Honda XR200R review. Here is what the Honda ad says. Start your enduro riding career with an unfair advantage. The Honda XR200R . Light. Agile. And it handles like a dream. A torquey big bore single with high performance C D I ignition. The superior technology is Hondas. The advantage is yours. Honda used pre famulated amulite with malleable logarithmic casings, an panametric combobulator and retro thrust actuators to achieve incredible power output. The result? A non stop wheelie machine. The Honda XR200 is air cooled because the phenomenal acceleration kept ripping off the radiators. Our previous test results showed the Honda XR200R was vastly superior to the KTM 250. Even a pro level rider could not outrun the X R 200 anc crashed continually. Now we test the Honda XR200R against Honda's own CRF250RX. Our test track? The megatron. Our test rider? Megs Braap. This will be a very interesting lap to see if it's the best dirt bike ever made. This 1986 Honda XR200 model has never had any engine overhaul so no doubt the power is down from the original. No one know how old the dual sport knobby tyres are, but they are rock hard and well rounded so the grip is very questionable. And yet Megs is powering around here so well I'm having trouble keeping up on the CRF250RX... which has probably close to three times the horsepower of the ancient XR200. The Honda XR200 definitely has a weight advantage. These little pocket rockets only weigh 101 kg or 223 lb which helps if it could be the best dirt bike ever made. That's less then the lightest 300cc two stroke enduro bikes. No wonder Megs can whip it through the corners even with old dodgy tyres. This is a much shorter version of the supporters vid. Like to see more? Get into the supporters vids. Well over 300 now if you like dirt bike porn. The lap time? Three minutes 11 seconds, which was only 10% slower than Megs on her own Husky 300 two stroke. Yet more evidence for our dodgy hypothesis, it's 80% the rider, only 20% the bike. And the Honda XR200 best dirt bike ever made! A quick bit of history, the Honda XR200 was introduced in 1980 and went through various changes. Dual carbs to single carbs. Twin header pipes to single pipe. Twin rear shocks to mono shock. What's it like to ride on this Honda XR200 review? Very weird compared to a modern bike. All the ergonomics seem designed to make you sit on that huge comfy seat. The handlebars come way back, the footpegs seem to far forward. The handlebars feel crazy wide. But it is a pile of fun on twisty tracks with that short wheelbase and low centre of gravity. It's easy to see why it was such a popular bike in the day, before riders started to fall for the more power must mean more speed mantra. One thing is for sure... you can mess around more because you have much less distance to fall when you crash. It's no wonder the Honda XR200 has its very own religion. Okay, lets run that lap again but from my perspective. I am amazed at how well Megs did in the Honda XR200 review. I grew up riding bikes like this, but she has only known modern bikes so the XR must feel so alien. Plus the suspension and engine are shagged after three decades of pounding but she's hurtling through the twisties. I wish I got a close up of the incredibly old shagged dual sport knobbies too, it's a miracle she isn't losing it on every corner. You'll see the rear sliding out here and there but somehow Megs prevents the short wheel base turfing her on her arse. These two off camber corners are hard enough on a modern bike with new knobbies, I don't know how Megs stayed upright here. Into the open field now, this is where plenty of riders have dropped the bike. Get slightly off line and the rear wheel slides out immediately on the trampled grass. On some of these corners she is really carrying her speed well and rocketing away. Thankfully the drum brakes on the Honda XR200 are so bad that I can make up time under brakes. So there you have it people, yet another lap of the Megatron race track. Hope you enjoyed the ride! The conclusion? Honda XR200 best dirt bike ever made lol.
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