Pal Is that you have understood reading #7500
@Aargee has put up this effort for the prospective CBR customers or one who wan't to know about the bike and he has explained it with examples for easy understandings not a comparo bro

I use to ride the CBR for around 50kms daily in BGLR traffic and the route of travel is through places having the most signals and hectic traffic in bglr. I really hate to ride/drive anything in bglr. Coming to your question whether CBR is good/comfortable in stop-go traffic/bumber-bumber traffic I would say NO to that may be because with 161kgs wight I feel CBR is lil heavy for those kind of traffic, but at normal city conditions its ok. I have been using Honda shine for daily commutes and find those kind of bikes are more suitable in city limits. But as you substitute a RE in place of CBR the above things makes the matter worse. As said I have easily manged/accustomed to the riding stance of CBR and feels great. When put it this way now its really difficult, rather uninteresting or not confidence inspiring to ride a bike having upright riding stance(read: my thoughts only) and comparing to R15, CBR don't have aggressive riding stance but can't compare it with RE which is different.

Certainly you will, but RE 500 is an exception with its sh*t load of torque in the start where with CBR the power delivery is too smooth that you can easily enjoy upto 135kmph without a effort and again RE and CBR(apples and oranges or any other fruits)

Thank @Aargee for such a good post. As you have gone through #7500 which gave you a fare good knowledge about what CBR250R is all about and make a decision of your choice, I have never said anything about riding CBR on highways

P.S: Don't decide upon buying a bike because it has less waiting period. As you requirement is completely a different nature(RE and CBR), I would strictly suggest you to have a TD of both bikes back to back and then decide.

All the best for Happy thumping or Happy revving...


This is the reason I have told you to put the link to that post as your signature rather quoting it many times. It will be seriously helpful for the new ones who first read the first few pages of the ownership thread and jump over to the last few ones. I insisted you to do that is because your posts are always in the latest 30 posts in xtracker and one can blindly click to get your post. I can't find any other cons in doing so. If there anything wrong which I told please feel free to correct me

I never saw my bike's temp bars hovering over 3 bars. Please check whether the fan is working properly and the coolent level. Will sincerely suggest to take the bike to the ASC ASAP if the bars are showing 4 or 5.

+1

Yes!
I suspect that when they delivered the bike to you, the Coolant was not topped up. Or else if the fan is not running, that could be the issue.
Take it to the ASC and get it checked.

I had RE thunderbird for many years.
I am very very happy with CBR 250 R in comparison to any RE.
Did 250 km non stop ride this saturday and 670 km in three days, no fatigue nothing, only bad thing is hard seat but you can modify it to soft one any day.


@ All CBR owners
I am riding my bike on highway between 6 to 8 k rpm continuously (speed 100 to 125 aprox)
Will it harm my engine riding it this fast for long runs?
I know it feels stupid but even after 1600 km i could not understand her behavior for e.g.
i feel bike over revving at 4k rpm in 1st gear and under revving at 4k rpm in 5th gear.(gear shifting has to be very sharp)
Bike do not feel stressed its me who feel if bike is over revving, may be its due to my past exp with RE's

@afficionado: Well written ownership. Liked that


Definitely, it is build for long-fast-non-stop runs AFAIK. But as your bike on 1600kms old I would suggest to take it to 8K smoothly rather revving in every gear.

Bike revs more quickly from around 5K-9K in almost all gears, but can't understand what you mean by under revving. I used to up-shift at 5K(in normal conditions) or around 6.5K-7K and downshift at 4K(in highways) and sometimes redlines as per the mood. It has very less torque below 3.5K rpm. Try that

Yeah it will take time changing form RE to CBR, because of obvious reasons...

Never revved it quickly, I change gears at 5k rpm for 4,5,6 and 4k for 2,3 and 3.5k max for 1st gear.
Don't know feeling of redlines , i have never rod it above 8 k in 6th gear (forget the small gears), never ripped it I ride it like RE but i do change gears at right speeds.

I will love to rip it hard but waiting for right time(say after 2000km)

One more thing after every wash or 500 km chain feels dry to me.
Will be getting motule chain cleaner and lube soon.
But i do not have stand for CBR so it is quid difficult to lube the chain. Also to remove the excess lube i have to ride it for few km which makes cleaning rear wheel mess. Any suggestion on this part?

@Binoy has misunderstood your question.
You can safely do the speeds you mentioned [100-125] all day long without any damage to your bike.
1600km is good enough. Have fun..!

Riding at 8K in 6th gear is more than enough at the initial run-in period, anyways you can't redline the bike in 6th gear as its an overdrive gear
Also one suggestion from my side is to take the bike to higher rpm's only after 3-4 kms after the start. I find the gear shifts not smooth in the first few kms until the engine reaches its operating temperature after that its ok. Anyone noticed like this or only me

Sweet I would suggest you to ride the bike under varying rpm's/speeds during the run-in and as a thump-rule: anything you do on the bike(read throttling, revving etc.) do it slowly, steadily and smoothly during the run-in period.

I think its normal. I used to clean and lube after 500kms.

+1. Nothing beats Motul

I also don't have a paddock stand. I use the old-skool techniques for cleaning and lubing the chain. The technique for clean and lube which I do is spinning the rear wheel by slightly bending the bike towards the left side. Else buy a paddock stand which I heard its available locally too...

Thankyou for your replies!

The fan is pretty audible - seems to be working all the time though.
Coolant is there too.
Had mentioned this problem to the service advisor also -- he was like "sir its all fine"
Talked to the manager at Ganpati Honda and told him that the service advisor shouldn't attend to the bike - the mechanic should attend to me.
He said - "sir advisor hi dekhega"
Anyway - will go again.

Already getting irritated with the Honda service attitude
Will reserve my comments on the bike for later.

You are not alone buddy. Actually, I move the bike only after the temperature gauge shows 3 bars, but even then, for the first few KMs, the gearshift is rough and a bit loud as well. Then, the magic happens....

Gokul

cool. I thought of asking this question long time before, was lil skeptical whether it will be a Muppet question hence stayed back. I was checking about this and every first few kms its rought or not that smooth. It never happened in any bikes which I rode till date. Anyways leave it, its butter smooth after few kms

Welcome to the CBR Owners Club
About the 4-5 bars on the temp. i had the same issue before the first service partially because I rode in bumper to bumper traffic so my temp gauge would fluctuate between 4-5 bars at times. But it settled down quickly to 3 bars and since the first service it hasn't gone over 3 ever! Guess advisor is right 'all izz well'

I have another muppet question. Does the bike behave like a carb one at times? Like for instance you ride the bike for say 10 mins. Then you stop for say 5-10 mins or maybe even 15 minutes and you start riding again, doesn't it feel smoother than usual? Mine does and a few times even the vibrations disappear which is absolutely awesome!

Changing headlamp of CBR 250r

No. You dont need to open headlight assembly or fairing to change bulb.
You dont even need a screw driver, please refer your users manual.
All you need to do is loosen the rubber covering and then unhook the lock used to hold the bulb in place and replace the bulb.

Its very straight forward and 5 min job.

Regards
Piyush

Hi guys, is there any mrf tyre available to use in CBR?

^MRF Zapper Q 140-70-17.

I haven't noticed that. Will check that and inform you. It will be like that because after the first 10min ride the engine becomes warmed up and the internals will work smoothly in every machine AFAIK