The electrical setup seems convincing. The headlamp is 60/55W with DC setup. Check the official website.

26.4 BHP that is news to me, any link? The UK CBR makes 19.42kW == 26 BHP. Where as the Indian version makes 25 BHP and surprisingly the same amount of Torque 22.9 NM.

Indian CBR SPEC
CBR 250R

UK CBR SPEC
CBR1000RR Fireblade | Super Sports | Motorcycles | Honda (UK)

The Thai trim makes roughly 26PS @8500rpm,while the Indian bike lose a little power to meet our fuel,emission and homologation requirements,as expected.

I humbly second you. But then why didnt the Ninja get de-tuned??

We are getting 25bhp. Thats what I have derived from the specs at the showroom and on the site. News will be confirmed once reviews start coming in. I really hope its 26.4ps.

Well, heres some snap comparos with arch-rival Ninja 250r. Lets see how it stacks up.


The layered fairing gets my thumbs up. But Honda need to give us good quality plastics here. Layered makes it look compact and tight instead of being bulky like the Kawi. The mirror stems are little bigger on the CBR, but arent a hindrance at all. Once can easily mistake that the CBR doesnt have grab rails( really, you would want to remove em!) but its smartly integrated on the frame. Also, Honda is giving the tyre hugger as stock, unlike Ninja owners who have to fit it as an extra. I like that


The two-tone color finish on all the colors is spot on. Looks much better than mono-colored bikes and stands apart from the crowd. Honda havent left any stone unturned giving this bike the screaming-modern bits and it truly makes your eyes pop out and give a wide grin


This is one department, where the Honda screams tech. Although journos may have found it not very useful, or too tiny digits, I think this is one of the simplest yet compact speedos to have come( after the new cbr1000rr got such nods couple of years back) Yet, the best speedo in this category has to be the ZMRs. This one truly is second best Really dig it.


Same spec tyres get a thumbs up.






Surprisingly, all of a sudden, those longish-fat exhausts seem out of trend. The chunky quadrangular exhaust with a neat aluminum heat shield looks really cool and exudes modern styling. A far cry from the Ninjas, this one takes the cake here as well


Two is better than one? Depends. Honda is giving a stock bulb of 60/55 which is not bad, many will consider upgrading to HID kits or better halogens. But the headlamp cluster is broad, throw will be a wider and broader one. Will have to see that on road. I remember someone posting a picture of a projector-HID mod on the cbr. Now that was wicked.

Mehul, did you book one? Read your review, really disappointing to see your comments about the quality.

Ravi, I want to book one, but will wait. You need to see it for the quality bit. As confirmed, Honda did assemble the bike in a hurry for display. I hope people who will get the booked lot dont have these bits.

@Myg124 :- That was a neat comparo.

Thank you, Hoping for a ownership thread soon.........

Just a minor correction on the bold part.. Ninja also has 290mm front.

kawasaki ninja - Bajaj

Buddy, I do not believe that the muffler cover is made of aluminium, it must be steel with silver paint as on other commuter bikes/scooters.
The disc up front is 296mm on CBR while it is 290mm on Ninja. So, it is just 6mm wider smile

Looked aluminum from the feel, but could be a paint job. My bad regd the disc
thanks for correcting mate.

got a call from GM of laxmi honda! he said he had attended a local launch at bangalore and even rode cbr250r! he was very nice and cleared all my doubts! spoke to be for about 20 minutes!
he said there is no complaint whatsoever with the plastics or aluminium and that the cbr looks awesome! he saw the bike that r ready for despatch and confirmed that he felt display bike not very satisfactory!
he confirmed that the bike would be delivered as promised on 15th of april after a small campaign for two days!
am really happy that i am the first to hav booked and likewise will receive the first bike from the officials during launch!
how am i going to sleep for 15 more days !!! phewwww!!!!!!

Wow that is some news. When did the launch happen? Date?

i think he said 30th march! so i think there r cbr already in b'lore!
b'lore guys plz check n confirm!
he also confirmed that official launch was held back in feb 15th for the MD's of the showrooms that was held in thailand!
now that's silly i suppose! the launch of a bike in india happenning in thailand ????????
n e ways there wasnt any news about the launch that happened here too! was that all behind doors?
i just cant read their minds!