I seriously doubt that. For me 150 is the looker. But hey its just me.

^^^

+1 to the 150's red+black scheme

So far as Indian market is concerned, it is only about beating your competitor's model, i.e., R-15(performance-wise) and Ninja(price-wise). Think about it.

Partially true generalization of world Bike market. But until every major manufacturer has 250 single in India, CBR 250 would poach customers from R-15, P220, 180 cc bikes and also Ninja 250 only. Won't it. Also, as Honda has adopted a different method to face two totally different models (R-15 and Ninja 250) with the help of a 250 single, likewise, its competitors would try to match CBR 250 in their own fashion and not all by launching a single 250. How about a R-20 at 1.20 lakh or a Ninja 250 at 1.90 lakh or so.

+1
me also would go for r15 but not yellow ( blue or LE ) one

150 is looking better than 250, especially the alloy wheels.......

Its not my intention to annoy Honda fans,

but what the...........!!!
The Bike has a CBR tag on it and its a 250cc !!!!It is expected to be a performance master atleast leaving all other things aside.
Its downtroding its own legacy !!!
It can carry the VTR's twin easily,which on slight tweaking can put down 32PS easily.
But Honda brought its old single-cyl,that served on the CBX250 Twister for many years in Brazil and tweaked it to put down 26PS(from 25PS).......thats all !!!!

We are Bikers and not marketing people,a big wig like Honda can easily afford both a single cyl and a Vtwin for Indian market,but they have done injustice to the CBR brand................that too when an equally displaced Ninja would make a mincemeat of the CBR in performance as well as refinement.

And a CBR 250cc trying to smoke R15 in performance stakes !!! is the most absurd assumption,the R15 has only got a 150cc engine and costs around 70 grand lesser on road.If CBR250 had R15 as competition then there would have been no CBR150 for God's sake.

I think CBR250R is not yet launched only show-cased for launch,if Honda is reading this thread,then please put the Vtwin in that chassis.............it would be only a few months late,but a product of envy for sure.

As for us budget crazy ones,Honda has CB300R.....that would suffice.

^^^ sure it have cbr badging and its a single but what to do if this is what people want.?
BTW 2012 moto3 class is 250 four strock singles, so i think single is the new twin(!).

+1 to that.

It still would suffice for those people who don't want speed, like me. The max speed I would want to travel at would be 120kmph(max to max) on that bike(very few people would travel at that speed), and it can be achieved easily on the cbr250r. and there are many people like that who would buy the bike just for the Honda label and looks(saying it's a 250cc is enough for most people to convince them that it's a fast bike). So what if you would have higher pick-up on any other twin cylinder bike, with all due respect sir Honda has made it's decision and it does not disappoint me. If Honda would launch it with a twin cylinder then it would cost almost as much as the Ninja if not more, and that's what Honda does not want, it's aiming at a cheaper bike which would appeal to the budget of people in India.

hi

Hey guys its been a while since I have posted, but I do keep an eagle eye on all the threads. Today on my way back from my office in manesar I saw the CBR 250 being tested. Here are the pics . Could manage only these views as they were doin 100+ and clicking a pic at those speeds with one hand on the bar and focusing ain't that easy.

good catch ...

Next time if u see those test bike while ur riding .. don;t try to take pics .. seriously .. its for ur safety .. i don't wanna hear a post from u saying anything bad..

Now on the pics... bike looks small and bit ugly .. especially those tyres [or may be due to dirty mud] ...

still not going for this one till april/may..and beyond..

awesome man!! so the CBR 250 hitting the roads and the rear tyre also looks good but the saree gaurd is ruining the whole looks

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look big enough for 250cc, atleast for me..
They could have given black alloy wheels as in CBR150..

+1
black alloy looks more good

I am really impressed with your Eagle eyes.. Good catch..