2025 Honda CRF250R Works Edition | Is it Worth the Money? 7

We spent the day riding the 2025 Honda CRF250R Works Edition. Let's answer the simple question, is it worth $2,300 more than the standard bike? Click play to find out.

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Credit: Dylan Kelley / Michael Lindsay
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Moto Braap
1 month ago

The bike looks good, sounds good, rides the turns good, and jumps well but I have seen ML hang it out a little more on other bikes riding the rear wheel looking a little more comfortable in odd obstacles or making it look easier at higher speeds off jumps perhaps on bigger bikes.  For a 250 to allow low to mid is helpful when most people are reviving too much to get some results but it just doesn’t look like warp speed.  Maybe he is going faster than it looks not making a lot of errors, spinning, or swapping and getting good traction.  The hydraulic clutch could be more of the power to the ground strategy.

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sandman768
1 month ago

I watched the whole video…. Nice upgrades for the pricing…. Little dig at Ktm for the “bling” upgrades? Maybe warranted but thank Ktm for forcing the Japanese to wake up. 

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Moto Braap
1 month ago

Compared to the full works tricks that the racers run what things are similar or missing on Jo’s or Chance’s bikes that we could get as a bolt-on or material upgrades?  Most people don’t need SX reinforced frames but just curious what they may do different.  Hard to remember all the pit bits.  MXGP seems to have some clever subtle options too.  If Honda has works suggestions I’ll take them.