Smile! 1991 Honda NSR250 SP Pentax Edition (MC21)
Man, this stinks! I’m stuck here in the Sovietesque RSBFS offices and the boss in away sunning in the tropics. While he is gone I’m going to sneak in some more eye candy from the old world.
Whoever runs this shop in the UK has good taste as they are bringing in some nice and rare NSR’s. I can’t say I’ve seen a Pentax Edition before and didn’t even know they had sponsored a Honda race team. Remember when race teams actually had sponsors?
Is it a 1990 or 1991? It is listed as a 1990 but several web searches came back with 1991. Is this another case of Japanese domestic bikes being a year ahead of what they exported?
As is usual with the SP’s you get the dry clutch, magnesium wheels and adjustable suspension. Honda took a different path than Suzuki when it came to race replicas. Honda clothed their SP’s in racing colors while all the Suzuki VJ22 Lucky Strikes that we love were just standard models. I’m seeing 1500 as the number produced in this color scheme.
Some Pentax close ups.
All the stock Honda photo’s show the bike without the “Pentax” stickers. I’m assuming it came as a sticker kit with the bike. I know it is just bodywork but like the Cabin and Terra Racing replicas, it would be a nice addition to a collection.
I’m sneaking out of the office early and you can click here to see the NSR.
Hell, if they are on Youtube I guess everyone has one.
Here is a shot of the race bike. Kind of looks like it was an NSR500.
Ian
The under 499 cc bikes in Japan don’t have a “year” on the title, yet the year must be proven to local authorities in order to complete the import process. The Pentax version was released for sale as a 1991 model but the “production date” according to Honda was in 1990. I imported my Pentax from Japan and since thebuild paperwork I requested got from Honda shows 1990 production, it is a 1990 on my title! They didn’t come from Honda with Pentax on them it is a very popular add-on sticker though! And yes, only 1500 of these globally!
Another reason to move out of the US!!! Damn I am going to miss another one of these things. What a beautiful bike. Hope it finds a good home. I love this site!!!