Titled 1990 Honda NSR 250 / 300cc in PA
This is a new one on me: I’ve never seen an NSR250 with a 300cc kit. It is pretty common amongst RGV’s but I didn’t realize it is readily available for NSR’s. With a quick search of the internets (thank you George W) I found Tyga makes a 300cc kit for the NSR. I’m going to assume that is what the owner has installed. The owner is claiming 3,400 miles on the bike and an extensive rebuild of the engine. It looks like Tyga recommends this for installing the 300cc kit. It looks like you are DMV ready since the bike is titled.
From the Craigslist ad:
I have a 100% restored NSR MC21…. Everything on this bike was replaced… Only flaws worth mentioning are some paint chips on the rear wheel and right behind the front wheel on the lower fairing. Bike has 3400 miles on a total rebuild(every bearing on this bike and in the motor was replaced), has about 150 miles on the NEW 300 big bore kit and the pipes were new at the same time. This is an extremely rare bike, they were never sold outside of Japan. This bike runs 60 hp or so and is very light. I compare it to riding a psyco fast bicycle as the engine has no effect on handling.
This bike is near perfect, just about impossible to find, and mine has a title, with the propper 11 digit VIN…
Well I’m not sure if we are supposed to be looking at the bike or the Pittsburgh skyline in the photos. Two strokes deserve close ups! The seller states he is taking offers on the bike. I have to be honest, this is a big pet peev of mine. It is somewhat common in the grey bike community for this to happen though. It seems to happen with sellers that think what they have is more special than it really is. In my opinion this bikes value is actually decreased by the addition of 300cc kit. Remember, if you want top dollar, keep the bike stock. That extra hp from the overbore kit can also lead to more stress on the engine/clutch and in turn create more problems. When shopping for older bikes always take the mileage with a grain of salt. These bikes have been around for years now and I’m always suspicious of low mileage bikes. The reason I mention this, is the seller states the bike is 100% restored. My first reaction is,” Why would a bike with 3,400 miles on it need restoration?” As with any bike purchase, take your time, ask a lot of questions and give the bike a good looking over before moving forward. You can check this NSR out here.
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What, exactly, is a “propper 11 digit VIN”? Two typos in one sentence? Last time I checked, VINs had 17 digits…
–Vin Petrol
Ah good catch Vin! As a stated in the post, be sure to ask a lot of questions. Japanese home market bikes have 11 digit vins. So it is proper for Japan but not here. Some say you can still register an 11 digit vin here in the U.S.-wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
If it doesn’t have 17 digits, it ain’t a “VIN” and will cause any DMV computer in the ‘States to sputter and cough… Besides, I would imagine most (if not all) non-US bikes have frame or serial numbers of 11 digits or whatever, unless they’ve been stolen and had the numbers ground off, so that’s hardly a selling point.
I see that someone selling another bike a week later was talking about a 15-digit VIN…Still not a VIN, sorry!
–Vin Petrol
I don’t know why that’s hard to understand. Japanese domestic bikes have an 11 digit VIN. There can’t be a proper 17 digit VIN on an NSR because they were never legally imported into the states. So if one here has a title, it has an 11 digit VIN. My local AAA had to do the title work by hand on a carbonless form because the computer wouldn’t let it go through. By the way, older Hondas (and probably other bikes) had differing numbers of digits in the VIN also. Everyone take a deep breath, this one is legit.