Honda CRF230F Review

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A quick review of the air cooled Honda CRF230F trail motorcycle. This is a bike that I feel is a great bike and often overlooked. Honda is known for their reliability and the air cooled Honda's are even cheaper and easier to own and operate.

For anyone in the market for an off-road motorcycle hopefully you'll find this review of the Honda CRF230F helpful. It is a great bike that a wide variety of riders at different skill levels can enjoy.

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I was 13 years old back in 2005 when one day I was sitting in my 8th grade English class when the teacher got a call from the office, telling her that my dad was there to pick me up. I had no idea why, but as soon as we got to his truck he surprised me with the fact that he was there to pick me up and drive us both about 2 hours away to pick up a brand new CRF230. Up until that point, I learned on a 1991 CT-70 and a 2002 XR 100. Almost 15 years later and looking back, this bike was a cornerstone to my lifelong riding adventure. I learned so much from having this machine in my younger teens up until my first street bike. Some of my best memories are with this bike. I still own it, and it’s still in great shape and runs just like a Honda should. From someone with the experience of owning a 250L and the 230F, this guy nailed it on the head. Two totally different machines. Had Honda made their new dual sports in the likeness of the old 230F, then you’d have a perfectly badass little street legal dirtbike. Quite the opposite of what you currently get in a new 250L... A lot of deceiving dual sport features disguising not much more than a modest mostly street adventure, at best.

TwinsFan

These are great bikes for the price and extremely reliable.

amppepper

I bought a 230 new in 2019. Sometimes I wish I got a bigger bike, but when I get on the trails I realize that this bike is perfect for off-road. Not too heavy at all and big enough for an adult weight 150 to 160 pounds. With a few upgrades it can be capable of being a dual sport.

jaype

My wife rides a Xt 250 it's a good starter as well. You definitely can't beat Honda though 👍👍

ianferrier

Loving mine! More fun for me than my 300 2 stroke.

sanderjavant-

Love see the ceiling and not the lower bike. Good job.

rockywhite

Along with “real bikes”, I’ve ridden one of these for 12 years. It’s my favorite, largely because of the reasons cited in the video. It’s low power and less capable suspension force a rider to learn better technique. Line selection, weighting/deweighting, using your legs and body position are required to traverse rough terrain and jumps. Skills learned on this improve a rider’s ability to clear obstacles in low traction/muddy conditions when sheer power alone doesn’t help. They require “uncorking” (jetting) to not only improve cold starting/warmup, but to significantly improve power and throttle response. Honda knows this and offers a “Power up Kit.”

I love this bike, and run the original piston after many hundreds of hard hours while still retaining compression within specs. I can sell it for much more than I paid for it when I bought it used in 2008. However, I have no intention of selling it. It’s been raced to victories, and also used to teach new riders. Super versatile.

motrockb

Nice review! I have a TTR230 which as you mentioned is very similar. It and the CRF230F are extremely underrated and very capable bikes. Aside from tackling a steep sandy hill climb, there isn’t much that they can’t do.

EachAdventure

I have a Honda xr100r and a Yamaha xt350. I once didn’t service the Honda for at least 7 years and it would still run perfect and start with one kick

psykovipergaming

Nothing beats a crf 230f on tight trails, air cooled electric start makes it exceptional, plenty power and speed for long range trail ridding, it also brings you back clean and in one piece.

frank-gfvh

I bought a used 230f from a dirt bike coach (I had a crf150f before this) because he'd done a fork swap on it. Basically a dead reliable off-road bike that rides a ton better because of the crf250r forks. The triple clamp isn't made anymore but is still possible to swap forks. Especially if you're a rider above 160lbs. The stock forks are so weak :/ but can be improved without a swap

blurpleunc

I couldn't agree more with this this review. The only draw back I found is the rear drum, so I converted mine to rear disc, makes a great bike fantastic!

MrBasildondave

Has enough power to get the job done. But not so much that you cannot control it. Easy to maintain. Goes up just about anything you point it at within reason. Suspension is a little soft though. Is light enough that I could pick up the back and muscle it into the basement. Broke quite a few levers. I have come to prefer the short clutch lever. Easier to work the worn out clutch. All in all I think it is a great starter bike.

thenthson

It’s slow to a point where it’s fast, if you’ve ridden the 230 you’ll know what I mean

DanleyNuksGoneFishn

Excellent review. I recently had a chance to ride one of those at an off-road park, and it was a very fun bike to ride. It's going to be interesting to see what the new CRF250F is going to be like when it comes out in February.

trevorjameson