1995 CR250 2 Stroke Revo Rocket - Dirt Bike Magazine

Editor Ron Lawson put in a lot of late night garage hours on this build and now that it’s done he is like a kid in a candy store with a pocket full of cash. Nic at Decal Works did a great job making the build stand out with a custom set of graphics.Faster USA built a brand new set of wheels featuring their billet aluminum hubs, stainless steel spokes and Honda gold Excel rims. Those were wrapped with the brand new STI Tech 2 Pro tires and heavy duty STI tubes.A complete Hinson Billetproof clutch was installed with both the top and bottom-ends being replace. Bolt-on products from Boyesen and Pro Circuit gave the twenty-three year old machine some extra grunt.A Scotts Performance stabilizer fits perfect under the ODI crossbar and we welded on a permanent frame mount. The crossbar pad did require some minor modifications.Late ’80s and ’90s CR250R owners have been requesting so many “Works” style pipes from Pro Circuit that they decided to start making them again.The seat cover and foam was in pretty bad shape. Jeff at SDG rebuilt the foam adding some extra where the stock seat dipped giving it a more modern look and feel. SDG covers are made of a rubberized gripper material.Older bike restorations like this don’t always turn out the way we want. They usually look good and run bad or the other way around. Not the Revo Rocket! It looks amazing and is a blast to ride.

[HellInAHandBasket]

I had a 92 CR250 and it was the smoothest bike I’ve ever ridden. I’ve never been near this level of rider, but man it did a lot for my confidence and ability to push myself.

[AintS]

Those are years that I recall fondly, to think back then that we would think that this was the Pinnacle of the 2-Strike! Now we have KTM Husqvarna with counterbalanced engines, fuel injection, and something I'm really hoping that you guys will bring into your shop... *The BRC 500cc big bore kit custom made in Canada!*
*It's 6, 000 for the kit, but you get everything short of the gears and electric start from your current Husqvarna KTM transplant bike's engine! I really hope you guys do this kit, it would make for a great magazine issue and video series! A modern 500cc 2-Stroke with counterbalancing!*

There's already one guy online who's uploaded a video with fuel injection into his bike.. I think one of our big US mags will hit paydirt with the new vs old 500 and 500 vs 450.

[SupercarEngg]

I own one of those. It has the stock purple shrouds and seat. Love this bike! I raced it from 1998 to 2001 and then again in 2015. The suspension is all dialed in for me. I tried selling it a few years ago. Glad no-one bought it. I will be keeping it for a long time, will race it in those vintage classes as too.

[dannelson]

Great job! Awesome build and review. Nice to hear all the work and mistakes that went into it. I am going to build a CR steely this winter.

[HorrorcoreXLGaming]

I rode one of these it was a xrace bike with a big kit on it & holy hell i dropped 4 stroke that day 😅

[samuelgavin]

That is the most satisfying sound out there

[damien]

this is the bike I have today I let a guy ride it real quick and he said, "holy shit this thing rips" ill buy it right just can't justify selling it when it runs this good.

[colefarrell]

Love seeing you guys battle at the races. You and Matt dice it up! Sincerely, N8

[tonyrollman]

I bought a new cr250 in 95...holeshot machine, engine was perfect...but then so was my 91, 99, 2001

[wvangus]

I've been following this build since you let us in on it. Great work Ron! You can almost smell the 2 stroke oil burning through the screen! I'll trade ya an 08 Honda 450R for it, lol! JK! Thanks a lot for the clip guys!

[jnuxca]

always wondered how one of the steel frame cr would be with a tall and flat seat

[alextremonti]

Amazing bike! 1994 cr250 in progress, can you please let me know where the decals came from?

[ChiTuSai]

what's the background music? Please someone tell me, thanks

[simplemann]

What was the jetting setup to make it run with a dime sized hole in the crankcase?

[hrbestalkinme]

I wanna see somebody qualify for a main on this in 2018!

[jasonrietdorf]

any chance you could tell me what jets your using? J

[edwardpullar]

i have a 84 cr250r i bought it about 6 years ago and it ran like crap so i split the cases and found a whole the size of a quarter

[mykidsasleep]

What's the skid plate from originally

[brice]

Did you have the original suspension rebuilt? Or did you use a totally different setup?

[jasonweatherford]

I realize this ain't my bike & my opinion don't mean jack shit. However, these bikes look so bad ass with the original plastic & graphics, why change it.