GB250?

Anybody know anything much about the Honda GB250?

It's just that, well, erm, <shuffles feet>, I seem to have bought one.

Much cheapness.

At least, I hope it turns out to be much cheapness - it seems to be minus a
set of keys at the moment.

The most obvious problem is that it's stuck in gear, and the clutch won't
release. I'm assured that this isn't a big problem...

Hiho. No excuse not to get a bike licence now.

www.citroencarclub.org.uk/images/gb250.jpg - with apologies for the rather
terrible pic quality. For a camera, it makes very good phone calls.

 

Fair enough...

Makes it even cheaper...

It's got so cheap now, I expect they paid you...

 

Stonge () gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Heh. Not far off.

Yes, well, that "smiling" bit is yet to be determined...

 

Well the GB500 was an XBR500 made to look like a50s British GP bike, so I'd
hazard a vague guess its related to the CB-RS and/or XL family of
engines.....

But it is just a guess... Maybe I should look at the pic and see.

 

WavyDavy says...

It's a different motor from what I remember, prolly not as good as the
mighty world-conquering CeeBee250RSA engine

 

Lozzo () gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

It seems to be a twin-cam 4v "RFVC" head on it.

 

Adrian says...

Different to the CB250RS engine, which is a 4 valve SOHC . I'll bet you
only have an electric start too?

 

Lozzo () gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

Yes, electrickery only.

 

So a CBX250 engine then.....