Fully Restored Honda NSR 250R

Light. Loud. Legendary.
🏍️ Win This 1989 Honda NSR250 MC18
249cc V-Twin Two-Stroke • 45HP • Rothmans Honda Livery
This is the 1989 Honda NSR250 MC18 — an iconic Rothmans-liveried two-stroke that defined an entire era of performance motorcycling. These bikes are now thin on the ground, increasingly collectible, and widely regarded as one of the greatest lightweight sports bikes ever built.
249cc V-Twin Two-Stroke
45HP Peak Power
149kg Lightweight Package
MC18 Generation
🏍️ A Legend from Honda's Golden Era
The NSR250 represents a period when Japanese manufacturers were building lightweight sports bikes with an intensity that feels almost impossible to recreate today. Small-capacity two-strokes, race-inspired chassis design and obsessive attention to agility created machines that rewarded commitment and precision above everything else.
The 1989 MC18 sits right in the heart of that era. Its 249cc liquid-cooled 90-degree V-twin two-stroke delivers around 45HP in a machine weighing just 149kg, creating the kind of power-to-weight character that made the NSR250 famous.
Less weight. More revs. Maximum commitment.
🔥 What Makes the NSR250 Special
🏁 249cc V-Twin Two-Stroke
A liquid-cooled 90-degree V-twin gives the NSR250 the compact, high-revving character that defined Honda's lightweight race replicas.
⚡ Around 45HP
The numbers only tell part of the story — in such a light package, every horsepower contributes to the bike's urgent personality.
⚖️ Just 149kg
Featherweight construction is central to the NSR250 experience, helping create the agility and corner speed these bikes are known for.
🔊 Classic Two-Stroke Character
The sound, the smell and the way the engine comes alive as the revs rise are all part of an experience modern motorcycles simply cannot copy.
🧠 PGM-II Intake System
The MC18's PGM-II intake technology contributes to its sharp throttle response and race-inspired engineering character.
💨 High-Set Twin Silencers
The distinctive exhaust layout is a signature part of the MC18's unmistakable late-1980s race-replica appearance.
🏁 MC18 updates
The MC18 transformed the NSR250R into a sharper, more serious race replica—lighter, faster and more aggressive than the earlier MC16. A new aluminium frame, stronger V-twin, PGM electronics and improved suspension gave it a raw, lively character that defined the early NSR.
🛠️ New Late 80's Bodywork 🔥 Two-Stroke V-Twin 🏁 PGM-II Intake System 🛞 Wider Tyres ⚡ Revised Rear Suspension
💥 Lightweight Performance Done Properly
With around 45HP pushing only 149kg, the NSR250's appeal has never been about brute force. Instead, it delivers an involving combination of low mass, instant direction changes and the explosive character of a high-revving two-stroke engine.
Where heavier machinery relies on outright power, the NSR rewards momentum, commitment and accuracy. Get it right and the result is exactly the kind of riding experience that built the legend around Honda's quarter-litre race replicas.
🚀 Featherweight Acceleration
Around 45HP feels very different when it is working with a motorcycle weighing just 149kg.
↩️ Rapid Direction Changes
Low mass helps make the NSR250 incredibly responsive when the road starts linking one corner into the next.
🎯 Precision Over Brute Force
The NSR250 is built around maintaining momentum and rewarding accurate, committed riding.
🔥 High-Rev Two-Stroke Delivery
The V-twin's character comes alive as the revs rise, delivering the kind of urgent response enthusiasts still chase today.
🎨 Rothmans Livery. Pure Race-Replica Presence.
Few colour schemes are as instantly recognisable in racing history as Rothmans Honda. On the compact, sharply styled NSR250, that iconic livery transforms an already special motorcycle into something with unmistakable Grand Prix-era presence.
Classic late-80s proportions, race-inspired bodywork and those distinctive twin silencers capture a period when road-going sports bikes looked as though they had rolled straight out of the paddock.
🎨 Iconic Rothmans Honda Livery
One of racing's most recognisable colour schemes gives this NSR250 instant period-correct presence.
📐 Late-80s Race-Replica Proportions
Compact dimensions and purposeful bodywork capture the look of Honda's golden age of lightweight sports bikes.
🏆 Grand Prix Inspiration
The visual connection between Honda's racing programme and its road bikes is part of what makes the NSR250 so special.
✨ Beautifully Presented
This example brings together the shape, graphics and detail that make the MC18 such an evocative two-stroke classic.
⭐ Why You'll Love It
✓ 1989 Honda NSR250 MC18
✓ 249cc liquid-cooled 90° V-twin two-stroke
✓ Around 45HP
✓ Just 149kg
✓ Iconic Rothmans Honda livery
✓ MC18-generation bodywork
✓ High-set twin silencers
✓ PGM-II intake system
✓ Classic late-80s race-replica styling
✓ Lightweight, corner-focused chassis character
✓ Unmistakable two-stroke soundtrack
✓ Beautifully presented period sports bike
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