The NSR250 is a race motorcycle from the Honda

Honda

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

 NSR series

Honda NSR series

Honda NSR is a designation that applies to two types of two-stroke motorcycles from Honda. The NSR designation was used by Honda for both their factory Grand Prix racing machines built by the Honda Racing Corporation subdivision, and for the race replica motorcycles produced mainly for the...

. It was created by Honda Racing Corporation

Honda Racing Corporation

Honda Racing Corporation is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. The company combines participation in motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of high potential racing machines. Its racing activities are an important source for the creation of leading edge...

 and debuted in 1985 for the Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...

's 250 cc class. The 250 cc class world championship was won 8 times by riders riding the Honda NSR250: Freddie Spencer

Freddie Spencer

Freddie Spencer , known by the nickname Fast Freddie, is an American former World Champion motorcycle racer. Spencer is regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle racers of the early 1980s.-Biography:...

 (1985), Anton Mang

Anton Mang

Anton Mang is a former five-time world champion in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Germany.-Early life:...

 (1987), Sito Pons (1988, 1989), Luca Cadalora

Luca Cadalora

Luca Cadalora is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.-Early career:He won the 1986 125cc World Championship on a Garelli and then the 1991 and 1992 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto tuned Honda.-500cc:In 1993 he rose to the blue riband 500cc division...

 (1991, 1992), Max Biaggi

Max Biaggi

Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi is an Italian motorcycle racer and winner of the 2010 World Superbike Championship. Throughout this racing career, he has won the 250cc World Championship four times, and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and MotoGP championships...

 (1997) and Daijiro Katoh (2001). The NSR250 was replaced by the Honda RS250RW in 2004.


Honda also mass produced a road legal Honda NSR250R

Honda NSR250R

-Models:1987 NSR250R MC161988 NSR250R MC18 R21988 NSR250R SP R4 Rothmans MC181989 NSR250R MC18 R51989 NSR250R SP MC18 R61990 NSR250R MC211990 NSR250R SP MC211991 NSR250R MC211991 NSR250SE MC211992 NSR250R MC211992 NSR250R SP MC211992 NSR250SP Rothmans MC21...

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