XR HONDA, she come back !

This XR250R has been completely disassembled for restoration.
 The engine, valves seats have been redone, the timing chain is new, the cylinder has been bored, a gearbox sprocket replaced, the oil pump new.
For the chassis, the fork has been restored, spy gasket replaced, new forks boots. The shock absorber was also restaured. The rear tire is new and the wheel bearings have been replaced. New air filter, speedometer and its trainer have been replaced, new speedometer cable. New replica headlight plate, new replica hand guard set, new rubber grip. New saddle cover.

GILLES LALAY was already a great international enduro rider when Honda recruited him. 
His racing program will include the Dakar he won in 1989 on the NXR but also the Atlas Rally which he will also win on this improbable CR500 recently restored by CLASSIC RED.
This motorcycle has been specially prepared by HONDA Japan with a 20 liter aluminum tank. 
HONDA France will add two 10-liter 'suitcases' (made by Christian CHAPLAIN) in order to increase the range to 200 km.
This copy is part of the personal collection of Cyril NEVEU.
There will be very few copies of this CR500 RALLYE entrusted to NEVEU for the rally in Tunisia where I had the honor of being its mechanic.

The Paris Dakar 82 type is a rare model because it is not a bike assembled in Japan.Honda Japon officially came to the Dakar for the first time in 1982. Cyril Neveu and his partners flew over the Rally and Cyril even won all the african 82 races with the same bike.Soon Honda shown a special series of 200 replica tank+seat  that dealers were able to assemble as an option when purchasing a new XL500R.
The camshaft and one rocker have been changed. All the threads of the rocker cover have been reinforced with helicoïl thread inserts. The valves are new, their seats have been rectified. New cam chain. Controlled and tensioned balance chain. Clutch and gearbox checked. New rings and piston dimension +0.25. The kickstarter spring has been replaced. The carburetor has been ultrasonically cleaned. The foam air filter is new. For the chassis part, the frame was completely dismantled in order to be repainted. The suspension rods and the steering column have been cleaned, checked and greased. The manifold and the exhaust silencer have been replaced by used ones in very good condition. The 2 tires are new Michelin Sirac. The brake and clutch levers, the rubber grips are new. New clutch cable, controlled throttle cables. The tank special limited edition Paris Dakar is full new (not repaired), the seat will be specially restaured for this tank.

The HONDA excitement continues, it was in 1982. Honda after to introduce a lot of new road bike like the GolWing, CBX1000, CX500 take care the road and trail use surfing on the Paris Dakar image.