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| {{Motorcycle
| | #Redirect [[Honda NX250]] |
| |name = Honda NX250 Dominator
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| |photo=Honda-NX250-92.jpg
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| |aka =
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| |manufacturer = Honda
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| |parent_company =
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| |production = 1988 - 1991
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| |model_year =
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| |predecessor =
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| |successor =
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| |class = Dual purpose
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| |engine = Four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, 4 [[valve]] per cylinder
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| |bore_stroke =
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| |compression = 11.0:1
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| |top_speed =
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| |power = 26.02 HP (19.4 KW) @ 8500RPM
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| |torque =
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| |fuel_system =
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| |ignition = CDI
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| |spark_plug =
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| |battery =
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| |transmission = 6 Speed
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| |frame =
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| |suspension =Front: 37 mm Telescopic forks <br>
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| Rear: Pro-Link. Swingarm
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| |brakes =Front: Single disc <br>Rear: Drum
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| |front_tire = {{tire|100/90-19}}
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| |rear_tire = {{tire|120/90-16}}
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| |rake_trail =
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| |wheelbase = 1350 mm / 53 in
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| |length =
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| |width =
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| |height =
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| |seat_height = 820 mm / 32 in
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| |dry_weight = 123 kg / 271 lbs
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| |wet_weight =
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| |fuel_capacity = 9 Liters / 2.4 US gal
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| |oil_capacity =
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| |recommended_oil=Honda GN4 10W-40
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| |fuel_consumption =
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| |turning_radius =
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| |related =
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| |competition =
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| }}
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| The '''[[Honda]] NX 250 Dominator''' was a Liquid cooled, single cylinder, four stroke, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder Enduro [[motorcycle]] produced by [[Honda]] in 1988. Claimed [[horsepower]] was 26.02 HP (19.4 KW) @ 8500 RPM.
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| ==Engine==
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| The engine was a Liquid cooled cooled Four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder. The engine featured a 11.0:1 [[compression ratio]].
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| ==Chassis==
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| It came with a 100/90-19 front [[tire]] and a 120/90-16 rear tire. Stopping was achieved via Single disc in the front and a Drum in the rear. The front suspension was a 37 mm Telescopic forks while the rear was equipped with a Pro-Link. Swingarm. The NX250 Dominator was fitted with a 9 Liters / 2.4 US gal fuel tank. The bike weighed just 123 kg / 271 lbs. The wheelbase was 1350 mm / 53 in long.
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| == Photos ==
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| <gallery mode='packed-hover'>
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| File:Honda-NX250-92.jpg|600px|Honda NX250 Dominator
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| File:Honda-NX250-92--1.jpg|600px|Honda NX250 Dominator
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| </gallery>
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| == Overview ==
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| DOMINATOR MINOR HAS QUITE a reputation to live up to. Big bro is still
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| sitting pretty at the top of the big single chart, and identity sharing is a
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| risky business. How many times do you hear the sharp intake of breath followed
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| by, "oooh, you should have got the big one"?
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| Sportsters, Zephyrs and ZZ-Rs all benefit from extra cubes; it's only in the
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| trailie world that the reverse holds true. But can a bike giving away 400cc to
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| the supremely successful Dominator cut it in the metropolis?
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| The engine isn't lifted from the highly-rated, but strictly off-road, XR250;
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| it's a watercooled, electric-started jobbie which is alto-getheranore suited to
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| the big smoke. Kickstarting little singles isn't hard, but it's certainly boring
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| if you just want to get home. And tootling through traffic isn't the best
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| environment for small air-cooled engines. The radiator is very tidily hidden
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| under the Alienesque snout (and is such a good fit it makes me wonder whether
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| water-cooling's on the cards for the biggy).
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| The NX leaps away from the lights with cheerful abandon thanks to reasonable,
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| if slightly stuttery, low-down tug which turns into a most unsingular zip. The
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| ratios are more carefully thought out than the streetwise trailie norm and keep
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| the motor spinning at about the right speed for further progress (ie 4500rpm and
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| above). The redline is set at 8000 but doesn't need chasing too hard; tangible
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| power sits between five and seven thou and'll keep you ahead of the taxis.
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| Work up an enthusiasm with gas and gearbox and 70mph turns up before you'd
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| imagine. There isn't too much more on offer without a goodly run up, but since
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| bigger trailies spend forever getting beyond 80 this is no criticism.
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| So up to this point everything's going fine. We like the engine. There are
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| good things to come about the rest of the bike. However, in between the engine
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| and the rest of the bike is the paragraph marked "gearbox". I honestly can't
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| remember a bloody thing about the gearbox. Six speed? My dictaphone says so. It
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| also says, in a very cross voice, that the gearbox is "shit". I have no idea
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| why. Maybe it didn't work. I'm sorry, I really can't remember. You'll just have
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| to take it from my dictaphone that the NX250 gearbox is, for reason or reasons
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| unknown, shit.
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| Otherwise the bike works perfectly well, with the suspension earning an
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| honourable mention for being so fiendishly good at absorbing London. The MX-like
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| lightweight disc is grabbed smartly by the twin-pot caliper; used with the drum
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| rear brake (wot dat?) the anorexic NX pulls up suspiciously quickly.
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| Suspiciously? Trail tires aren't supposed to let you brake like that, but the
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| Dunlop Trailmaxes must be special on this bike because they're in 19 and 16in
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| sizes. So Dunlop know darned well they're never going off road and can pour some
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| more glue into the mould.
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| That little front wheel, coupled with steep (25.5°) rake and 87mm of trail,
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| lets the NX jink like a startled rabbit if it needs to. Low speed stability is
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| helped by chopping off the lower frame rails and using the engine as a stressed
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| member, thus keeping the centre of gravity as low as it'll go. Combine all that
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| with a dry weight of 2661b, and turning around on full lock whilst hopping up a
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| kerb holding an ice cream becomes a way of life for the dedicated NX commuter.
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| That's the thing about this bike. Everything is easy. Even getting on it,
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| which isn't a forte usually associated with ten inches of ground clearance, is
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| ridiculously simple because somehow Honda sneaked the design past the off-road
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| division without them writing "37in" in the seat height box. Unfortunately a
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| slighted member of the dirt squad made it past the urbanites and wrote "make it
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| extremely uncomfortable" by the seat spec, which the dutiful Japs achieved with
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| ease.
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| Nerdy
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| Peeping closely at the NX250 rewards with cleverness and oddness in equal
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| measure. For every nice touch like the half-a-Domi-system silencer, there's a
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| nerdy plastic bash plate. To counter cunning design like the 24,000 mile valve
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| check interval there's a nine litre petrol tank to make sure you stop every 70
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| of those miles. The plastic-coated rack, easy-access fuse box and trick
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| lightweight battery sit at odds with the cheapo fasteners, flimsy gear-shifter
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| and gawky mirrors.
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| But then, the NX250 is primarily aimed at the Italian market, and they aren't
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| happy unless a couple of bits fall off. It's clear why the lovable Mediterranean
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| buys this bike; it's utterly suited to chuffing around their hideously congested
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| cities without overheating or shattering the rider's bone structure.
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| Over here in dismal Britain the nearest thing to it is the far more lunatic
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| TDR250. The NX doesn't deliver anything like the fun factor, but it's a lot more
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| practical. Since Yamaha aren't making TDRs anymore, you'd think there was a gap
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| in the market but Honda say no.
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| Which is where R. A.P steps in. As with an increasing number of importers,
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| R.A.P has service manuals and commonly used parts for all imported bikes, and
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| claims a four day delivery time for bigger items.
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| Maybe Honda are right not to bring in the NX250. Commuters are famously
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| staid, which is why we have such aesthetic delights as the GN250 and CB Two
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| Fifty. It would probably be another great non-seller alongside the Transalps of
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| our time. Shame that, because with its effortlessness and style it has to be one
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| of the best city bikes around. Against the Dominator? In town, no contest. The
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| lightweight takes it.
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| Source Bike 1992
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| !Make Model
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| |Honda NX 250 Dominator
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| !Year
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| |1991
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| !Engine Type
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| |Four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder
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| !Displacement
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| |239 cc / 14.6 cu-in
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| !Bore X Stroke
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| |68.5 x 64.8 mm
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| |-
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| !Cooling System
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| |Liquid cooled
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| !Compression
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| |11.0:1
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| !Induction
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| |Carburetor
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| !Ignition
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| |CDI
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| |-
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| !Starting
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| |Electric
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| !Max Power
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| |22.7 hp / 17 kW @ 8000 rpm
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| !Max Torque
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| |22 Nm / 16.2 lb-ft @ 5500 rpm
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| !Transmission
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| |6 Speed
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| !Final Drive
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| |Chain
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| |-
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| !Front Suspension
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| |37 mm Telescopic forks
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| !Front Wheel Travel
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| |220 mm / 8.7 in
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| !Rear Suspension
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| |Pro-Link. Swingarm
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| !Rear Wheel Travel
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| |200 mm / 7.8 in
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| !Front Brakes
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| |Single disc
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| !Rear Brakes
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| |Drum
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| !Front Tire
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| |100/90-19
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| !Rear Tire
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| |120/90-16
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| !Dimensions
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| |Length 2040 mm / 80 in Width 805 mm / 31.7 in Height 1115 mm / 43.9 in
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| !Wheelbase
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| |1350 mm / 53 in
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| !Seat Height
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| |820 mm / 32 in
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| !Dry Weight
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| |123 kg / 271 lbs
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| !Fuel Capacity
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| |9 Liters / 2.4 US gal
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| !Related Links
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| |nx250.de
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| !Road Test
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| |Moto Verte
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| |}
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| == External Links ==
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| * https://www.nx250.de/typenkunde.html
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| [[Category:Honda motorcycles]]
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