market trends and the success of Honda’s revolutionary Unicam™įour stroke motocross and off-road machines, bolstered by the 2007ĬRF150R, make this a logical evolution of our product line.” Motorcycle Division Senior Vice President, Ray Blank. Leadership in the markets in which we compete,” stated Honda “This decision reflects Honda’s commitment to environmental Two-stroke motocross machines will be discontinued after the 2007 Here it is:Īmerican Honda announcement on future motocrossĪmerican Honda recently advised dealers that its current line of Ultimately these three-wheelers would be replaced with quad bikes due to safety concerns, many amateur riders were injured and some where killed when they flipped their three-wheelers, this was particularly common on sand dunes and other hilly terrain. All the magazines ragged on the last gen Honda smokers. The Honda ATC 250R is remembered today as one of the leading lights of the three-wheeled craze that swept the motorcycle world in the 1970s and 1980s. Sad thing about Honda is that they sabotaged the 2 strokes as they were releasing the 4 strokes. Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1986 Honda ATC 250R at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. I have posted the press release here before regarding ceasing production of 2 strokes. That was not Honda's reasoning for stopping production.

Atc 250r in crate