Honda NSR is a

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...

Grand Prix racing

motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...

built by the

Honda Racing Corporation Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) is a division of the Honda, Honda Motor Company formed in 1982. The company combines participation in Motorcycle racing, motorcycle races throughout the world with the development of racing machines. Its racing act ...

, and also a race replica road motorcycle produced mainly for Asian and European markets. The official factory racing machines series included: * NSR250 *

NSR500 Japanese Grand Prix 1993 ">1993 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix">Japanese Grand Prix 1993 The Honda NSR500 is a road racing motorcycle created by HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) and debuted in 1984 for the Grand Prix motorcycle racing's 500& ...

(and privateer-dedicated NSR500V) Neither racing model designation is currently in use, with the

having been replaced by the

MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...

RC211V The Honda RC211V is a 990 cc (60 cu in) four-stroke race motorcycle from HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) developed in 2001 to replace the two-stroke Honda NSR500. It was developed as a direct result of major changes to the regulations for the Worl ...

series when the premiere class returned to four stroke motors, and the NSR250 being discontinued in favor of the RS250 model designation. The race replica series includes: *

Honda NSR50 The A-AC10 Honda NSR50 is a motorcycle produced by Honda, Honda Motor Company. It was offered in a street legal format in several countries including Japan, France, Spain and more. It was also offered as an off-road use race bike variant in both ...

* Honda NSR125 *

Honda NSR150 The Honda NSR150 is a motorcycle produced in Thailand by Honda as Honda Honda NSR series, NSR and in Taiwan by Kymco under the name Kymco NSR. The early Taiwanese NSR150s were produced with engines imported from Japan. However, later models used ...

Honda NSR250R The Honda NSR250R is a street-legal road-orientated 249cc two stroke sport bike produced by Honda Motor Co., Ltd between 1987 and 1999. It evolved from the popular NS250R MC11 and was produced over four distinct generations, each powered by l ...

References

External links

NSR-WORLD.COM
- The World's largest Honda NSR resource. Tuning information, technical specifications, parts manuals, model history, and discussion/help forum.
NSR500 Heritage
- official Honda page for heritage info on the NSR500 {{Honda NSR