Team SLR Honda restored and prepped a perfect 2006 Honda CR250R for Baja and desert off-road racing – it’s bikes like these that makes us wonder why some Japanese brands ditch two-strokes…

It’s 15 years more or less since Honda stopped making two-strokes and our longing for them hasn’t wavered. Which is why when we saw Team SLR owner Mark Samuels had built a 2006 Honda CR250R, and made an awesome video ripping it through the desert, we wanted to know more.

It’s a CR wearing all the knowledge collected during the many years racing the SCORE World Desert Championship and other American off-road races. Skills and knowledge into adapting the MX model for Baja style races that multi-time winner Samuels knows all about.

A bike “based on the standard model” with a rebuilt the engine and parts including a Garage Buddy kit from Wiseco, a full Pro Circuit exhaust system and an anti-friction treatment for the Showa forks which carry their old Baja settings.

Team SLR 2006 Honda CR250R parts list:

• Base model 2006 Honda CR250R
• PC Pipe and Silencer 
• Hinson clutch 
• BRP Top triple clamp with Scotts stabilizer mount
• ODI Champ Bars 
• ODI Full Waffle soft grips 
• IMS tank
• IMS footpegs
• BRP chain slider 
• D.I.D 520 Chain 
• D.I.D Dirt star wheels 
• ProX brake disks 
• Acerbis X-factory handguards
• Dunlop 739 rear tyre, and MX53 front with Nitro Mousses fitted
• Baja Designs Squadron headlight, 
• Ricky Stator stator
• Split Designs Graphics 
• Moto Seats seat cover 
• Stock 47mm Showa forks anti-friction coated and set to original setting for Samuels

Check this “last Samurai” in action:

Photo Credit: Team SLR