Honda NSR250

The Honda NSR250 and Honda RS250RW were race motorcycles manufactured by Honda Racing Corporation that raced in the 250 cc class of the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship. Both names identified the factory-specification bikes entrusted to works teams, while customer teams used the production racer RS250R. The first bike debuted in 1985 as the RS250RW, the factory bikes were named NSR250 from 1986 to 2002, and in 2003 the RS250RW name returned until the 250 cc class ended. The 250 cc world championship was won eleven times by riders on these bikes, by Freddie Spencer in 1985, Anton Mang in 1987, Sito Pons in 1988 and 1989, Luca Cadalora in 1991 and 1992, Max Biaggi in 1997, Daijiro Kato in 2001, Dani Pedrosa in 2004 and 2005 and Hiroshi Aoyama in 2009.