ostalgia can get the best of me at times, and when I saw this 1992 Honda CR250R sitting in a friend’s garage, I had to have it. Later I found out that my buddy bought it from his boss at Dymond Construction (Micky’s dad) nearly three decades ago, and that this was actually one of Micky’s bikes from that year! It ran when I got it, but it leaked oil like an old Cadillac and the frame was stretched and cracked like, well, like you’d imagine it would be on Micky Dymond’s supercross practice bike from 1992.

We tore this thing to the ground and sent the frame to Chuck at MetalTek to get welded and pounded back into shape. The footpeg holes were so bad that we welded them shut and drilled new holes. That actually allowed us to mount modern pegs to it instead of the razor blades that passed for pegs back then. It got a fresh coat of white at San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings. The engine was torn completely apart and rebuilt with a Wrench Rabbit kit. Having every single part and piece you need in one place makes this a manageable and affordable project.

FMF supplied an exhaust system for the build. Parts can be difficult to find for a bike this old, so a few things like the airbox and swingarm just had to be cleaned up and reused. The stock hubs were cleaned and coated by Faster USA, then mounted to new rims and spokes. SuperSprox and Dunlop also contributed parts. The folks at All Balls were a big help on this as well. Their rebuild kits for the carburetor, as well as new cables and brake caliper, plus master cylinder kits, were an integral part of getting this thing working right.

Maybe it’s just because I remember how amazing Jeff Stanton and Jean-Michel Bayle used to be on this exact motorcycle, but this quickly ranked as one of the best builds we’ve ever done here at Racer X. See the whole test at racerxonline.com.