Honda CRF230F Resto-Mod Build

The Honda CRF230F Project

Our friend/client approached us with an idea he had been thinking about for a few years ... turning his stock CRF230F in to a retro-styled street legal enduro/desert racer.  He was hoping we would be able to set-up the final version to allow for two different looks: an early 1970's Honda SL350 look and a mid-1970's Honda MT250 Elsinore look.  Not the easiest transformation but, with some careful ciphering, fabricating, welding and paintwork we were able to pull off this build for him!  We also installed a BBR (the other guys from the West Coast:  BBR Motorsports, Inc.) 240 Big Bore Piston/Cam kit, a larger Mikuni Flat Slide Carb, foam Uni-Filter and an after-market performance exhaust - all of which really woke-up this machine!

In addition to the tank/seat mods, we adapted an old Honda SL350 rear fender and a 1970's Honda CR250 front fender!  Quite a bit of modification was required to the subframe to make it all work - overall, we really like how she turned out including the paint schemes that reflect our customer's wishes/vision.  

In addition, we sewed-up a marine vinyl air-box to act like a pre-filter in case he decides to take her out to the desert - another design element from our customer's serious desert racing experience/history.  She runs beautifully after all of the mods and, most important, our customer absolutely loves how she turned out and runs - so do we!!! ​

The CRF230F Restoration-Mod Fired-Up

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