Honda Crf 250 M Manual

Servicing Your Honda87
Exhaust Pipe/Muffler
Muffler Installation
1. Install the muffler clamp (1) by aligning the
tab (2) of the muffler clamp with the cut-out
(3) of the muffler (4).
(1) muffler clamp (3) cut-out
(2) tab (4) muffler
2. Remove the old gasket.
3. Install the new gasket (5).
(5) gasket
4. Install the muffler.5. Tighten the muffler A bolt (6) and muffler B
bolt/washer (7) to the specified torque:
19 lbf·ft (26 N·m, 2.7 kgf·m)
6. Tighten the muffler clamp bolt (8) to the
specified torque:
15...

88Servicing Your Honda
Exhaust Pipe/Muffler
Exhaust Pipe Installation
1.  Install a new exhaust pipe gasket (1), exhaust
pipe (2) and exhaust pipe joint nuts (3) and
tighten to the specified torque:
15 lbf·ft (21 N·m, 2.1 kgf·m)
(1) exhaust pipe gasket
(2) exhaust pipe
(3) exhaust pipe joint nuts 
2. Install the muffler (page 87).
Exhaust Pipe Removal
1.  Remove the muffler (page 86).
2.  Remove the exhaust pipe joint nuts (1),
exhaust pipe (2) and exhaust pipe gasket (3).
(1) exhaust pipe joint nuts
(2)...

Servicing Your Honda89
Additional Maintenance Procedures
Refer toSafety Precautionson page 19.
Steering Head Bearings Inspection
1. With your CRF on a box or workstand (front
wheel elevated), turn the handlebar to the
right and left to check for roughness in the
steering head bearings.
2. Stand in front of your CRF, grab the fork (at
the axle), look at the steering head, and push
the fork in and out (toward the engine) to
check for play in the steering head bearings.
If any roughness or play is felt, but...

90Servicing Your Honda
Additional Maintenance Procedures
Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners
Check and tighten nuts, bolts, and fasteners
before every outing.
Item 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10ENGINE
Cylinder head cover
Exhaust pipe joint nut
Water pump cover
Crankshaft hole cap
Transmission oil check 
bolt
Clutch cover
Cylinder bolt
Oil filter cover
Cylinder head bolt
Drive sprocket
Torque
lbf
•ft N
•m kgf
•m
7
15
7
11
7
7
7
9
7
2310
21
10
15
10
10
10
12
10
311.0
2.1
1.0
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.0
3.2
(1) cylinder head cover...

Servicing Your Honda91
Appearance Care
Refer to Safety Precautionson page 19.
Frequent cleaning and polishing will keep your
Honda looking newer longer.  Frequent cleaning
also identifies you as an owner who values his
motorcycle.  A clean CRF is also easier to inspect
and service.
While you’re cleaning, be sure to look for 
damage, wear, and gasoline or oil leaks.
General Recommendations
•To clean your CRF you may use:
– water
– a mild, neutral detergent and water
– a mild spray and wipe...

92Servicing Your Honda
Appearance Care
Condensation Control
Some condensation can form within the
transmission cavity as well.  This is natural and
just one more reason you should change the
engine and transmission oil often.
After Cleaning Lubrication
There are some things you should do just after
washing your CRF to help prevent rust and
corrosion.
Once your CRF is clean and dry, you should
protect any bare steel from rusting by applying a
light coating of a rust-inhibitor.  Lubricate the
drive chain...

This section tells you how to fine tune your CRF
for maximum competition performance.
Initial suspension adjustments should be
performed after a minimum of two hours of easy
break-in time.
Optional front and rear suspension springs are
available in both firmer and softer than standard
rates, in order to tailor your CRF specifically for
your weight, riding style and course conditions.
Follow the instructions given in the rear
suspension sag setting section of Rear
Suspension Adjustmentsto determine if...

94Adjustments for Competition
Front Suspension Adjustments
The front suspension can be adjusted for the
rider’s weight and riding conditions by using one
or more of the following methods:
•Oil volume— The effects of higher or lower
fork oil level are only felt during the final 3.9
in (100 mm) of fork travel.
•Compression damping— Turning the
compression damping screw adjusts how
quickly the fork compresses.
•Rebound damping— Turning the rebound
damping screw adjusts how quickly the fork
extends.
•Fork...

Adjustments for Competition95
Front Suspension Adjustments
Both compression and rebound damping can be
increased by turning the adjuster clockwise. 
Always start with full hard when adjusting
damping. 
Do not turn the adjuster screw more than the
given positions or the adjuster may be damaged. 
Be sure that the rebound and compression
adjusters are firmly located in a detent, and not
between positions. 
NOTICE
Front Suspension Disassembly
• If your CRF is brand-new, put enough part-
throttle break-in...

Front Suspension Adjustments
96Adjustments for Competition
3. Remove the handlebar pad.
Remove the washers/handlebar holder nuts (3),
mounting rubbers and handlebar (4).
Keep the master cylinder upright to prevent air
from entering system.
NOTICE
(4)(3)
(3) washers/houndlebar holder nuts
(4) handlebar
4. Loosen the upper pinch bolts (5). 
5. Loosen the fork damper (6), but do not
remove them yet.
Do not use an adjustable wrench to loosen the
fork damper: it may damage them.
Loosen the upper pinch bolts...