We have these bikes in New Zealand. My first 250 after getting my license was the older MC17 a 1987 CBR250R, it redlined at 18,000 rpm and had no limiter. I have had the Yamaha FZR250R as well it cost me $2000. I sold the CBR in the end for $1300 and the FZR i got my money back. I also had a rare Katana 250 4 cylinder, only 5 in New Zealand at the time. Basically a scaled down 750 in every detail very nice raspy F1 sound, I loved it.
Ah the dream, would love to add one of these for city riding - my 1250cc feels overkill and is dull at low speeds lol. This bike is such a treasure and a joy, slow but endlessly enjoyable in town. On my bucket list of bikes!!
Don't worry, I'm planning on shooting more videos this spring and summer! I'm also going on a trip through Scotland in June, so expect some high revving engines through beautiful scenery! :)
i hope honda will release this kind of 250cc 4 cylinder again, the sound is so good i am a huge fans of honda cbr, right now i own the new cbr250rr sp, its a great 2 cylinder bike btw nice bike and ride bro !
@@kerimca98 nah problem was it's too expensive to make four cyl 250's now. it costs practically the same to manufacture in terms of whole production-line as say a 600cc. as seen with the ZX-25 ($15k NZD???) the market just isn't there given today's economy. you can buy a new 2-cyl bike with similar performance and modern features for almost half the price. it's really a shame as they have so much character but it is what it is.
@@EvnRain they absolutely could but it wouldn't be a smart business decision. not sure what the zx-25r costs where you are but in New Zealand they are around 15k and it's just not a price many people will pay considering what other options you would have for secondhand or even new bikes with higher displacement and modern tech.
@@jackmiller8851 the zx-25r is around 10K here and i'd say a 250cc 4cyl is still a viable purchase here considering the streets are fairly small and short, so you wouldn't really need a 600 or 1000, and prices of big bikes here are inflated due to taxes, upwards of 15k for a 600 cc, so the zx-25r is quite appealing-! at least for my region hahah and we would always welcome some competition. While i agree that it wouldn't be very reasonable for Honda, it'd still be very cool to see-!
@@LucHeijnen Cheers, bike shop said it's all fixed so I can't wait haha. Luckily it's turning summer over here in New Zealand and will be about a year since I last rode her 👌
Bucket list bike. This will be hard for me to obtain here in the Midwest US. I did get lucky and found an absolutely stunning 2001 Magna with only 46xx miles on it, so I have at least got one bike off my list!
Thank you! The biker community in the Netherlands is very friendly and inclusive, so yes, I try to greet everyone who made an effort to get their license! :)
It is! I need it because I keep losing track of time when I'm riding. 😂 I attached it with industrial velcro so I can swap it around easily on all my other bikes too.
That's because they're only produced for the Asian and Australian market. You'll need to import them or hope somebody else has already done that like I did. Found this one just a village away from my home. It takes patience and resourcefulness 🙂
@@jaiparaskevas895 Probably not an issue for most countries because it's a 30 year old bike. Europe won't be a problem, because emission regulations don't apply to oldtimers. Maybe getting it in California or other eco 'friendly' states might be difficult though. 🥴
@@LucHeijnen yeah I figured. Thanks. I was about to buy a 300 for my fist bike but saw your video. Now I'm determined. I am getting an mc22 if I have to swim across the pacific for one. 😂
Seems like your oil tem would never go beyond half of the meter even you stay high rev for a long time. Which brand of radiator do you use? Cheers bro nice one!
Thanks! That is the coolant temperature gauge and no, it never goes over the first half when riding. 😅 It only goes up when idling for a longer time, but this is normal. The bike is fully stock, except for the muffler!
😮H MY G😮😮DNESS! This may very well be the best sound I’ve ever heard in my life! I wish my Ninja 650 would sound like this! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Oh btw I’m in the US.
Haha thank you so much! Unfortunately these kinds of bikes are very rare outside Asia and Australia. You may be lucky with Iconicmotorbikeauctions.com in California, I've seen them sell a few of them over the years 👍🏻
@@wisetoad That's inside the storage box. The foam gets clamped into place when you close the rear seat, so nothing can move around that could make noise anymore.
@@Psaiyko Niet twijfelen, want je komt ze zeer zelden te koop tegen. Als je er überhaupt eentje vindt voor een normale prijs, meteen kopen! Als eerste motor is dit de beste ervaring die je maar kan krijgen, maar ook als ervaren rijder heb ik hier het meeste plezier op. Het is echter wel een groot risico als je valt, want onderdelen zijn duur en erg moeilijk aan te komen.
@@Psaiyko Nee, tenzij hij in perfecte staat is met maar 5000km op de teller. Waarschijnlijk is die van een liefhebber die hem eigenlijk niet kwijt wil, dat is namelijk de prijs die ik ook zou vragen 🤡 Ter vergelijking: een vriend heeft er dit jaar nog eentje gekocht in NL met 20.000 km voor €6500. Dezelfde kleur als die van mij, met hier en daar een scheurtje in de kuip en wat achterstallig (relatief makkelijk) onderhoud. Ik denk dat hij daarmee een erg goede deal heeft gemaakt.
Hi Luc, curious if you ever had a ride on an FZR250R of the same generation as this MC22 (3LN1/3/6) and if so, how would you compare the two. I really wanted the Honda but a good deal on an FZR came up and to my knowledge the Fizzer was 2nd pick of the 4cyl 250's, little lighter and more agile with the tyre dimensions.
Hi Jack, I haven't ridden on one, but I have seen one up close at a meet. The only thing I noticed was that the build quality looked cheaper than the Honda and the redline is 2000 rpm lower. Can't really say anything about it performance- and reliability wise though, but I'm guessing they're just as fun to ride as the MC22!
@@LucHeijnen I'm in the middle of rebuilding the carbs and valve clearance checks but I'll be buying a GoPro and emulating your video setup so hopefully in a few months I can show you some kiwi roads and a bit of a taste of Yamaha's version. Interesting to hear about build quality, the Honda definitely is the pick of the bunch for good reason, but I can't say my 3LN3 feels cheap in comparison. Anyway, thanks for the videos once again and ride safe, and P.S I am incredibly jealous of your NS400R .. If I am ever in your corner of the world can I please come to sniff the exhaust fumes :D
@@jackmiller8851 Thanks! I am looking forwards to those vids! You're welcome to sniff anytime haha 😂 I'll make sure to put some oldschool castor oil in it 👌🏻
Best sounding bike ive ridden maybe for u too 😂 ...also what go pro and how do u set it up cos the sound is clear no wind noises...nvmnd i read the settings 🤦♂️😂
Slovak boi here. Id like to get hands on this bad boi but its unavailable in our country. Is there some international legitimate market where those can be bought? Thanks
They are very, very rare in every country in Europe. You have 3 options, for each which you have to be very patient. Option 1: Keep your eye DAILY on local and international secondhand vehicle websites, such as AutoScout or De-Parking. I even got mine from a local website after 8 years of waiting and searching from a guy just 10km from my own home. I also say 'daily', because they can be gone in a day since the demand is so high. Option 2: Find a Japanese or Australian vehicle importer in your country. They should be able to source the vehicle you're looking for much quicker than yourself. It will cost you a lot of money and time though, because the importer will have to source several vehicles at once to fill shipping crates with, to reduce the total cost of the shipping to make their trade more feasible. Option 3: This is probably the fastest option, but the most expensive. Go to Japan or Australia yourself, buy one over there and arrange the shipping back to Slovakia yourself. You would need to get a shipping container for just one bike, so the shipping costs would probably exceed the cost of the bike itself. Tl;Dr: you need to be very patient and resourceful, or have a big bag of cash unfortunately 😅
@@LucHeijnen Thank u so much for the instructions. I will decide which one fits best for me and then go for it. How easy/hard is it to find spare parts and are there some that are hard to come by? I guess that maintenance might be quite pain
@@jasicjan You're welcome! Most normal maintenance and spare parts are easy to find. The MC22 shares quite some parts with common European Honda's. Some parts may be a bit more difficult to source, but not impossible. I've had the most help from CMSNL.com. They have an abundant database for all Honda OEM parts. They might not always have the part you're looking for in stock, but sometimes it helps by looking up the part number you require and throwing that into a Google search. Or you can look if a certain Euro Honda shares the same part number. Other sources I've found helpful are eBay.com, Yahoo Japan (yahoo.aleado.com/0-catlist.html) and my local Honda dealer. Official Honda dealers have international connections which you yourself will never find on the internet, so this has proven useful in the past for me :) They were for instance able to source an OEM clutch cover gasket from Italy.
Simple: make an inline 4 engine with very small short stroke cylinders and a 4-in-1 exhaust system! And don't forget to add some Honda engineering and reliability 👌🏻
a vida é uma m3rda! a gente trabalha, estuda e tudo isso pra ser julgado, menosprezado e no final pouco nos faz feliz. isso daí e perigoso e talz, mas se for pra morrer com essa sensação de liberdade... se não levar ninguém junto, então vai fundo! seja feliz! se liberte nos 20k rpm
@@LucHeijnen I’ve had 2 1998 Honda RC30,s brother had the bike your driving now and a Suzuki RG250 the model with twin pipes on one side, oh they were the days
@@LucHeijnen in Ireland 🇮🇪 in the 90”s we were flooded with small Japanese imports small cc bike and they were cheap, only model I never bought was the Honda NSR 250, should have though, there worth a fortune now.
Hi friend. Great ride, motocycle and sound. Where are you from and how much does this motorcycle cost in your country? I am from Serbia and this motorcycle in our country costs over 5000 euros and is very newsroom.
Hi there! Thank you! I am from the Netherlands and got this MC22 in mint condition for €6000 two years ago. They are very rare and wanted, so prices right now might even go up to €7000!
Engine rebuild? Never needed to do that and don't hear it's needed often by other owners. Just perform all your yearly maintenance and warm the bike up properly before riding, then you don't have to worry about any rebuilds ever.
@@LucHeijnen Yeah. You said all the good things to keep the bike's healty but Propably we pushing really hard those bikes here, sometimes speeding over half an hour as almost full throttle on highway so about every 20000 km overhaul needed. Maybe low quality fuel and high outside temprature are also can be reasons.
@@mtopuk That makes it clearer indeed 😅 That's not something I do a lot because of the strict speed regulations in the Netherlands. I always use the highest grade fuel available too 👌🏻
I’m getting old but…that sound NEVER EVER gets old.
At 50 I'd still love to own one of these, but they never made it to the United States.
Timeless indeed🥰🥰🥰
im young (19year) but for me that's not sound like old that's a great sound
Your not geting old 👍
i love how it's going all out , and still barely above the speed limit , it's beautiful
@@kierandansey6476 That's exactly why this is the most fun bike to ride, ever!
This is probably the best MC22 sound video I have seen. Bike sounds like it is tuned very well. Looking forward to getting back on mine.
Thank you!
ruclips.net/video/Ev_BTOI4IVQ/видео.html. check out this guy in Japan. Love his MC22 vids
For sale maybe?
@@erc10100 never
A close second to mine ;)
We have these bikes in New Zealand. My first 250 after getting my license was the older MC17 a 1987 CBR250R, it redlined at 18,000 rpm and had no limiter. I have had the Yamaha FZR250R as well it cost me $2000. I sold the CBR in the end for $1300 and the FZR i got my money back. I also had a rare Katana 250 4 cylinder, only 5 in New Zealand at the time. Basically a scaled down 750 in every detail very nice raspy F1 sound, I loved it.
Just picked up an MC19 for a first bike, in no small part thanks to videos like this. Love it already, cheers from Australia.
Cheers man, congratulations 🎉 I wish you loads of fun riding it, but I don't think that'll be a problem!
Even though it's a tiny little thing, it sound SO incredibly good. I can't wait to get one of these.
Ah the dream, would love to add one of these for city riding - my 1250cc feels overkill and is dull at low speeds lol. This bike is such a treasure and a joy, slow but endlessly enjoyable in town. On my bucket list of bikes!!
Very well said, throw that tractor out and get one of these! 😆
@@LucHeijnen lol a Lambo is a tractor, just not good for grabbing a pint of milk
Please don't ever stop uploading these
Don't worry, I'm planning on shooting more videos this spring and summer! I'm also going on a trip through Scotland in June, so expect some high revving engines through beautiful scenery! :)
@@LucHeijnen this brings a smile to my face
I have biggest silliest smile on my face watching this
1:50 F1 nostalgia 😍
Right? 😍
In the late 90s I had a fzr250. Never got bored of nailing it away from the traffic lights. Amazing sound. Shame I crashed into the front of a car 😢
I'm very sorry to hear that, but I'm glad to hear you rode it like you should ride it 🔥 What's keeping you from getting another?
残念ですね お怪我は大丈夫でしたか？
i hope honda will release this kind of 250cc 4 cylinder again, the sound is so good
i am a huge fans of honda cbr, right now i own the new cbr250rr sp, its a great 2 cylinder bike
btw nice bike and ride bro !
Maybe because it's hard to make it quiet? Dunno
@@kerimca98 emissions too perhaps, but if Kawasaki can make the ZX25R im sure a big company like honda should be able too-!
@@kerimca98 nah problem was it's too expensive to make four cyl 250's now. it costs practically the same to manufacture in terms of whole production-line as say a 600cc. as seen with the ZX-25 ($15k NZD???) the market just isn't there given today's economy. you can buy a new 2-cyl bike with similar performance and modern features for almost half the price. it's really a shame as they have so much character but it is what it is.
@@EvnRain they absolutely could but it wouldn't be a smart business decision. not sure what the zx-25r costs where you are but in New Zealand they are around 15k and it's just not a price many people will pay considering what other options you would have for secondhand or even new bikes with higher displacement and modern tech.
@@jackmiller8851 the zx-25r is around 10K here and i'd say a 250cc 4cyl is still a viable purchase here considering the streets are fairly small and short, so you wouldn't really need a 600 or 1000, and prices of big bikes here are inflated due to taxes, upwards of 15k for a 600 cc, so the zx-25r is quite appealing-! at least for my region hahah and we would always welcome some competition. While i agree that it wouldn't be very reasonable for Honda, it'd still be very cool to see-!
The thrill of hitting 20k rpm will NEVER get boring
Best soundtrack on a YT vid I think I've ever heard ❤️🔥
1:45 press for eargasm
thank you for blessing us with this
These are rare, none for sale in my country 😢 so thanks for uploading this amazing sounding bike that you ride here ❤
Tiếng bô rất hay,ròn, ấm,êm,phấn khích,tốc độ đủ dùng,đủ phấn khích,không quá hao phí nhiên liệu ,cục máy vừa sức với nhiều người...
Unbelievable this sound is SOOOO GOOD!!!
Had one when I was studying in Australia, miss it so much!
This is music.
She climbs fast. Great share
Wow, what a great little bike, I guess it hurts your ears eventually but I want one.
@@paulcooper5610 That's why they invented hearing protection!
Great little bike! I wish i could have one one day ;)
Very nice!, my MC22 is getting fixed at the moment and can't wait to get back on
I hope it's ready again soon! I have to wait all winter to ride mine again 😢
@@LucHeijnen Cheers, bike shop said it's all fixed so I can't wait haha. Luckily it's turning summer over here in New Zealand and will be about a year since I last rode her 👌
Lucky you! I bet you'll smile from ear to ear again when you ride it😁
@@LucHeijnen Definitely man, will have to make some videos too
My dream bike
That sounds insane.
new bikes can't make this nutty sound....am talking bout that zx25r
MC22は高価なのでMC19 250Rに乗ってます、普段は8000回転しか回しません、18000回転まで回すと高周波音で気分が良くないので。どちらも良いバイクです。
this cbr250rr >>> zx25r
I bet the zx25r would have sounded better before newer emissions
1997 zxr250 >>>cbr250rr
@@radio-180ccnah bro mc22 the best one of all of em
@@insanetharapy6948never would fix how it weighs 182kgs when this one weights 150kgs
@@notanicename "Add lightness"
Bucket list bike. This will be hard for me to obtain here in the Midwest US. I did get lucky and found an absolutely stunning 2001 Magna with only 46xx miles on it, so I have at least got one bike off my list!
inlove with this bike, also love how you great every biker on the road,much love stay safe.✌
Thank you! The biker community in the Netherlands is very friendly and inclusive, so yes, I try to greet everyone who made an effort to get their license! :)
Yes. I need one.
Dude is that a Gshock on the Dash? I loved !!
It is! I need it because I keep losing track of time when I'm riding. 😂 I attached it with industrial velcro so I can swap it around easily on all my other bikes too.
Wish to own one. Unfortunately it's pretty rare in Europe, don't have a clue where I should look for it... Thank you for this beautiful video
Can post your one from New Zealand
Ireland and UK
Dream bike. Sounds so good thanks for sharing 👌
Thank you, and you're welcome!
beautiful
Thag little machine never gets Old 🤍🙌🏽
I wish we could get these in Canada. That sound!!
You probably can, but it will just cost you a lot of money 😅
This is music to my ears 👂 😻😅
❤.. Miss my 250 r.. Sound like F1
Thanks for sharing this
They look fast enough for any rider.
Hell yes 🤩
I bet these handle extremely well
They do! Taking corners is effortless!
Beautiful sounding machine and only a 250cc
Almost 60 yrs old and I,m buying one of these 🤗❤️🤗
The best choice you could make. It may not be the most comfortable bike, but the sound will make you smile from ear to ear!
Who else just zoomed in on the tach and had an eargasm whenever it passed 14K
The cheapest MC22 ive seen for sale was here in New Zealand $2,500
Take it. Here in EU they cost at least 2x more.
How does one get thei hands on one of these? Cant seem to find them anywhere for obvious reason. That sound!
That's because they're only produced for the Asian and Australian market. You'll need to import them or hope somebody else has already done that like I did. Found this one just a village away from my home. It takes patience and resourcefulness 🙂
@@LucHeijnen awesome. Thanks for responding. Do they have trouble passing emissions in certain countries?
@@jaiparaskevas895 Probably not an issue for most countries because it's a 30 year old bike. Europe won't be a problem, because emission regulations don't apply to oldtimers. Maybe getting it in California or other eco 'friendly' states might be difficult though. 🥴
@@LucHeijnen yeah I figured. Thanks. I was about to buy a 300 for my fist bike but saw your video. Now I'm determined. I am getting an mc22 if I have to swim across the pacific for one. 😂
Sounds like an F1 car from the 90 's.
I know, love it! 😍
Engine sound is familiar since ZX25R launcing in Indonesia.
I'd be too scared someone would just pull out of their driveway on that road without looking xD
I’m sure they would hear him😂
It's a little unsettling how it sounds like a "regular" sportsbike nearing redline but actually is only halfway there.
Had a ride on one few years ago............... It was a little DIFFERENT from my Super dream. 😂.
Hey bro what is the name of the exhaust of that sling cbr250rr
@@-jkr5740 Xcite Bikes Carbon Fibre
my kawi 250 could never sound this good lol
Seems like your oil tem would never go beyond half of the meter even you stay high rev for a long time. Which brand of radiator do you use? Cheers bro nice one!
Thanks! That is the coolant temperature gauge and no, it never goes over the first half when riding. 😅 It only goes up when idling for a longer time, but this is normal. The bike is fully stock, except for the muffler!
My first bike .. I still regret selling it ..
😮H MY G😮😮DNESS!
This may very well be the best sound I’ve ever heard in my life! I wish my Ninja 650 would sound like this!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Oh btw I’m in the US.
Haha thank you so much! Unfortunately these kinds of bikes are very rare outside Asia and Australia. You may be lucky with Iconicmotorbikeauctions.com in California, I've seen them sell a few of them over the years 👍🏻
Add two cylinders lol
❤
Damn I wish you could find these in the US
They're like diamonds anywhere outside Asia... The one I have is the only good one I've seen for sale in NL for many many years
@@LucHeijnen I’m definitely going to import on in a year or so.
How did you mount the G shock on there? Thats sick!
Thanks! I just used some self-adhesive industrial velcro, so I can easily switch it to another bike.
Oh my god
A real shame the new cbr250rr will not be coming to europe
phenomenal sound , what exhaust is that?
Thank you! The muffler is from XCite Bikes Australia. It is the XT420CF.
@@LucHeijnen thanks 🙌🏽
Definitely pinned it wot. Nice work.
I'm thinking of buying one Should I go for it
This shouldn't even be a question. If you can get your hands on one, do it!
Where is your microphone mounted, almost no wind noise.
@@wisetoad See description below the video 👍🏻
@@LucHeijnennice! Is that in the rear storage box or on the outside.
@@wisetoad That's inside the storage box. The foam gets clamped into place when you close the rear seat, so nothing can move around that could make noise anymore.
@@LucHeijnen very cool!
the video starts at 1:48 you're welcomed...
I wish i could find one of these, but being in the usa its impossible to find one.
I can imagine, they are already extremely rare over in the Netherlands :(
Prachtige motor. Ik zit te twijfelen om zo eentje te kopen. Zou je dit aanraden als eerste motor?
@@Psaiyko Niet twijfelen, want je komt ze zeer zelden te koop tegen. Als je er überhaupt eentje vindt voor een normale prijs, meteen kopen!
Als eerste motor is dit de beste ervaring die je maar kan krijgen, maar ook als ervaren rijder heb ik hier het meeste plezier op. Het is echter wel een groot risico als je valt, want onderdelen zijn duur en erg moeilijk aan te komen.
@@LucHeijnen in heel Europa zie ik er nu maar 1 te koop staan op autoscout24 voor 12k. Reëele prijs in jouw ogen of niet?
Toevallig wel in Nederlands dus geen import kosten
@@LucHeijnen mijn voorgaande reactie is verwijderd schijnbaar. Ik zag in heel Europa maar 1tje te koop staan voor 11k. Is dit een reële prijs denk je?
@@Psaiyko Nee, tenzij hij in perfecte staat is met maar 5000km op de teller. Waarschijnlijk is die van een liefhebber die hem eigenlijk niet kwijt wil, dat is namelijk de prijs die ik ook zou vragen 🤡
Ter vergelijking: een vriend heeft er dit jaar nog eentje gekocht in NL met 20.000 km voor €6500. Dezelfde kleur als die van mij, met hier en daar een scheurtje in de kuip en wat achterstallig (relatief makkelijk) onderhoud. Ik denk dat hij daarmee een erg goede deal heeft gemaakt.
Hi Luc, curious if you ever had a ride on an FZR250R of the same generation as this MC22 (3LN1/3/6) and if so, how would you compare the two. I really wanted the Honda but a good deal on an FZR came up and to my knowledge the Fizzer was 2nd pick of the 4cyl 250's, little lighter and more agile with the tyre dimensions.
Hi Jack, I haven't ridden on one, but I have seen one up close at a meet. The only thing I noticed was that the build quality looked cheaper than the Honda and the redline is 2000 rpm lower. Can't really say anything about it performance- and reliability wise though, but I'm guessing they're just as fun to ride as the MC22!
@@LucHeijnen I'm in the middle of rebuilding the carbs and valve clearance checks but I'll be buying a GoPro and emulating your video setup so hopefully in a few months I can show you some kiwi roads and a bit of a taste of Yamaha's version. Interesting to hear about build quality, the Honda definitely is the pick of the bunch for good reason, but I can't say my 3LN3 feels cheap in comparison. Anyway, thanks for the videos once again and ride safe, and P.S I am incredibly jealous of your NS400R .. If I am ever in your corner of the world can I please come to sniff the exhaust fumes :D
@@jackmiller8851 Thanks! I am looking forwards to those vids! You're welcome to sniff anytime haha 😂 I'll make sure to put some oldschool castor oil in it 👌🏻
150cc++ 2 stroke engines are scary af.. 😅
I think they're lovely, but this is a 4 cylinder 4 stroke!
Well.. first.. it was 19k RPM..
Second.. i was wondering why it sounded like 4 strokes.. 😅.
Thanks for clarifying.
@@juneaoalfred3704 Haha, you're welcome! 😂
So, CBR250RR was so fast that it needed rollcage?
@@mdraselparvez 😂😂😂
@@LucHeijnen 😝😝😝
I'm saving money just to import one of these in the Philippines
Best sounding bike ive ridden maybe for u too 😂 ...also what go pro and how do u set it up cos the sound is clear no wind noises...nvmnd i read the settings 🤦♂️😂
I can't get enough of this sound. It's just asking to be revved up to 19k rpm all the time 😂
The faster it goes the godly it sounds 😂
Geil.
Slovak boi here. Id like to get hands on this bad boi but its unavailable in our country. Is there some international legitimate market where those can be bought? Thanks
They are very, very rare in every country in Europe. You have 3 options, for each which you have to be very patient.
Option 1: Keep your eye DAILY on local and international secondhand vehicle websites, such as AutoScout or De-Parking. I even got mine from a local website after 8 years of waiting and searching from a guy just 10km from my own home. I also say 'daily', because they can be gone in a day since the demand is so high.
Option 2: Find a Japanese or Australian vehicle importer in your country. They should be able to source the vehicle you're looking for much quicker than yourself. It will cost you a lot of money and time though, because the importer will have to source several vehicles at once to fill shipping crates with, to reduce the total cost of the shipping to make their trade more feasible.
Option 3: This is probably the fastest option, but the most expensive. Go to Japan or Australia yourself, buy one over there and arrange the shipping back to Slovakia yourself. You would need to get a shipping container for just one bike, so the shipping costs would probably exceed the cost of the bike itself.
Tl;Dr: you need to be very patient and resourceful, or have a big bag of cash unfortunately 😅
@@LucHeijnen Thank u so much for the instructions. I will decide which one fits best for me and then go for it.
How easy/hard is it to find spare parts and are there some that are hard to come by? I guess that maintenance might be quite pain
@@jasicjan You're welcome! Most normal maintenance and spare parts are easy to find. The MC22 shares quite some parts with common European Honda's. Some parts may be a bit more difficult to source, but not impossible.
I've had the most help from CMSNL.com. They have an abundant database for all Honda OEM parts. They might not always have the part you're looking for in stock, but sometimes it helps by looking up the part number you require and throwing that into a Google search. Or you can look if a certain Euro Honda shares the same part number.
Other sources I've found helpful are eBay.com, Yahoo Japan (yahoo.aleado.com/0-catlist.html) and my local Honda dealer. Official Honda dealers have international connections which you yourself will never find on the internet, so this has proven useful in the past for me :) They were for instance able to source an OEM clutch cover gasket from Italy.
How do you get so little windnoise?
@@Mikkel111 I placed the microphone in the tail of the bike between two sheets of foam 👌🏻
@@LucHeijnen I’ve tried this with a Zoom H1n, but there was a massive amount of wind noise and mic-shake. :/
How can a 250 sound like that
Simple: make an inline 4 engine with very small short stroke cylinders and a 4-in-1 exhaust system! And don't forget to add some Honda engineering and reliability 👌🏻
@@LucHeijnen how many cc per cylinder
@@FrankyboyGiovanni-yz8qi Well, 250 divided by 4 is 62,5 cc.
とても状態の良いエンジンですね。
ノイズが全くありません。
a vida é uma m3rda! a gente trabalha, estuda e tudo isso pra ser julgado, menosprezado e no final pouco nos faz feliz. isso daí e perigoso e talz, mas se for pra morrer com essa sensação de liberdade... se não levar ninguém junto, então vai fundo! seja feliz! se liberte nos 20k rpm
Better fun that 1000cc bikes…
Definitely! Small bikes are so underrated and liter bikes highly overrated 😁
@@LucHeijnen I’ve had 2 1998 Honda RC30,s brother had the bike your driving now and a Suzuki RG250 the model with twin pipes on one side, oh they were the days
@@shane6115 Man, that's a dream garage right there 😍
@@LucHeijnen in Ireland 🇮🇪 in the 90”s we were flooded with small Japanese imports small cc bike and they were cheap, only model I never bought was the Honda NSR 250, should have though, there worth a fortune now.
Hi friend. Great ride, motocycle and sound. Where are you from and how much does this motorcycle cost in your country? I am from Serbia and this motorcycle in our country costs over 5000 euros and is very newsroom.
Hi there! Thank you!
I am from the Netherlands and got this MC22 in mint condition for €6000 two years ago. They are very rare and wanted, so prices right now might even go up to €7000!
Every Side is perfect! Except short engine rebuild intervals 😒, especially if very hard to find its spare parts like in my country.
Engine rebuild? Never needed to do that and don't hear it's needed often by other owners. Just perform all your yearly maintenance and warm the bike up properly before riding, then you don't have to worry about any rebuilds ever.
@@LucHeijnen Yeah. You said all the good things to keep the bike's healty but Propably we pushing really hard those bikes here, sometimes speeding over half an hour as almost full throttle on highway so about every 20000 km overhaul needed. Maybe low quality fuel and high outside temprature are also can be reasons.
@@mtopuk That makes it clearer indeed 😅 That's not something I do a lot because of the strict speed regulations in the Netherlands. I always use the highest grade fuel available too 👌🏻
hi, did you use an nd filter?
Yes, see the description below the video.
Yoshmura?
See description 😜
A little rev box....
Menudo pepino....
What? 😂
Johny turbo😂
Orgasm
why shifting so much?
guess for fun and sound?
But of course!
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