The Honda TL250

As Usual more info at www.onlytrial.com The Honda Trials history webpage.


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

Honda Part now available

Interesting for all Honda RS trials owners. The discontinued Honda Air carb tube, is now available at The Honda Trials History!

All the Honda Trials models by name. The complete Classic Trials list

The complete list of Honda Classic trials bikes at THE HONDA TRIALS HISTORY webpage.

Click here for more info

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

Honda TLM260

Thanks to Eddie Atkin for these pictures 

Based on two stroke Spanish Montesa engine, Honda made these bikes for Japanese market. The TLM's never came to Europe or US market.
This was the "temporary" change made by Honda Trials Bikes, but no later, Honda returned to his Four-Stroke engines.


As Usual more info at Honda Trials History webpage:
http://www.onlytrial.com/1/from_1985_to_90_120288_1.html


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

The Honda Trials History T-Shirt, Honda TL125 revival

The Honda Trials History is making for his fans and followers this special and nice Honda TL125 T-Shirt, do you like it?
Now avaiable at special price only 28€ plus transport to your home. — 

More info at honda@onlytrial.com

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

Sammy Miller and the Honda TL125

More info at my site www.onlytrial.com , as usual.

1975 TL125 from USA

100% Original 1975 Honda TL125 from The National Motorcycle Museum in Amosa, Iowa. Picture sent thanks to Jay Gaard from Cedar Falls, Iowa

More info, as usual at my website "The Honda Trials History"

Honda Trials TL125

More info at www.onlytrial.com 

My Solidarity with Japanese people

The Honda Trials History wants to exprss its Solidarity with Japanese people and ask you to join to this message.

The UPY bike trials stand with Honda

The nice Honda RS200T using the new stand for trials bike designed by the Honda Trials History webpage owner! more info at www.upybike.com

The Honda History wing logotype

The Honda History wing logotype

Help me to know the true history of the Honda wing logo
Click here for more...

Happy new 2011 !!

The Honda RTL250S new information

A valuable document sent by Carlo showing a nice picture from the original Lejeune's RTL
Don't forget it, take a look on:

www.onlytrial.com

The Honda Trials History webpage

Honda RS250TW Yamamoto and Honda TL125 K2

Thanks to Jeremy and Jean-Pierre for these two new valuable documents for "The Honda Trials History" web page.


The Honda TL 125 K2



The Honda RS250TW Yamamoto Replica

More information about these documents at www.onlytrial.com The Honda Trial History site

The Honda Trials Movie

...a summary of the most beautiful Honda Trials bikes, Enjoy the movie :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvRRuyoPQhw&feature=player_embedded

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

The Nicest Honda Trials never made

Here you have the final results of the Honda Trials poll. The 1983 Honda RTL360 won the "crown" of the best Honda trials ever made.

Also you can see this YOUTUBE movie with all the Honda's from the Honda poll:
Thanks to all Honda Trials History fans and collaborators

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvRRuyoPQhw

1979 Honda Fraser 125cc

Near to 1979, David Fraser made this innovative frame using the small and light 125cc. Honda engine.

See more information at www.onlytrial.com

Thanks to Donald from Belgium for this Picture.

Another Fraser from 1977 thanks to Steve Alderson, the Honda Fraser T305L

See more information at www.onlytrial.com

The Honda Trials engines

Working in this new section. All Honda engines tecnical aspects, diagrams, benefits...

All your help, pictures, information... will be appreciated.

See at www.onlytrial.com 

The Honda Trials History website

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1989 Honda TLM260R (nice but not four stroke engine!!)

Based on two stroke Spanish Montesa engine, Honda made these bikes for Japanese market. The TLM's never came to Europe or US market.
This was the "temporary" change made by Honda Trials Bikes, but no later, Honda returned to his Four-Stroke engines.

The 1989 TLM260R


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1988 Honda RTL250S Disc brakes

In 1988 Honda made the last updating of RTL's series, Disc brakes and updated HRC engine, based on the last 1987 RTL (pink color).

As Tommy Sandham say in his Four-Sroke Finale? book, may be the ultimate trials weapon.

John Shirt Jr rode with this nice machine achieving good results also in the Scottish Six Days Trial in 1988.

Thank to Patrick here is a nice 1988 RTL250S Disck brakes from Zurich.

D'ont forget to also see it at Patrick's web:

http://www.twnclub.ch/classic_trial_files/Classic_Trial.htm

Nice Honda RTL250 picture Thanks to Pat from Aspen Cafe,French Alps.

If you have more information and pictures,

your help will be welcome!! send at honda@onlytrial.com

Nice RTL250s Disck brakes thanks to Jiří Kříž from Check Republic


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1986 Honda TLR250R

In 1986 Honda developed this four stroke engine trials bike for the Japanese market. Most innovative feature was the frame type. 
The weakest point of this machine was its weight, 93kg!

TLR 250R picture thanks to Jiří Kříž from Check Republic


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1986 Honda RTL250s

Nice 1985 Honda RTL250S. Picture sent by Andrew from Maitland,Australia.

See updated info and pictures at www.onlytrial.com (The Honda TRials History webpage)


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1985 Honda RS250TW

The RS250TW from 1985 was based on the 1982 RS250T, painted Red, White and Blue colors, HRC engine TLR front forks and some improvements like oil cooler link.
The RS250TW was also called Yamamoto because he was the rider of this official bike.
Yamamoto Masaya was the winner of Japan Trial Championship from 1982 to 1986!!

Thanks to Hap for this nice RS250TA picture. See more info at www.onlytrial.com


More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1983 Honda Alpha 240

Thanks to Patrick from Aspen Café*, today I'm glad to rescue this nice bike and history.
In 1983 French engineer Jacques Coll* developed this advanced frame based on a Honda XL125 engine.

Jacques Coll designed a very special frame, mixing alluminum parts and inox steel detachable rear sub frame.
He made a very clever and advanced solutions as the air filter at top (light position, between front forks) and gas tank under the seat. With this solution the bike has everytime clean and fresh air n the combustion and moving down the gravity center. This solution was also applied at same time in Sweeden by the hand of Maltry brothers to develop the also advanced Trans Ama bike.

Today some actual bikes as Sherco Trials are applying some of these solutions, but 27 years later!!!
This advanced engineer also put a monoshock as a rear suspension, achieving 199mm displacement, reducing weight and also moving down the Gravity Center.

* Jacques Coll was a clever and advanced French engineer. He was working at Militar Aviation service on the begining and leter became an outstanding engineer working in several projects as this nice ALPHA bike. He was the engineer who developed the first Sherco engines and also the first four-stroke Sherco engine. Unfortunatelly world of trials bikes lost one of their best engineers, Jacques Coll died in 2006.

* Aspen Cafe is a nice and long tradition five generation Cafe placed in French Alps, more info at: www.aspencafe.com

More info at Honda Trials History web page: Honda Trials History web page

1983 Honda TLM 50

For the young beginners Honda made in 1983 this nice two stroke engine little machine, The TLM 50.
Design was fully based on the TLR's series. Red with white, blue stripes, red frame and black painted engine. This is not a "really" Honda machine, due to his two stroke engine, but I wanted to introduce here because may be some Honda four stroke Trials fans were lucky to start with this model.

On this picture (thanks to Andrew Hoddler) the Honda TLM 50 in action with a young rider.

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

1983 Honda TL 125

Picture thanks Pat from Aspen Cafe

Based on the TLR200 (see 1982 Honda TLR200 and TLR250 Honda Trials History article) Honda developed the TL 125 model adapting same frame, similar gas tank, seat, plastic parts, and using the 125cc four stroke engine.

The model was offered in two plastic colors, Blue and red. Engine was silver Gray, Frame ever in Silver Gray.
Later in 1986 (1989 in Europe) TL 125 was Black engine painted frame in white, also gas tank and front forks. Seat pad was colored in blue.

Picture thanks Pat from Aspen Cafe

More info at Honda Trials History web page: www.onlytrial.com 

1982 Honda TLR250 and TLR200

THE TLR250

1982 was a great year for Honda, Eddy Lejeune won the first World Champinship riding the RTL360, The following two years 1983 and 1984 Eddy Lejeune continued giving joys to Honda, he also won two years more the World Championship.

Based on this successfull RTL360, Honda made at end of 1982 a really good and competitive series trial bikes, the new TLR's.

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

Piers Dillon onboard his TLR 250 at the VMMC trial Billown, Isle of Man, 2010 

TLR250 equipped with special Petrol tank-seat kit. Picture thanks to Mike Pearce

TLR250 equipped with special Petrol tank-seat kit blue Red-Bull painted. Picture thanks to Mike Pearce

Thanks to Dean Swann. Nice Honda TLR 250 with RTL 250 cc engine fitted.

These TLR bikes were a essential milestone on the Honda trials history.

The bike was offered in two different engines and practically same frame, TLR250 and TLR200. The first one had a HRC based (but not developed) 249 cc displacement, 4 stroke and two valves engine. Second one, the TLR200 had 194 cc 4 stroke engine.

From Australia Steven Hervie sent me this well performed Honda TLR 250

From Spain, the nice Josep Feliu's TLR 250 performed by Limit Motos. It is standing by the UPY stand bike.

More info at The Honda Trials History webpage

THE TLR200

The TLR is used today as a good option at Classic Trial competitions (twinshock).

This picture from Mike, UK is a good example of a TLR250 nice tuning.

Thanks Mike!

Another TLR 200 from Aspen Cafe, thanks to Pat.

TLR 200 Vopour blasted and polished engine, thanks to Torbjorn from UK

Wayne Dunn sent me these nice pictures from his TLR 200 elctrical Starter engine fitted!! 


More info at The Hondsa Trials History webpage