DOCWOB - HONDA RC250 Factory build - 4 years later!

SEASON 2, EPISODE 11
Seeing Red - nuclear Honda red, that is!
In this week's episode, we are finally looking at the RC 250 I mentioned months ago; if you think it's been a long time for you, it's been four years in the making for us! What started as a small collection of bits became a mammoth project that took much longer than I ever imagined. We look around this beauty before she leaves for her new home in North Carolina.
She is mostly factory HRC.
She does have a set of wheels in her that belonged to David Philippaerts and a JSV exhaust but apart from that, she pretty much full HRC. This bike may be almost 30 years old, but she's way ahead of her time with electrics and traction control.
Over in the blue workshop, Jack has been working on the 2003 CR 250 we are building for Mike LaRocco to ride in the parade lap at VMXdN Foxhill 2023. This one has to be a much quicker build - we had just three months, and much of the striping and prep work has been done. When stripping a bike down to restore, we keep everything until it is fully restored; you never know what you might need.
We have several more bikes to complete and have just added a KX 500 for Tyler Bowers to ride at VMXdN Foxhill. Still, Tony and I decided we love a deadline and a bit of pressure, so bring it on!
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[@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel]

Good video :)

[@docwobtv]

Thanks!

[@rodintoulouse3054]

Great prodution value for the video and of course the bike looks fantastic

[@docwobtv]

My video guy is on point!

[@user-bz5hp9qq7f]

Perfect and beautiful. ❤❤😂😂😂😂

[@bikevault2302]

awesome Wob

[@docwobtv]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@earl6969]

The Rc has to be one of those 100k efforts....sans labor? Brilliant Sherlock sleuthing to find those parts. Global acquisitions must be an understatement. Cheers again Top build.

[@docwobtv]

Indeed it is, thank you for the support!

[@steviegraham7194]

One word docwob - Genius ❤

[@docwobtv]

Thank you

[@Steve-vt1oo]

A true masterpiece! You are a artist and a mastercraftsmen!

[@docwobtv]

Thank you 🙏

[@OnTrack_Heating]

Stunning great work

[@docwobtv]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@randyfolkner9496]

As a Honda fan boy, I'm speechless. That is motocross art work 👍

[@docwobtv]

Couldn't agree more!

[@Davido50]

Not a Honda guy in any way..but love MX bikes. So appreciate em all 💯 -Ohio 🇺🇸

[@easley421]

Yeah give my first-born for that bike

[@joski9030]

I’m a big Honda fan had 4 CR 250s and about 7 CRFs over the years wish I’d of kept my 2000 CR it was a flying machine got it next to new from Albion as a teenager

[@thecodfather4425]

WoW what a bike.

[@docwobtv]

Thank you!!

[@davekingvmxdn]

So excited to see LaRocco at vmxdn foxhill

[@docwobtv]

So are we!

[@xipingpooh5783]

Doc I always look forward to your videos and the builds you are working on. As I’m watching, I feel the tension created to make these builds as accurate as possible. I personally have restored 7 motocross bikes over the years and I have empathy for you. There are days when I’ve called in every favor I’ve got, on the phone with friends in Japan with no luck sourcing a specific part. Strangely or miraculously or both, I’ve been able to complete my builds to my personal standards. Doc you are a rare soul with a passion for this “hobby” that’s second to none. God Bless.

[@docwobtv]

You sir are a rare gem yourself and well done on the builds!! Thanks for the support and keep them going!

[@laspar3462]

Awsome bike Doc Wob is the man!!

[@docwobtv]

Cheers 🤘🤘

[@rollonbikes5661]

dream bikes! awesome! great fun to watch this videos!

[@docwobtv]

Glad you like them!

[@jeremyrobinson4064]

OH YES FINALLY THE 94 RC250 BUILD -IM A HOONDA MAN THROUGH & THROUGH, SOME SAY IF YOU CUT ME IN HALF I;D BLEED RED 🤣 SERIOUSLY TO OBTAIN THE COMPLETE BUILD 4 YEARS IS A JOB WELL DONE - THESE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE AVERAGE MESSER -TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN SO TO SPEAK . DOC WOB YOU IS THE MASTER ,ON ANOTHER LEVEL TO ANYBODY OUT THERE . STRAIGHT TALKING NO B/S YOU ARE THE LEVEL ALL ON UTUBE ARE JUDGED BY - EVERYTHING ELSE IS 2ND RATE BY A MARHOOSIVE MARGIN . YOUR VIDEOS ARE AS TINA WOULD SAY “SIMPLY THE BEST “ WE THE PURISTS,ARE LOVING ALL THESE VIDEOS , NOTHING COMES CLOSE 😍😍

[@docwobtv]

Thank you 👏

[@M155WOB]

Wow that’s some kind words thank you

[@Sn0w1981]

"Apart from that it's bone-stock." lol! Impressive stuff!

[@docwobtv]

Sure is!

[@keithfenwick5502]

Thanks the RC is a masterpiece of work, and I just picked up a 93 250 😳👍🍀🙏

[@docwobtv]

Enjoy it, good choice!

[@ryanmenke9554]

to bad your not in california, id go to work for you. I grew up and raced during all of that era and wrenched my whole life. love your shop!

[@docwobtv]

We wish we were there too bud!!

[@nickclarkuk]

The effort that goes into these machines is crazy . Amazing work !

[@docwobtv]

Thank you!!!

[@ianmangham4570]

BEAST, adjustable power valve is sick 🤘🤠🇬🇧 rear arm /axle so clean looking

[@docwobtv]

Swingarms are not easy to clean but worth it!

[@zardportugal]

Beautiful work. Congrats.

[@docwobtv]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@malccolliver4721]

Absolutely awesome build like I keep saying the best in the business by far great job. Wob and the crew 👌👌

[@docwobtv]

Much appreciated!

[@peteodonnell4494]

class mate ! been a fan of your work since the dbr days project shed ! brilliant video mate 🙂

[@docwobtv]

Much appreciated!

[@Mr10usdad]

Tremendous work!

[@docwobtv]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏

[@Steve-vt1oo]

Just finding the works parts is a full time job!

[@docwobtv]

Ya telling me!

[@Wayne-ks9gd]

That is stunning Wob, true work of art, someone is very lucky and very rich 😂

[@docwobtv]

It really is!

[@rfiskillingussoftly6568]

The rc is gorgeous! Fantastic work man!

[@docwobtv]

Thanks a lot!

[@tessbushell5489]

😍😍😎

[@docwobtv]

❤️❤️

[@seanmountford9625]

Another great video Honda looks amazing keep up the good work mate.

[@docwobtv]

Thanks man!!

[@simpy112]

Brilliant video Rob. This time 6 weeks it be all go. Cant wait to be back in the paddock seeing all your bike builds. I enjoy this as much as the racing 😊

[@docwobtv]

So do we! It’s a Labour of love!

[@grahamhole4989]

Fantastic job Rob , credit to your team . I'ts nice to see my fuel tank in the finished article ;-)

[@docwobtv]

Shhhhhh tell no one

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@docwobtv Why not?

[@moto3463]

Beautiful work of Art mate absolutely stunning. I’m in awe good stuff

[@docwobtv]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DaveH-ko2pe]

Love watching the videos. I can only dream of owning one of them amazing machines. Keep the videos coming 👍🏻

[@docwobtv]

Thanks, will do!

[@Evo836]

DocWob makes exceedingly good cakes Doh! Bikes I mean.

[@docwobtv]

I glad you like me recipes

[@DanHolliday177]

👊🏻🏁

[@EarthSurferUSA]

For hard to impossible metal parts to find, (but can machine it/them), there is a great company in the USA called "Tormach", who make affordable CNC machines. I have been living off a 2007 PCNC1100 since I bought it new in 2007 for porting little 2-stroke cylinders. It will not be good for any kind of billet production, but with small cutters (no indexable cutters, too hard on the machine), it is a great prototype or one off machine to make parts. It is considered a "bench top" machine, but you can get a stand for it, and is about the size of a standard series 2 Bridgeport mill. So if you know how to program them and run it, you should be able to make many parts that you can't find. Not real efficient, but it does a great job, and it is a good company to do business with. I have nee running it for 16 years now, and my down time is probably just over a month, and parts are easy to replace. I keep the ways and ball screws oiled often when in use, (I use my coolant tank to catch and reuse the way oil, so I use a lot of oil), and i have not even adjusted the gibbs yet. I paid 12 grand for mine, fully loaded, but they did not have a tool changer when I bought mine. For one piece work, (and even my light production), changing tools by hand is just fine.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

It hooks up to 220 volts, right in the wall.

[@garymorgan489]

Hi Rob, great work as usual , I’ve always wanted you to build me a Hakan Carlqvist 1983 No8 replica. Maybe one day 😊

[@docwobtv]

That’s a good call is that!

[@fz1fazer999]

Another excellent video Rob. It would be great to see a video in the future showcasing the workshop set ups with tool drawer configurations and special tools you have accumulated over the years etc. Might be a bit sad but I'm a bit of a tool nerd 😁

[@docwobtv]

Haha fair enough, I do ask what people want to see!

[@ianmangham4570]

Looks so unique in those graphics, i real eye catcher 🙏🇬🇧

[@docwobtv]

Oh yes, matches the tank well!

[@paulwilliams8588]

Ok Wob?... You gonna tell us all with our tounges out how much that RC build was... Give us an idea mate! 😜

[@docwobtv]

That would be telling but it is sold!

[@kellybrown6988]

I would say 25-55k

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Sans the bars being too far forward, (greatly hindering cornering), beautiful re-build.

[@docwobtv]

Thanks

[@craiglloyd592]

Tidy job.

[@docwobtv]

Thank you!!

[@thatcrazyguyjay]

love it mate i love honda 2 stroke mx bikes ive got a cr 250 2001 and i love it when i was younger i had a cr 80 red rocket i loved that bike but sold it a few years back as it was way to small for me lol so sold it as there was no point keeping it put the money towards another mx bike

[@docwobtv]

They are a Labour of love and finding HRC parts requires some sort of un-healthy obsession lol

[@thatcrazyguyjay]

@@docwobtv your right there buddy lol

[@stevenstiles5112]

Thanks, Doc, another masterpiece your in depth Knowledge is incredible. Would Kurt Nicholls works Honda been very similar to this machine, and if so, wouldn't you have been tempted to go Castrol livery ? Thanks. can't wait to see Mike Laroc machine complete.

[@docwobtv]

I think so!

[@docwobtv]

Yes Kurt’s was similar to this the only difference is he preferred the conventional forks, we didn’t go castrol and a riders number as there is too many people building bikes, putting a number on them and claiming them to be the real deal- this was built from the correct parts but parts all the same

[@jacobshred67]

incredible , how did you manage to get ahold of hrc parts ?!? wasn’t that stuff sacred ?

[@docwobtv]

It’s still is!

[@ba946x4]

Beautiful work. You’re the Michael Angelo of Dirt Bike restoration. Now what about that David Bailey CR 500 works bike?

[@docwobtv]

That’s a huge compliment!!!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

If Honda made a smaller production run of the 83-85 Works RC250's (sans the electronic exhaust power valve?), how much would you think people would pay for them? Wouldn't those be great for vintage racing? I would love to have one.

[@docwobtv]

Good question!

[@ryanmenke9554]

First off factory honda never ran green number plate backgrounds or a pipe like that and they used magnesium carbs.

[@docwobtv]

The video states that certain parts are replaced as finding the originals were impossible

[@jameswarwick3661]

Are your toolbox’s fully shadowfoamed mm perfect? or are they like getting a tool out of a tombola ?

[@docwobtv]

Depends which workshop you are in and how busy we are…so at the moment…

[@maxandreev27]

For the 94th year, it was a spaceship! Is this a two-chamber KYB fork? On the serial CR250, a two-chamber SHOWA fork appeared in 97 on the first model with an aluminum frame, and that fork did not work very well...

[@docwobtv]

It was waaaaayyyy before it’s time!

[@Duppavich]

I hope you're sending it over to Carson Brown so he can show us how it goes 🤘

[@docwobtv]

I am sure his gentle touch wouldn’t go a miss

[@Duppavich]

@@docwobtv Haha, yeah but I'm sure you'd love to fix it up again 🤣

[@grahamthomson4424]

Wob please build a Pichon corona suzuki

[@stevenstiles5112]

Nice idea. The exhaust note from those suzuki's was unreal, infact those motor's were unreal. Somebody with serious money out there fund the master to go for it.

[@grahamthomson4424]

@@stevenstiles5112 it has to have the ufo vented handguards too. What a bike. 2003 smoker

[@docwobtv]

Good idea!!!!

[@johnmauer6079]

I’m going blue book you down

[@ryanmenke9554]

where did you get the sear cover? they were the best!

[@docwobtv]

That was a special discovery for sure!!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

How does the "traction control" work? I just use the clutch myself. :) My 2019 YZ 250 2-stroke has a power jet carb also, but I am not a fan of it. I would rather have a normal carb. Since it is the slowest 250 I ever had, I have no idea why it is suppose to be better. Have you ever sent parts with bearing diameters on them to anodizing, and the it blew the bearing diameters oversize?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

and they blew the bearing diameters oversize?

[@docwobtv]

If you watch some of our other videos we discuss how we make sure we don’t blow bearing housing.

[@kevinhemsworth7309]

@docwobtv - can you do a Dave Millar Concepts KX80 ?

[@docwobtv]

We will see

[@jimarcher3711]

Powerjet carbs - production 250GP bikes had them from the early 90s. Surprised it took so long for them to appear on production MXers, 'specially 125s. Maybe the conservative Japanese didn't trust the average prospective owner?

[@docwobtv]

Maybe that was the case!

[@stevenfields4740]

Can someone explain the difference between the cr250 and the rc250 and how the hell am I just now hearing of a rc250

[@docwobtv]

RC 250 were the names of the factory Hondas

[@iancarson8614]

i won't lie, the tank is awful looking. however its HRC, so its still a win!

[@docwobtv]

Hahaha I quite like it strangely, but it is a sand tank!

[@SludgedB]

Hi is the bike still available?

[@docwobtv]

No it’s off to it’s new owner soon

[@KappaCow]

What's the difference between a CR250

[@docwobtv]

CR 250 was the public option, RC250 was named for the Factory bikes

[@KappaCow]

@@docwobtv very cool thanks

[@krs5259]

How much would the RC honda cost to buy>?

[@docwobtv]

I haven’t a clue….

[@krs5259]

@@docwobtv so how much was this one sold for?

[@ryanmenke9554]

I know doc I am sorry, dealing with my mother in a institution trying to ruin my inheritance for reasons that do not exist.

[@ryanmenke9554]

Doc, I hope this is alright sir. You burst my bubble sir. I sincerelly was trying to help with those magnesium carburators for the old works hondas. You blew me off bud. I dont know if you got angry becasue I used somebodys name, or his druggy ass got angry, which i doesnt bother me. Bit kinda got my feelings hurt. I dont think you remember me from back then. I was a young wild n crazy kid with a big mouth. But I can wrench has well has I can ride. Anyways sir, I am not some, old star struck tweaker dude like you know who. Ive been around this sport since 1978. At one time in the states I was dubbed the next big thing. Rode for suzuki, never agian and team green. Anyways I would not bullshit you sir. Your just a bit older than I am. Anyway. I didnt use any names this time, and I just wanted to let you know that shit, that really doesnt matter. Take care. You are an artist, and I can tell you give a shit, thats why I am baffled. Unless somebody said something that I know isnt true. Peace. You just might see me at one of these vtmx things you guys are doing. I am still super fast for two laps. lol.

[@docwobtv]

No worries man and great to have passion in the industry, hope you can make it to VMXdN in the future! For more than two laps we reckon!