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XR200R’s younger sibling

Having just flicked through the latest , it seems we have another favourite bike in common, or nearly the same. I've got the XR200R's younger brother, a CRF230F, and similarly it is much more than the sum of its parts. An air-cooled, low-powered engine, drum rear brake, goes absolutely anywhere a lot easier than some highly tuned fuel-injected monster. Not sure what the cut off is for Vinduro, but these came out in 2003, although I don’t think they were imported here for long, if at all. The model has just been superseded for 2019 and it has hardly changed since they came out. Try and get

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