Rode my bike yesterday for the first time after spending 2wks doing mods to the bike(fork springs/ProCircuit linkage/GPR4 dampener/Fasst Handle bars/Yosi Pipe/Hydraulic clutch/Chain/Graphics/hour meeter) to find that the other 4 CRF450R owners at the track did not have their bikes. They all said their bikes were at the honda dealer getting repaired. Something about a cam pin working it's way loose and preventing them from being able to kick the bikes on. I will be calling my dealer to find out more about this recall. So all be ware.
Ride Report
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Will post more in a week or two, the suspension has to break in still so difficult to give a ride report.
Turning: I will say this, the bike can take inside or rutted lines with ease. I am able to dive into a line and stay in it, which I could not do with the Y05 that I had.
Power: is very linear and smooth, possibly too smooth, so smooth that the bike does feel slower than my Y05. The engine no longer has the old 4 stroke chug a lug feel. Engine feels more modern like the yamaha engines. Top end? well the track that I rode did not have very long straight aways
and the over rev seemed very acceptable with my Yosi pipe. I will say that if it was any less than what I have now, I would not be happy with it. So I will guess that with the stock pipe that has much less over rev I would not be to happy with it. I like to rev my gears out. Even with this new pipe, the bike feels slower than the Y05. Feel vs. actual are two different things, but it does feel slower - possibly because it feels all torquey instead of pure burst of power.
Gearing: With the pipe I have on I did not have any issues with gaps. But since the bike seems a bit slow I might add a tooth. Only a few more rides will tell for sure, but I am leaning in that direction currently or possibly a CAM. The CAM profiles for the last few hondas have not shown any significant power increases so might not be worth doing for the effort, install and money. Possibly the sprocket is easiest route.
Balance - just sitting in the garage floor you can tell the back end is sitting way high. I added new linkage and the bike flattened out.
Suspension- Still needs to break in, feels firm now and never bottoms out. Best bottoming resistance of any honda I ever had.
Electronics- seems scary. Lots of wires and sensors every where and I read that one of the lines is pressurized. I was nervous when I was adding all the new mods to the bike.
Starting- I am not sure what the magazines are talking about, this bike starts easily for me. I give it 7 kicks in the morning to charge the electronics, than smooth but strong! kick from the top and it turns on fine.
Stalling - Yes, you need to have the idle way up on this bike! it will stall in corners if you do not carry speed. I turned the idle way up and the problem went a way.
Lightness: I can flick this bike around super easy. It does not seem thinner to me than my Y05, but does seem to be able to flick around much easier.
Spokes574
Ride Report
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Will post more in a week or two, the suspension has to break in still so difficult to give a ride report.
Turning: I will say this, the bike can take inside or rutted lines with ease. I am able to dive into a line and stay in it, which I could not do with the Y05 that I had.
Power: is very linear and smooth, possibly too smooth, so smooth that the bike does feel slower than my Y05. The engine no longer has the old 4 stroke chug a lug feel. Engine feels more modern like the yamaha engines. Top end? well the track that I rode did not have very long straight aways
and the over rev seemed very acceptable with my Yosi pipe. I will say that if it was any less than what I have now, I would not be happy with it. So I will guess that with the stock pipe that has much less over rev I would not be to happy with it. I like to rev my gears out. Even with this new pipe, the bike feels slower than the Y05. Feel vs. actual are two different things, but it does feel slower - possibly because it feels all torquey instead of pure burst of power.
Gearing: With the pipe I have on I did not have any issues with gaps. But since the bike seems a bit slow I might add a tooth. Only a few more rides will tell for sure, but I am leaning in that direction currently or possibly a CAM. The CAM profiles for the last few hondas have not shown any significant power increases so might not be worth doing for the effort, install and money. Possibly the sprocket is easiest route.
Balance - just sitting in the garage floor you can tell the back end is sitting way high. I added new linkage and the bike flattened out.
Suspension- Still needs to break in, feels firm now and never bottoms out. Best bottoming resistance of any honda I ever had.
Electronics- seems scary. Lots of wires and sensors every where and I read that one of the lines is pressurized. I was nervous when I was adding all the new mods to the bike.
Starting- I am not sure what the magazines are talking about, this bike starts easily for me. I give it 7 kicks in the morning to charge the electronics, than smooth but strong! kick from the top and it turns on fine.
Stalling - Yes, you need to have the idle way up on this bike! it will stall in corners if you do not carry speed. I turned the idle way up and the problem went a way.
Lightness: I can flick this bike around super easy. It does not seem thinner to me than my Y05, but does seem to be able to flick around much easier.
Spokes574