Weasel
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- Nov 24, 1999
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Finally after a two week delay I can talk about my new CRF450R!!!
A group of friend's and I alway's like to try and suprise each other every time we get a new bike. It started when I bought my '00 CR250 and I didn't tell anyone, I just showed up at Red Bud with it to suprise them (popeye, rayovac, and Big Country, zeke already knew about it) Any way, popeye decided to return the favor this year when he suprised me with his new '02 CR250. Well to shorten the story I was waiting to suprise him with the 450 again at Red Bud, but unfortunally due to the weather, Red Bud was cancelled so I broke the new's over the phone.
The fact is, I really didn't need a new bike, there is not a thing wrong with my 250. After reading many review's and seeing the 450 in person at a local race, (Ryan Hughes raced it at Log Road mx just before the Red Bud national) I decided to look into the 450 even more. I read more about it, checked out some thing's on the net, talked to a few people, just researched as much info as I could. Then I started calling around trying to find one, and just as I was about to give up, BAM! I found one that was not yet sold SCHWING!!! I was happy. So about 2 week's ago I bought it.
I was planning to get a new bike in the fall of '02 anyway. Now for the good stuff.
When I went to pick it up they had it sitting outside and the salesman asked if I wanted to ride it while he got the paperwork squared away, Hell yeah I did, so I not intentionally tore up their yard with it. While I was riding it another fellow was watching. After I airated their lawn the guy watching asked what I thought of it. I told him that it sort of reminded me of my 250 as far as the handling, but the power was un-beleivable. He mentioned that he wanted to ride one at some point, so I told him to take it for a spin.
He was shocked and naturally accepted my offer. After he rode it for a bit, we were talking about it, he was shocked buy the performance and overall feel to it, he two agreed that it felt like a 250 with more kick. As it turned out, the guy race's at the same track I do and is an A rider. He said he's rode 4-strokes before but the 450 did not remind him of a four stroke. I've riden alot of 2-stoke's over the year's, from 80's all the way up to 500's and I can tell you this, the 450 is all about speed, it pull's from the bottom to who know's where. I have yet to ride the beast on a mx track so I can't really say or rate the suspension just yet, but from the riding I have done on it so far, the spender's should be pretty damn good. It has been hard for me not to reply to various post's concerning the 450 because I wanted to suprise popeye. The bike fire's up easily, one or two kick's and it's alive, let it warm up by itself for about a minute, push the choke back in, and your good to go. The ergo's feel a bit strange compared to my 250, but this could be because if you get to far back on the seat the front end is wheeling, it's not like you have to ride the tank, you are just more toward's the front of the bike as compared to the 250. I read alot of post's about the loudness of the 450, my personal thought's on this are that it is just right, nice and calm on idle, but when you open it up, as with any gas operated machine, it naturally get's louder with almost a churping sound to it. Sound's good. I spent the first weekend I had it breaking it in, and I could not pull myself off of it, the thing is just a blast to ride. Unfortunally for me, old man winter is coming and it will be an extremely long winter at that.
I'm glad I didn't wait untill next fall to buy a new bike, the 450 is everything they said it would be. By the way, anyone interested in buying a '00 CR250 with Renthal bar's and sprocket's, renthal grip's, d.i.d. chain, new top end, new rear tire, MX-Tech suspension, woody graphic's, extra set of plastic, 2-stock pipe's and silencer's, 3-extra air filter's, extra seat cover, it's been well maintained, anyone ? Just checking.
Weasel
A group of friend's and I alway's like to try and suprise each other every time we get a new bike. It started when I bought my '00 CR250 and I didn't tell anyone, I just showed up at Red Bud with it to suprise them (popeye, rayovac, and Big Country, zeke already knew about it) Any way, popeye decided to return the favor this year when he suprised me with his new '02 CR250. Well to shorten the story I was waiting to suprise him with the 450 again at Red Bud, but unfortunally due to the weather, Red Bud was cancelled so I broke the new's over the phone.
The fact is, I really didn't need a new bike, there is not a thing wrong with my 250. After reading many review's and seeing the 450 in person at a local race, (Ryan Hughes raced it at Log Road mx just before the Red Bud national) I decided to look into the 450 even more. I read more about it, checked out some thing's on the net, talked to a few people, just researched as much info as I could. Then I started calling around trying to find one, and just as I was about to give up, BAM! I found one that was not yet sold SCHWING!!! I was happy. So about 2 week's ago I bought it.
I was planning to get a new bike in the fall of '02 anyway. Now for the good stuff.
When I went to pick it up they had it sitting outside and the salesman asked if I wanted to ride it while he got the paperwork squared away, Hell yeah I did, so I not intentionally tore up their yard with it. While I was riding it another fellow was watching. After I airated their lawn the guy watching asked what I thought of it. I told him that it sort of reminded me of my 250 as far as the handling, but the power was un-beleivable. He mentioned that he wanted to ride one at some point, so I told him to take it for a spin.
He was shocked and naturally accepted my offer. After he rode it for a bit, we were talking about it, he was shocked buy the performance and overall feel to it, he two agreed that it felt like a 250 with more kick. As it turned out, the guy race's at the same track I do and is an A rider. He said he's rode 4-strokes before but the 450 did not remind him of a four stroke. I've riden alot of 2-stoke's over the year's, from 80's all the way up to 500's and I can tell you this, the 450 is all about speed, it pull's from the bottom to who know's where. I have yet to ride the beast on a mx track so I can't really say or rate the suspension just yet, but from the riding I have done on it so far, the spender's should be pretty damn good. It has been hard for me not to reply to various post's concerning the 450 because I wanted to suprise popeye. The bike fire's up easily, one or two kick's and it's alive, let it warm up by itself for about a minute, push the choke back in, and your good to go. The ergo's feel a bit strange compared to my 250, but this could be because if you get to far back on the seat the front end is wheeling, it's not like you have to ride the tank, you are just more toward's the front of the bike as compared to the 250. I read alot of post's about the loudness of the 450, my personal thought's on this are that it is just right, nice and calm on idle, but when you open it up, as with any gas operated machine, it naturally get's louder with almost a churping sound to it. Sound's good. I spent the first weekend I had it breaking it in, and I could not pull myself off of it, the thing is just a blast to ride. Unfortunally for me, old man winter is coming and it will be an extremely long winter at that.
I'm glad I didn't wait untill next fall to buy a new bike, the 450 is everything they said it would be. By the way, anyone interested in buying a '00 CR250 with Renthal bar's and sprocket's, renthal grip's, d.i.d. chain, new top end, new rear tire, MX-Tech suspension, woody graphic's, extra set of plastic, 2-stock pipe's and silencer's, 3-extra air filter's, extra seat cover, it's been well maintained, anyone ? Just checking.
Weasel
