You guys seen this yet? The future?

I like! Is it a real bike or another photo shop special? It's just a matter of time before the off-road conversions show up. I'd love to try one.

The CRF450R has excellent woods potential, IMO, but that doesn't mean Honda will ever make one for you. Like the CR250, an full offroad conversion will be pricey, but worth it!

d future

they still left out a skid plate tisk tisk

I love my 450 so far ... gonna go chase my dogs around tonight on it ( since they returned from there night out last night)

anyone else have siberian huskys man they can escape from anything

Can I have one?:p

no shadows.... interesting:eek: :eek: :eek: ...

Originally posted by XRpredator
CRFE450R?

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What a mouthful. The bike looks nice and hopefully it won't take Honda 4 years to realize there is a market for it.

In a way, there kind of isn't a market for it. The manufacturers see that off-road guys are less likely to buy a brand new bike every year than the mx racers, and less likely to spend money in general. The power the 450 makes would be largely wasted in the woods--in my area, at least, there are very, very few YZ 426s at hare scrambles and enduros. Only the more open ones involving mx as well. Since most guys buy a new bike then customize it to their liking anyway, I'm sure Honda figures why waste all the money and marketing time and effort to produce a different model when the customer can simply buy different gears, a larger tank (I'm sure IMS will come out with one soon) and some handguards? Baja Designs can wind any stator to create a lighting coil. True, the success of the YZ/WR line is unmistakeable, but even in offroad circles I see more YZs than WRs. I mean, the WRs come with big tanks, but the seating position is so bad many WR owners put pn a YZ seat and order a YZ large tank anyway.

I don't see it happening soon. The guys who want one and ride offroad will buy one anyway.

What all do you want Honda to put on there for you from the factory?

The XR has been around for along time. The CRF's won't change that and there is not a big anough market for both.

Originally posted by XRpredator
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I'm thinkin' :cool:

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I'm still thinkin' four strokes belong in trucks, cars, & lawnmowers.
By the time I have to switch to diesel pigs, they will have evolved even more.

I just finished cleaning my bike from yesterday's Terra Nova Enduro (Ontario, Canada). There was a guy there running the CR450f "E". It was awesome, and looked very sorted.

The guy had either done the mods himself, or has an inside line on new stuff. It had the headlight mods, and tailight package, looked like stock exhaust, etc other than handguards. It was going to fast for me to check it out, and after the race it was back in the trailer, however i managed to take a picture at a water crossing. I will post it when i get the film developed.

cheers!

If Honda is not going to support the off road market, I'm sure not going to give them my money for a motocrosser and then convert it to off road. Buy a Yamaha, KTM, Husky or some brand that shows a little interest in off road riders. It's way past due to update the XR's.