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ya'll crazy WR450F is the only way to go
This bike looks promising.
https://powersports.honda.com/street/adventure/crf450l
What are you working on? (Besides your offroad vehicle)
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This bike looks promising.
https://powersports.honda.com/street/adventure/crf450l
madtaco461
BRO-runner
ya'll crazy WR450F is the only way to go
It's only 5 speed. Nice having that extra gear for the street and straight section, but I really don't like going over 60.
haha i'm just stirring the pot on that one. I'd take KTM over anything if i were to go enduro.
reading up on it, it does look nice.
Blender
Swiftie
orange is the proper color
Blender
Swiftie
charging Euro-bike prices
Real quotes from KTM owners I know:
"It's a great bike, very reliable when I have it out. "
"Yeah it's running great since I did the water pump, stator, and clutch"
"Fastest thing on the track until I broke the swingarm pivot".
Won't get me on a KTM for a long, long time.
As for transmissions be aware that all of these dirt-based dual sports, and dirtbikes in general, have extremely close final ratios. 5th on the WR vs 6th on the CR is nearly identical.
The extra gears are almost always acceleration gears.
Suzuki used to run a 4 speed in their dirtbikes, so that riders weren't caught shifting 1-2 or 2-1 mid corner. Some loved it, some hated it.
As for XR vs CR vs WR, the XRR is in a league of its own. 25 pounds heavier than a 450, with 60+ HP instead of 45. The only thing that'll come close, performance-wise, is a KTM 690 Enduro, but I'll take Honda quality any day.
The bitch of the thing with an XRR is that they're tough to find since Honda went full into the 450 for their Enduro bike.
"It's a great bike, very reliable when I have it out. "
"Yeah it's running great since I did the water pump, stator, and clutch"
"Fastest thing on the track until I broke the swingarm pivot".
Won't get me on a KTM for a long, long time.
As for transmissions be aware that all of these dirt-based dual sports, and dirtbikes in general, have extremely close final ratios. 5th on the WR vs 6th on the CR is nearly identical.
The extra gears are almost always acceleration gears.
Suzuki used to run a 4 speed in their dirtbikes, so that riders weren't caught shifting 1-2 or 2-1 mid corner. Some loved it, some hated it.
As for XR vs CR vs WR, the XRR is in a league of its own. 25 pounds heavier than a 450, with 60+ HP instead of 45. The only thing that'll come close, performance-wise, is a KTM 690 Enduro, but I'll take Honda quality any day.
The bitch of the thing with an XRR is that they're tough to find since Honda went full into the 450 for their Enduro bike.
charging Euro-bike prices
That's not a bad price for a road legal 450. A Yamaha isn't much cheaper.
Blender
Swiftie
That's a lot of words to not actually say anything
Oh, sorry.
"Yay KTM, boo Honda"
"Yay KTM, boo Honda"
Blender
Swiftie
No brainer to choose the high performance and lightweight KTM/Husky for the same money then.
I take the one with a way bigger parts and dealer network, that will happily ride for tens of thousands of miles.
Blender
Swiftie
With that philosophy dump your 4x4 and get a civic. Toys are supposed to be fun.
madtaco461
BRO-runner
They still make xr650s new.
I put a shitload of miles on my bikes. A pure dirtbike, I agree. Get the fastest.
If it's road legal, it has to work.
Also, I literally do have a civic. Two, infact. So yes, I agree.
They make the L. Not the R to my knowledge.
32hp air cooled vs 62hp water cooled race bike. The two engines share nothing but the displacement.
if your riding a dirtbike, ya fastest is fun but you'd want that to always work too. i'd say more than a road legal bike, you break down out in BFE in a trail that's not traveled often then your gonna have a shit hike back to camp. Breaking down on road is cake.
I have a motoX track that's 10 minutes from me, which I ride on more than trails.
So breaking down there is whatever.
Typically though, I'm a Honda fanboy. They make good shit. It's not the flashiest, not the highest tech (these days), but it always works.
So breaking down there is whatever.
Typically though, I'm a Honda fanboy. They make good shit. It's not the flashiest, not the highest tech (these days), but it always works.
i've only been in a track twice, it's an hour drive to get there. but desert trail take 30 seconds from my garage so i've always just done that.
Honda quality is good, can't argue that. I've always had yamaha's and their quality has gotten a lot better since the 2000's.
Yamaha makes one helluva bike.
They've been big innovators in dirtbikes for a long time. But I don't often like their ergonomics.
I enjoy the MX track more than trails. I like riding at a really high pace, and a track allows that. Last year I nearly went through the windshield of an oncoming SxS that didn't follow the rules of right of way through a corner.
They've been big innovators in dirtbikes for a long time. But I don't often like their ergonomics.
I enjoy the MX track more than trails. I like riding at a really high pace, and a track allows that. Last year I nearly went through the windshield of an oncoming SxS that didn't follow the rules of right of way through a corner.
wide open desert trails out here so go fast is all we do, we make our own little circuits and see who get from point to point first. But ya, during season sucks cause you get all these weekend warriors who don't follow etiquette and you get some close calls if your lucky.