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need to beat a crf450

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Suicycle:

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An HRC Stage 2 or up XR650 with enough real estate will catch the big 5 but it takes a while and there is usually not enough real state before a turn. Those 650's can move in a straight line but they don't turn worth a flip.
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that is correct.  had both and the red pig is the striaght line missle.  the kx easily handles it in any other area.....much lighter and i miss it dearly.

delusionised:
i just wanted to update this situation, I broke in the bike correctly and then was pretty much dead even with this crf450, he would win then i would win, he has a 35 pound weight advantage cause he is small, so ill give him that. But i just put on v-force reeds and a fmf fatty and owned him by a good two bike lengths. Now he wants to put 2004' crf450 piston and cam on his 2002 and smoke me. IHATE4STROKES

K5RACER:
Ok can someone give me the bottom line on the 450s yz or cr? Is their someone here that cannot flat out out accelerate a 450?
Ive got to admit ive never ran against one in a straight line wide open drag race before but only because i never seen them as a problem to beat.

doordie:
K5RACER!!
Good point there,  "never seen a as problem to beat" . :lol:
Send them to me plz and I will smoke them.  :twisted:
I will meet some of them in this winter season,tell you later guy`s if they cry or not. 8)
Tips,buy a fueltank from a 250kx -89 (lower than kx500) and a "high seat", you will be amazeed about the new handling of the bike. :wink:
(more weights at frontwheel).
Will take a good pic later of my bike with this mods.

SLEEZ:
I was also disappointed when I raced my buddys CRF450 up Olds. Here's the deal though, I weigh 180lbs and ran a 10 paddle. If anyone is familiar with Olds, you know that there's a section of whoops before the straight to the top. We would go into the whoops even in third gear, his bike would hook up and my would just smoke the 10 paddle all the way through. Once out of the whoops my bike would catch up to him but not before it was too late and ran out of hill. We're only talking a bike length or two.

On flat ground with traction there's no way it should beat you. I'm trying to get him out to Johnson Valley or El Mirage this weekend to put and end to it. Even funnier, I have a buddy with a stock KX 250 that thinks he can keep up with both of us. BTW my bikes an 04'.

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