VOLUME 58 ISSUE 19 MAY 11, 2021 P65
WE RIDE AND
RACE HONDA'S
ROWDY
CRF450RX
FOR
RACE
USE
ONLY
I
t's time to celebrate the race ma-
chines, the non-pedestrian, the in-
tently driven weapons of open-class
dirt bike badassery!
The 2021 Honda CRF450RX is
one such weapon. We tested it. We
raced it. It showed us who's boss.
When I first rode a CRF450RX as a
2017 model I remember thinking how
bad of a recreational off-road bike it
was. I knew people would buy it for
trails and such, but just as they did/
do with CRF450R's of the past/pres-
ent, buying this race machine as a
recreational off-road bike is not ideal.
It's 2021 and nothing has changed,
as I rode the CRF450RX around the
Glen Helen and Cahuilla MX tracks
and trails. This bike is still an absolute
weapon in the dirt. It's made for hurt-
ing competition. It's so on the edge
of aggression that I, and I'm not alone
here, prefer this over the CRF450R
as a full-on motocross bike. It's that
feisty. It wants to race. So, we frea-
kin' raced it.
BY JESSE ZIEGLER & RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER, SCAYSBROOK
