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RIDE REVIEW I 2021 HONDA CRF450RX
Don't think that
the RX is just
a tuned-down
version of its
motocross sibling,
there's nothing
tuned down about
the RX at all. But it
is more tailored
for the trail.
our abuse in stride. I crashed this
bike really, really hard. Like, the
hardest crash I've had in a while
(thanks rock) and all that was worse
for wear was a tweaked bar mount.
The Glen Helen compound is
a good test of a closed-course
machine like this. It has fast moto
straights and huge hills, tighter
scrub oak-infested trails and two-
track and a just nasty lower zone
of rolling boulders littering sand.
There's also a truck track that is
about a mile wide, too. To top
it all off, we get to go across
the graded areas between
the truck racetrack which
turn into parking-curb-laden
lanes with a sh*t-ton of rocks
waiting to take you down. It's not a
walk in the park to ride and/or race.
But it does highlight weaknesses
and flaws in body and bike.
The body flaws are obvious—
we're all spending too much time
typing about motorcycles and not
