HONDA
CR[45OR
Overvilw
The
CRf450R
has alwap been known to
do rnary things exu"ernely well on the track
but com€ring
has neve. really been one of
them. Some
Honda rirers have complained
about the CR having the tenderry to
push
through the tums
and dlat the front-end
never
r€ally feek
all that
phnted
whei
yo'.r're
qlng
to cut underrEath d}e
guy
in froot of
you.
Honda addr€ssed
th€se
8ri6/ances
by
doing se/eral dinSs to tle
'06
450's
charsi!,
namely lo.r'erirE the tike's center of
gzvity
and shifting
rnore weight to 6e frorlt end.
Honda reaclred these objecti\€s via several
ditrerert rveoues
but rnostly achieved the
goals
by
lo\./ering the radiator fne millirneters
and tiltirE the erEine forward in the frarne
(uhimately
dropping the crank location 5mm
whih keeping the
