2016 HONDA CRF450R
FIRST RIDE
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or the second straight year, Honda made
minimal changes to its crown jewel in its MX
lineup—the CRF450R. This is, however, a
little unfortunate, since it's been quite a while
since we've seen the bike get a major, ground-
up overhaul, which we believe will come next
year, along with perhaps electric starting and
quite possibly an all-new dual-cam engine.
We'll just have to wait and see, though. The
CRF450R has, however, taken on some signifi-
cant updates here and there over the recent
years, like getting dual mufflers, Dual-Timing
fuel injectors, air forks, handlebar-mounted
Engine-Mode Select button, and some engine
and chassis mods. For now, though, we have
the just introduced 2016 CRF450R to play
with, which, despite its lack of updates, is still a
very good ride and still has a lot to offer.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
BALANCING ACT
We take Honda's refined CRF450R for a ride
