JCR HONDA CRF450R AND CRF250R
RACER TEST
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start the season, because we
want to see where we're going to
land with this and want to keep
the dependability and durability
of Honda. But right now Trevor is
happy with it and I think we're off
to a good start."
OUR TURN
We got the chance to spin a few
laps on the exact same track
that both Bach and Bollinger
have been using to test their
2016 race bikes. The entire team
was in California for the month
of January and they spent every
day of it on a short GNCC-style
course that they designed near
the JCR race shop, which meant
that what once was a super-fun,
super-smooth single-track trail
that happily zig-zagged through
the trees had become a mas-
sively rutted out, whooped out,
and rooted-out trail that was
more fierce than fun. But perfect
for GNCC testing.
It's hard to say which bike
impressed us the most but what
we do know is that both bikes
did impress us a lot. With the
450, what stood out first for
us was the front end. We im-
The JCR bikes are fitted
with Showa spring forks
that came off the 2014
CRF250R model.
