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2008 Honda CRF450R Shootout Photo Gallery
2008 Honda CRF450R Shootout
2008 Honda CRF450R
2008 Honda CRF450R
Cornering is even better this year with the addition of the HPSD. The innovative damper stabilizes the front end through turns and allows for sharper steering geometry.
The CRF has the motor to get over any obstacle, the suspension to land it and the chassis to negotiate during flight.
Radical performance, race-proven effectiveness, build quality, sales success and a chink-less armor make this bike the best Japanese motocrosser of 2008.
Racers will be seeing a lot of red in front of them this year. The Honda is solid no matter which angle you look at it.
he Showa suspension offers a balanced ride and excellent bottoming resistance.
Getting all the pieces lined up is paramount to creating a shootout winner.
All the bikes shift well and if one thing allows the competition to stay close it's that the Honda doesn't have a particularly light clutch pull.
Honda knows how to build an all-around platform and then improve on it.
Our notepads had several comments about some harshness in the 47mm inverted twin-chamber fork.
