2009 Honda CRF450X Long-Term Wrap-Up

Monday, February 08, 2010

The 2009 Honda CRF450X ISDE Project Bike finally made it back to the States so we rode it more before turning it back over to its owners at Honda. Here’s the finally tally on how it performed in one of the world’s most difficult off-road races.

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