Until The Next Gen Honda TRX Arrives: Meet the CRQF

It’s easy to take for granted the fact that we can head down to our local dealerships any day of the week and purchase a bone stock ATV capable of not only entering into but winning competitively. Just a few short years ago most of the manufacturers had pulled the plug on offering performance quads altogether. So did the ATV community at large take that to mean ATV racing was no more and instead focus their efforts on underwater basket weaving? No chance! Being the resilient lot of enthusiasts of which we are renown, ATV racers built up what boiled down to custom machines based on the extinct Honda 250R 2-stroke.

This history lesson is important because some things never change. While it’s true we have stock performance ATVs right on dealer floors today, some performance junkies grow tired of waiting for the OEMs to update their quads to the absolute cutting edge. Rather than sit around and complain about it, they take action.

Enter Gerben Vruggink- an off-road racer who developed a machine from the ground up built with some of the best materials and parts available on the market including the Honda CRF and TRX, Goldspeed, Roll Design, Dominator, Renthal etc.

Gerben literally built a company around the machine and named them both CRQF. The chassis of the machine is built by CRQF in their factory using chrome moly tubing resulting in a strong, ergonomic and lightweight chassis.

Powering the quad is the dual-exhaust 2015 Honda CRF 450R engine.

Gerben Vruggink drew upon his experience with buggies and quads when developing CRQF including his participation in the hardest rally in the world: Dakar.

Here’s where things get really interesting- the CRQF isn’t some one-off machine built for an upper echelon racer but rather a quad that anyone serious about winning can have built. Final pricing and delivery across the pond are issues best worked out with Gerben Vruggink but he provides all of his contact info to make it possible at his CRQF website.

The Spec Sheet Breaks Down As Follows:

Engine 2015 Honda CRF450R, Watercooled 449.7 cc one cylinder 4-stroke
Start system Kick starter
Intake Electronic Fuel Injection
Transmission 5-Speed manual
Chassis
Frame CRQF-Chromoly
Bumper/Nerfbar CRQF-Chromoly
Swingarm CRQF-Chromoly
Footpegs CRQF
Subframe Aluminium Honda CRF (OEM)
Handelbar Renthal Fatbar
Body parts Honda CRF 450R (OEM)
Steering stem Roll Design
Ball Joints All Balls Racing
Knuckle upricht Honda TRX (OEM)
Hubs Honda TRX (OEM)
Front Suspension Double CRQF A-arms/ shocks not included)
Rear Suspension Kayaba with link system
Rear Axle Dominator II
Steering damper Reiger
Front brake Honda TRX
Rear brake Honda CRF
Front wheels/tires Goldspeed 10″/Goldspeed 23x6x10
Rear wheels/tires Goldspeed 9″ /B-lock/Goldspeed 22x8x9
Wheelbase 1330mm
Ground clearance 265 mm
Seat height 820 mm
Width 1230mm
Dry weight 158 kg
Fuel capacity 6.3 liter
Optional Suspension Reiger suspension