#2 looks cleaner to me, but it's hard to tell because #1 is a bad picture. Looks like the stock front shock and rotor guards are hardly worn on the second one, so the bikes been well maintained, or the plastics been replaced. Those excel rims are sweet (and real expensive)! Plus it has a fresh top end in it. If it were me, I'd go with #2, if for anything the fact that #1 seems really cheap, and doesn't have all the goodies of #2. Sweet looking bike.

 

Ok, thanks. BTW, what can I expect for a top speed??

 

For top speed with stock gearing, I top out at 92, according to the handy dandy GPS. Change the gearing a little bit, and you can go over 100 pretty easy. Check out the forums at Thumpertalk.com. There's a crf450 forum, with great information. Some of the 1/4 mile times the guys that are into drag racing have gotten from the bike is crazy fast. Here's a quote from one of the posts over there:

"I ran gainesville raceway 1/4 mile with 14/39 gearing and I ran an 11.9 at 112mph."

Thumpertalk.com crf450 discussion forums:

CRF450 Discussion Group

 

Did I mention that I hit that 92 mph number before I get to the end of my block. You hit it like right now....Not a long slow build up. Anyway, good luck again. You'll love anything you buy. All these new bikes are built so much better than any of us can ride, makes the decisions pretty easy.

This sucks...it's still too hot to ride in September.

 

Thanks, I have been trying to look for a good dirtbike forum everywhere and couldn't. Damn, thats crazy fast.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

i would be careful tho on a bike because ur probably used to going fast on a quad cause u dont have to balance but on a bike u really couldnt go as fast as u could on a quad at first.

 

I felt like I was sitting on a 50hp pogo-stick at first. But now it feels like it's an extension of myself when I'm riding. Just remember about grabbing a lot of throttle. And, don't be afraid of the front brake. I'd suggest doing aggressive stops in straight line stuff, just so you get used to the feedback of the front wheel as it starts to break loose. I was too tentative with the front brake when I started riding hard, and found that it made me slower because I would brake too early going into the turns. Anyway, I'll shut up now, here I am giving advice to someone about riding bikes like I actually know what the hell I'm doing.

Good luck...you'll never turn back now!

 

i say stick wit quads but if u really want a bike.....i hope u have a lot of fun wit it and be safe...wear a helmit

 

Now I just can't wait to get a bike. It seems like it will be an eternity before I fix the tranny and sell it, but I hope to get $4000 out of it, and I have $1500 in the bank so I can kind of be flexible on the price.

BTW, would you guys have given me the same advice if you would've known then I was 14?? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

When you finally come up with all the dough and if you want an exceptionally clean/maintained '03 CRF450R, let me know. I've got one with the best of everything and by the time you've got the $, I may be ready to sell - maybe.

I don't have graphics and adds all over my bike, just the best of everything - see my signature. Again, when you get the dough let's talk.

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