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« on: October 02, 2012, 01:28:30 PM »
This will be raced in the Baja 1000 and the 2013 Dakar. I so wish a street version would be made avaialble to the public.


http://world.honda.com/news/2012/c121002Dakar-Rally-CRF450-Rally/index.html
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« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 01:39:00 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 01:50:54 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 01:55:56 PM »
Looks awesome.  Does it have a second gas tank behind the seat?  Looks mighty bulbous back there   Headscratch
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« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2012, 02:11:04 PM »
I'm going to say yes on the 2nd tank because the 450x they ran at Dakar had that set up last year. Thats why they use the low pipe.


Quote from: R Doug on October 02, 2012, 01:28:30 PM

This will be raced in the Baja 1000 and the 2013 Dakar. I so wish a street version would be made avaialble to the public.

http://world.honda.com/news/2012/c121002Dakar-Rally-CRF450-Rally/index.html


You don't need this much fuel capacity or navigation for Baja and the article doesn't mention this being a Baja bike. Pretty sure its just for Dakar.
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« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2012, 02:26:48 PM »
Quote from: DogBoy on October 02, 2012, 02:11:04 PM

I'm going to say yes on the 2nd tank because the 450x they ran at Dakar had that set up last year. Thats why they use the low pipe.




You don't need this much fuel capacity or navigation for Baja and the article doesn't mention this being a Baja bike. Pretty sure its just for Dakar.


Yeah, I believe you're right on that.  JC will be on Honda's Dakar team.   Bigok
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« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2012, 07:33:00 PM »
You can see the aux fuel tanks in this shot:
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« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2012, 09:27:38 PM »
Quote from: R Doug on October 02, 2012, 02:26:48 PM



Yeah, I believe you're right on that.  JC will be on Honda's Dakar team.   Bigok


Thats cool. He's been involved as a team owner. His JCR shop built the bike Quinn Cody raced the last two years. IIRC, there is a build thread on ADVrider for the 2012 bike.
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2012, 10:54:12 AM »
Quote from: R Doug on October 02, 2012, 01:28:30 PM

I so wish a street version would be made avaialble to the public.




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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2012, 08:55:52 PM »
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