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Pretty cool little two-page exploded view of RV's 450 in the latest ESPN - The Magazine. Pages 26-27.
Couldn't find it online to show you, sorry. They claim each of his eight (8) bikes costs $43.899.00 each.
1 RACE bike (?)
6 Practice Bikes
1 Testing.
Good shtuff.
Couldn't find it online to show you, sorry. They claim each of his eight (8) bikes costs $43.899.00 each.
1 RACE bike (?)
6 Practice Bikes
1 Testing.
Good shtuff.
* Lotsa rumors tripling in that RV's Monster Energy Vegas race bike may have been the trickest ever >?
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
How much are works 450s putting out to the wheel? 60 hp???
Pit Row
Why design, develop and test parts for a one-off race?
1 SX bike. This is the full on, everything you can think of, hand massaged, built, unobtainiumed. (talking drilled washers, ti everywhere, magnesium trickery, works tranny thats been hand massaged including engine work that would blow your mind, electronics 2 or 3 people in the world have access to)
1 SX test bike. This is a full on second to the above but with data acquision gear.
the practice bikes, you will see a works tranny in it, motor work to a degree. You wont see mag hubs, but built wheel sets. You wont see ti everywhere, except in places it was needed for safety. Mag you wont see unless its needed. Stock revalved and sprung sticks and shock. Triple clamps to mirror his SX weapon but made of Alum instead of mag. You wont see drilled washers and exotic cases. But his practice bike would be right on par with any 15-20 guy on a satelite team. And he will probably go thru a bike a month. and this includes having that bike rebuilt at least once a week if not every other day.
(all of this is when talking about a guy like RV, Dung, JS, Reed)
The level the top 5 play at will blow your mind. There is a reason for it too. Its not because tthe can afford it, its because they have to! Personal SX track built, then upkeep on said track, a practice bike mechanic that works his butt off. I can easily see a 30k nut every month for SX just to be on that level. And thats not counting bikes, just in track and maint for the track and bike.
I agree that the practice bikes have detuned motors and none of the fancy lightening but the suspension is necessary
Ask around. As far as motors, they wont have hand massaged heads ect, but they for sure arent detuned as much as you would think. stock components that are more a "what mitch makes" flavor, stock electronics but with different settings ect.
You wont see the lightened up cranks, or lighter pistons, exotic cases. Those are more prone to wear and getting out of tolerance.
you guys have to understand, alot of what makes the "factory suspension" isnt valving specs, or exotic metals. What makes factory suspension is the incredibly tight tolerances and its brand new every saturday. To get it that way, the wear rate is insane and after 40 laps on a sx track, its time to freshen up and get the tolerances back. What they use on race day could not survive 5 days of riding without failure.
Mind blowing, but ask around, its true.
A stock CRF450 uses KYB SSS components. Take a look at a Reed video where he's riding at home and tell me again that the works Showa unit you see is a stock fork.
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