First Look: 2018 Honda CRF450R comes with electric start standard

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Edited Date/Time 5/11/2017 7:00am
http://www.vitalmx.com/features/First-Look-2018-Honda-CRF450R-and-CRF45…

Look closely and you'll see this new CRF450R lacks a kickstarter, that's because Honda has given their motocross model electric start as standard for 2018! Dive in to learn more about the latest CRF450R and CRF450RX.

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DimitrieSep 5/9/2017 10:20am
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Great news! Availability July 2017 is pretty hard to believe imho after their 2017 bike availability
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drt410 5/9/2017 10:41am
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For 2019 all honda has to do is put black rims, single exhaust pipe, and all red graphics and this generation is perfected. Drop 5 pounds immediately with the exhaust, no one thinks its a good idea anyways, then some little cosmetic upgrades and its as good as gold. Like this with electric start and a single exhaust.

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Johnny Depp 5/9/2017 10:41am
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Better late than never, hard to imagine the Japs have been so reluctant to add such a simple thing.
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ledger 5/9/2017 10:42am
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10 years from now....Hey Dad, what is a kickstarter ?
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c0ncEpT 5/9/2017 10:46am
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1st thing that stands out. MSRP of $9149.
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ML512 5/9/2017 10:50am
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drt410 wrote:
For 2019 all honda has to do is put black rims, single exhaust pipe, and all red graphics and this generation is perfected. Drop 5 pounds...
For 2019 all honda has to do is put black rims, single exhaust pipe, and all red graphics and this generation is perfected. Drop 5 pounds immediately with the exhaust, no one thinks its a good idea anyways, then some little cosmetic upgrades and its as good as gold. Like this with electric start and a single exhaust.

If they went single, that exhaust wouldn't be nearly that small...add another eight inches or so.
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Sixeightone 5/9/2017 10:50am
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248 pounds. HOLY SHIT. Talk about heavy....
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c0ncEpT wrote:
1st thing that stands out. MSRP of $9149.
You pay for electric start and dual exhaust my friend
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JW381 5/9/2017 10:53am
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ledger wrote:
10 years from now....Hey Dad, what is a kickstarter ?
Or a carburetor. Or premix. Or a clutch. Or an internal combustion engine. Laughing Huh
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UtahDesert78 5/9/2017 10:53am
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They should put dual exhaust on all bikes.
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pmshortt2 5/9/2017 10:56am
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UtahDesert78 wrote:
They should put dual exhaust on all bikes.
You gonna pay for it?
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UtahDesert78 5/9/2017 10:59am
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pmshortt2 wrote:
You gonna pay for it?
No I wasn't serious they should put singles back on.
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resetjet 5/9/2017 11:12am
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Cant wait to hear all the red koolaid drinking chronies who dismissed estart now brag about it.
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DFWracefan 5/9/2017 11:19am
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"Back when I was a kid, we had to have 2 people hold the bike up and make sure we were at the top of the compression stroke. That way when you kicked it over, it didn't try to throw you over the handlebars."
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Dtat720 5/9/2017 11:20am
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The attrition from orange will be yuge...
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ledger wrote:
10 years from now....Hey Dad, what is a kickstarter ?
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Or a carburetor. Or premix. Or a clutch. Or an internal combustion engine. Laughing Huh
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OW38B 5/9/2017 11:22am
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Electric start is the "Greatest thing since sliced bread". True story.
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DEMONDAVE 5/9/2017 11:31am
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ledger wrote:
10 years from now....Hey Dad, what is a kickstarter ?
JW381 wrote:
Or a carburetor. Or premix. Or a clutch. Or an internal combustion engine. Laughing Huh
in ten yrs we'll all be watching "MONSTER ENERGY ALTA ELECTROCROSS & FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "
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DEMONDAVE wrote:
in ten yrs we'll all be watching "MONSTER ENERGY ALTA ELECTROCROSS & FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP "
I sure hope so. Alta is badass.
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Benihana225 5/9/2017 11:43am
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ML- Any word on when they are rolling out info and availability of the 2018 CRF250r
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
I hope you can add a kickstarter easily?
Do you have a crank start on your car or truck?
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Chad McCan 5/9/2017 11:45am
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Only another $300? That's a bargain. I just paid $500 for the parts to add it to mine, and I'm doing all the work.
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JB 19 5/9/2017 11:48am
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Sixeightone wrote:
248 pounds. HOLY SHIT. Talk about heavy....
That's also curb weight, but yeah, still much heavier than a KTM. Subtract about 10-12 pounds for fuel the way other manufacturers reporting weight.
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
I hope you can add a kickstarter easily?
mx317 wrote:
Do you have a crank start on your car or truck?
I do
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SweetDaddy 5/9/2017 12:00pm
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Sixeightone wrote:
248 pounds. HOLY SHIT. Talk about heavy....
This Honda will sell lots of KTMs
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Bruce372 5/9/2017 12:01pm
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Sixeightone wrote:
248 pounds. HOLY SHIT. Talk about heavy....
Same as the rmz450, and it's heavy!
Permeance_Flux 5/9/2017 12:04pm
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Bruce372 wrote:
Same as the rmz450, and it's heavy!
Na RM-Z is 2 lbs lighter and the 2018 RM-Z is surely lighter than that. Honda just became the heaviest 450 depending on if the YZ-F gained any weight


Black Diesel Bomber 5/9/2017 12:28pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
I hope you can add a kickstarter easily?
mx317 wrote:
Do you have a crank start on your car or truck?
Haha, I wish for every time I had alternator or battery issues in my life I could have used the kick start instead of looking for jumper cables or a tow truck.

Electronics can fail and leave you stranded. I love the idea of an electric start but would still like to have a kick starter as well. There will be someone who gets stranded in the middle of nowhere because their E-start failed them and they didn't have the option of kicking the bike over. I could think about my rides in Baja where we do deep river crossings or similar, and someone's bike gets dumped over and flooded. E-start won't work for whatever reason, and can't kick the bitch....can't jump start it either because of the terrain. Stranded......
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