This is a thing? Drag strip CRF450R - Local CL find of the day

Holy clutch!

Needs a bigger front fender, then it will be perfect.

Big Gulp cup holder in the swingarm is a nice touch.

I gave you a thumbs up for posting although in seeing this I feel great pain.

My eyes are burning. This is the 2 wheel equivalent to 1 1/2" sidewall tires on a 4wd truck.

Is it just a header with no exhaust(s)????
Because that motor was definitely engineered for more than zero backpressure....

I know it's a drag bike, but how in the hell are you even supposed to access the rear brake with that huge ass clutch on there?! Better off to just remove the lever, caliper and disc to save some weight

Fuckin stoopid

But i can appreciate the craftsmanship.

I dunno, you see that angle crossmember in the swingarm? Looks a little janky.

The builder must be really bored during off season

But the real question is whyyy ????

Not that I'm a drag race expert, but that seems like a super long swingarm for something that has so little power.

Looks like a nitrous bottle holder in the swing arm, or as one poster said a big gulp holder. Might also be built for some weird class where they can stretch it but motor is limited to certain specs so longer the better if it means they can leave harder

Curiosity got me...

Drag CRF450R

well that makes it a little more stable....in a straight line

Wonder why he’s selling it so soon after he built it. Oh wait. Cause it’s actually pointless

Those loafers!!!

You're smarter than most. That will hold a 6 or tall 12 lb bottle

Skip to 2:55
https://youtu.be/HJEIojTW5Oo

What has a better horsepower to weight ratio than a motocross bike?

Why wouldn't you drag race one?

And you know those knobbies aren't the best on pavement. One thing leads to another......

That thing will never handle any good with those stock engine mounts.

stupid. sadly, lowered 450's with street tires are not that rare on craigslist. we have very very few places to ride off road these days, but we sure have a shit ton of paved roads....so there ya go. sad, pathetic wave of the future

Plenty of Dirt Bikes have been used in Drag Racing. Often, embarrassing the hell out of blokes with Big Street Bikes.

If there's a class for such a bike as this thread started with, and that video showed, well, good on them.

To the engine - if the seller has spent the money I can see in just the lock up clutch, and, with the very obvious Nitrous bottle mount, I daresay there might be a fair amount of engine work done - or was at least planned to be done, to suit the short pipe and the Nitrous.

The 'angle' section in the swingarm. Maybe it is that, just basic steel angle? Maybe it's say, 4130 angle? Maybe it's Angle with the bottom closed off, to a Triangle?Maybe it's rectangle / square set at an angle. Whatever it is, at the furthest from the swingarm pivot cross brace, having the cross over / weld at an angle, is far better build practice than a weld straight up the inner side of the swingarm.

As to the quick - seemingly - sale, who the hell knows? Not the class they thought it would be,so, back to another class / bike? Running out of funds?Injury? Whatthefuckever..

My two brothers are deeply, deeply into 4 wheeled Drag Racing. Me, I have no interest in it at all ( and, I regularly shit stir them when we watch the start of a Moto, saying, "well there's your Drag Race, now for the next 30+2").

But, each to their own, and, I do whatever they need done with their 'builds'. I, Make things. And, I make a lot of 'things' for their cars. It's just great to see them doing something, and, when I was still healthy enough, I'd pedal down the expressway, the 35/40ks, for their local meets, have a good time helping them, and, largely, meeting a lot of good, but 'different' people, then pedal back home. Made for a Good, 'different' day and night, whilst getting in some Ks of training.

It's a sale of another Dirt Bike. That's something. I didn't see anything about shortages of '18 CRF450s, so, it didn't take away an opportunity for an MXer / Offroader to own one.

Hell, I still see tossers bleating about MXers being converted to 450 AFT set ups in the USA, and, Short Circuit set ups here in OZ. Once again, another sale of a Dirt Bike, or, the continued use of an older bike, and, People getting off their arses and doing something with their lives.

As I said - Drag Racing is Not my cup of tea, or, better, bottle of Bourbon, but, people have choices. And, that one, is far from being one of the worse.

This is a real man's drag bike, twin carby 500

It’s a 4 stroke.....

.....And?

First thing I noticed too.

Its doesn't need back pressure. The highest power will be achieved with no muffler. Just like a drag car.