Proto Honda 450

Crossed with Stark Varg

That might take the cake for best looking bike now. Damn!

People will always say the new bike is uglier but it will grow on you. It happens every time! All these bikes look great but one thing they have in common is that they were widely deemed as ugly compared to its predecessor when they came out.

Yes

Engine looks tilted back like a Yamaha. The single radiator has me scratching my head... If you junk one side, your moto is over.

1. I don’t think it’s a single radiator. 
2. How do you think dual radiators work?

X100. Especially coming from the previous gen that was absolutely beautiful. Current Honda's look awful. Sorry, not sorry

Crazy they only running current platform for 2 years and totally new bike again, its like being in 90's again and new bikes every 2 year

It will be two years before it comes out as a production bike.

if true. He will bitch about this and say the bike had nothing to do if he wins. And he will bitch if he doesn't do well saying he's not a 100% if his teammate does better than him. He's a good person. But spend some time with him and you will realize he's a headcase on the track. He is. But he's a headcase for his teams as well. Too bad. Because I can tell you he's a good guy away from the track

If you zoom in all that pic shows is the frame is in front of the radiator cant tell definitively if its one of two. 

They keep tilting the cylinder head back to get a straighter intake port to the valves, and this makes more room in front of the head for radiators. Also looks like the cam chain was moved to the right side.

I can definitely see that. It’s like they mixed the 2025 KX shroud with the 2025 CRF shroud. I dig it, looks good. I’m liking the airbox vents too, screams late 80s. 

You didnt put much thought into this comment, eh?

Radiator shrouds have a lot of room for advertising. 

Hoping Reuben murders on this set up, one of the most fearless riders out there, he’s due for a surprisingly good result

That thing looks like a 93 YZ.

We'll probably get used to it, but right now... Fugly.

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Bring the 24 plastics back!

Seems like Honda is going from the 4 year update cycle, with the 250 a year behind the 450, to a 2-3 year update cycle, releasing both bikes at the same time. 

Unless the Lawrence’s like it and want to race it…

Why do some posters have to be smart-sses? What does it matter if a poster says the engine looks like a Yamaha, or if the radiator looks like a single radiator? 

On one of the videos I screen recorded it and theres a split second where you can see a gap between the 2 radiators. They seem to be just 2 extra wide radiators, but theres two of them. 


 

This video

Definitely looks like a single radiator from the throttle side rear but there’s an upper crossover hose .

Nah. The 2021 had consensus as a nice looking bike from the very first shots. Only complaints were some of the styling cues were similar to some other makes.

Another new video.

I think I like it. They remind me a little bit of the 07 Suzuki rmz450 shrouds. But idk I'm still a huge fan of the 2023 style crf plastics.

And if we’re lucky, this will transfer to the production bike and jack up the price 15% and then we can just blame inflation.

100%!  Bikes in US are so blaise' anymore.  Yes they rip, but production based has always stunk.  We'd still get excellent production bikes. if works bikes existed here.  If you got to witness real works bikes you know.  From late '70s till '86 updates and changes were happening on the daily.  It was glorious.  

Oh, the coke bottle swingarms.  The 85 and before works bikes were truly a sight to behold.

Your moto would be over if it had two radiators because the radiators are connected.