Trey Canard's Factory 450

iudi2006
Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 2:08am
I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but i was reading Transworld's Monday kick start and was amazed when i read this.


"Trey Canard's new Honda CRF450R is a work of art. According to team tech Dean Gibson, TC is so pumped with his bike, that he repeatedly raves about it at every test session. An interesting fact shared with us by Gibson: Trey's CRF450R weight is SIX pounds lighter than his old Geico Powersports Honda CRF250R race bike!"



Amazing how light that 450 is.
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peelout 1/10/2011 2:47pm
1/10/2011 2:47pm Edited Date/Time 1/10/2011 2:55pm
how is that even legal? aren't there weight limits? and if so what are they?



sorry for the bombardment of questions
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A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter than a stock Kawasaki KX450f.

I hope this is a trend that makes production.

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Mstock wrote:
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter...
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter than a stock Kawasaki KX450f.

I hope this is a trend that makes production.

thanks Mstock, that puts it into perspective...

so the Geico 250f is a heavy pig in that regard

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mag23 1/10/2011 2:57pm
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I don't care about the weight, I want his hydralic clutch...
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Amazing bike.... No wonder he can whip it around so easily.
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jleews6 1/10/2011 3:12pm
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Mstock wrote:
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter...
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter than a stock Kawasaki KX450f.

I hope this is a trend that makes production.

That would be cool but Im sure his bike is loaded with titanium and magnesium everywhere.
iudi2006 1/10/2011 3:17pm
1/10/2011 3:17pm
Mstock wrote:
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter...
A CRF250 weighs 227lbs so that means the Factory Honda 450's are 221lbs. That is just above the 220lb minimum rule and a full 29lbs lighter than a stock Kawasaki KX450f.

I hope this is a trend that makes production.

A stock CRF250 and a Geico Powersports CRF250 is probably not the same weight. I mean they probably make the bike at least a little lighter. That makes it even more amazing that the Factory 450 is still 6 pounds lighter.
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Void Main 1/10/2011 3:41pm
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Take out 15 pounds of air and put in -15 pounds of helium makes it 30 pounds lighter.
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iudi2006 wrote:
I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but i was reading Transworld's Monday kick start and was amazed when i read this. "Trey Canard's...
I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but i was reading Transworld's Monday kick start and was amazed when i read this.


"Trey Canard's new Honda CRF450R is a work of art. According to team tech Dean Gibson, TC is so pumped with his bike, that he repeatedly raves about it at every test session. An interesting fact shared with us by Gibson: Trey's CRF450R weight is SIX pounds lighter than his old Geico Powersports Honda CRF250R race bike!"



Amazing how light that 450 is.
I wonder how it compares to Reed and Windham's 450's
TripleFive 1/10/2011 4:15pm
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mag23 wrote:
I don't care about the weight, I want his hydralic clutch...
I hope you're kidding. I ran an after-market one for a while and it was more trouble than anything. The Honda clutches are smooth as butter as-is.
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R-acer 1/10/2011 5:18pm
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Awesome!!
And they didnt have to cut out 100cc's to make it lighter. Whistling

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