2027 CRF450R

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Seen a few posts on Facebook, about 4 cases of the auto decompression failing 

Damn.... quick search on causes and how to repair. Does not sound lIke a small job. 

If this happens, you need to get it to the dealer for a warranty repair.  

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10/30/2026 3:11pm
-MAVERICK- wrote:

Factory Edition KTM announcement is November 18th. 

KX450 is November 23rd. 

Do you know if Husky will be around the same date as KTM?

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PRM31 wrote:

Do you know if Husky will be around the same date as KTM?

I don't know. Sorry. 

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10/30/2026 4:13pm
nickmorgan wrote:
IMG 5066 6
Got our first two in at the beginning of the week in southern NJ 

Where in nj? I’m in Lbi putting a deposit on one tomorrow, can u beat $11k otd?

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10/30/2026 6:09pm

Seen a few posts on Facebook, about 4 cases of the auto decompression failing 

Damn.... quick search on causes and how to repair. Does not sound lIke a small job. 

If this happens, you need to get it to the dealer for a warranty repair.  

On the 27? Quick search online shows this as an issue on the 2017 & 2020 models 

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Seen a few posts on Facebook, about 4 cases of the auto decompression failing 

Damn.... quick search on causes and how to repair. Does not sound lIke a small job. 

If this happens, you need to get it to the dealer for a warranty repair.  

Just an FYI, Honda has no warranty on competition bikes.

Thats not to say they wont help or fix it but they could also tell people to pound sand.

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10/30/2026 6:42pm
-MAVERICK- wrote:
kiwifan wrote:

Interesting comparison!

I don't understand why they don't smooth out the yzf in any of these reviews. The tuning app is free and it comes stock on the bikes. Do some laps with all zeros, then play around with it and see if the lap times change. 

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10/31/2026 1:48am
-MAVERICK- wrote:
kiwifan wrote:

Interesting comparison!

Timo wrote:
I don't understand why they don't smooth out the yzf in any of these reviews. The tuning app is free and it comes stock on the...

I don't understand why they don't smooth out the yzf in any of these reviews. The tuning app is free and it comes stock on the bikes. Do some laps with all zeros, then play around with it and see if the lap times change. 

Maybe they have already ?

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NicNak wrote:

On the 27? Quick search online shows this as an issue on the 2017 & 2020 models 

Yes. Honda rep said he’d had a few cases of it already. 

Anywhere here have issues yet? 

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10/31/2026 1:36pm
NicNak wrote:

On the 27? Quick search online shows this as an issue on the 2017 & 2020 models 

Yes. Honda rep said he’d had a few cases of it already. 

Anywhere here have issues yet? 

Soooo I picked up a new 25 this spring and it had the issue after 2 rides. Yes its not a 27, but this issue is quietly out there. Sometimes its the classic starter reduction gear issue, starter clutch etc., not in my case.

 I Brought it to the dealer thinking maybe it would get warrantied as it didnt even have 2 hrs on it, but Honda told us to pound salt. After 5 or 6 weeks of going back and forth with honda, as to what the issue might be, my dealer gave up. The dealer tried everything on the electrical side and again honda was no help other than saying that there might have been a "micro explosion" which cracked the cases. At this point the dealer asked if I wanted them to take the engine apart and I said hell no, I will figure it out myself. Thanks to a fellow mechanic friend we went back to basic's, took the spark plug out and the engine turned over no problem. Then we popped the valve cover off and the issue was right in front of us. The mechanism was stuck out in the open position which doesnt allow the engine to have a metered air leak to turn over. The ecu detects the hard crank and kills the power to the starter. To get the mechanism working properly, i just sprayed the spring area with wd40 until it was moving properly. Been problem free since. 

Thats karma coming back to get me as I was a big honda hater for years. This was my first honda ever and karma got me🤣🤦🏻‍♂️.

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10/31/2026 6:13pm Edited Date/Time 10/31/2026 6:14pm

Picked one up this week and just got done going through it before riding. If you dont take it apart and grease everything you are playing with fire. The swing arm bolt already had rust on it. The lineage itself was greased except for the thrust bearings. All of the pivot bolts were bone dry, rear axle included. I removed the backfire screen and then took out a screen in the exhaust like my kx450 had. The current Gen kx450 shock spring is one rate stiffer than the crf and it fits, as fyi.

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Sad, Honda was historically really good at all this.

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Smith246 wrote:

This new Honda or a new ktm factory edition, man I can't decide. 

nickmorgan wrote:
I think the KTMs will be announced with the next week or so from what i heard. I Know its a new frame and some pretty...

I think the KTMs will be announced with the next week or so from what i heard. I Know its a new frame and some pretty big updates and the rumor is some form of Electric valving in the suspension. 

-MAVERICK- wrote:

Factory Edition KTM announcement is November 18th. 

KX450 is November 23rd. 

For the KX450, what is scheduled for the Nov 23rd? Is this the media ride day or are they releasing a SR edition on the 23rd?

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JAMESON504 wrote:

For the KX450, what is scheduled for the Nov 23rd? Is this the media ride day or are they releasing a SR edition on the 23rd?

Media gets to ride it. 

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NicNak wrote:

On the 27? Quick search online shows this as an issue on the 2017 & 2020 models 

Yes. Honda rep said he’d had a few cases of it already. 

Anywhere here have issues yet? 

Seeing posters who just got theirs already having the short crank/ no start issue. That was quick🤫

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yamathumb wrote:

Seeing posters who just got theirs already having the short crank/ no start issue. That was quick🤫

User name yamaha is worried about Honda problems.. classic. 

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Soooo I picked up a new 25 this spring and it had the issue after 2 rides. Yes its not a 27, but this issue is...

Soooo I picked up a new 25 this spring and it had the issue after 2 rides. Yes its not a 27, but this issue is quietly out there. Sometimes its the classic starter reduction gear issue, starter clutch etc., not in my case.

 I Brought it to the dealer thinking maybe it would get warrantied as it didnt even have 2 hrs on it, but Honda told us to pound salt. After 5 or 6 weeks of going back and forth with honda, as to what the issue might be, my dealer gave up. The dealer tried everything on the electrical side and again honda was no help other than saying that there might have been a "micro explosion" which cracked the cases. At this point the dealer asked if I wanted them to take the engine apart and I said hell no, I will figure it out myself. Thanks to a fellow mechanic friend we went back to basic's, took the spark plug out and the engine turned over no problem. Then we popped the valve cover off and the issue was right in front of us. The mechanism was stuck out in the open position which doesnt allow the engine to have a metered air leak to turn over. The ecu detects the hard crank and kills the power to the starter. To get the mechanism working properly, i just sprayed the spring area with wd40 until it was moving properly. Been problem free since. 

Thats karma coming back to get me as I was a big honda hater for years. This was my first honda ever and karma got me🤣🤦🏻‍♂️.

That makes a lot of sense, things like that get a bit louder when thousands of people get a new bike, haven’t seen any other people with issues.

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Does it start?

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Few problems also here in italy, at least couple bike i know

Got stuck, then tried to bump start without success

And then re-tried and started successfully with the e-starter... 3-4 times

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The bikes are stuck on the compression stroke. Good chance can put in gear, bump past TDC rolling it back and forth, then bump the starter button and some rpm will get the decompressor to unstuck due to centrifugal force. Thats what id probably do if I was stuck in the middle of nowhere. Had a husky te510 that the decompressor didn't work on. It was very confusing for people when they would watch me just standing on the kicker Softly and then waiting waiting waiting for it to bleed down LOL still easier to start than the wxc 360.  Wild that each new reveal crf450 engine has had a decompressor issue for awhile now. Guess ill sit 27 out now on a new Honda. Bummer. Im sure someone will have a valve cover off soon and know what the deal is

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