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Sticker on 2013 Honda 450 exhaust from Pro-Circuit for a full Ti system is $1395.
Who the fuck is shelling out that kind of cash for an exhaust?
Are Ti sheets and tubing that expensive now? Or is PC tripling their money?
Who the fuck is shelling out that kind of cash for an exhaust?
Are Ti sheets and tubing that expensive now? Or is PC tripling their money?
I remember when 2 bills would net an entire Pro-Circuit exhaust system for any bike, 125cc-500cc.
Life WAS good....
They will sell lots of those systems here in SoCal
I'll bet every time PC sell one Mitch laughs his ass off...
I sure the hell wouldn't spend that kind of money on a dirtbike exhaust.
The Shop
I like bling, but sometimes we behave like retards...
Any person bitching about lack of power of a 450, meanwhile doesn't stand a chance to qualify for a Nationals or whatever needs another kind of head work than he's asking for.
You do know the key to motocross success is buying all the parts the pros have!...Right?.......
Pit Row
I will stick with my trusty old 2001 yz250f
Just a thought.
We are so screwed by the manufactures it's crazy, despite the total madness we buy the bikes despite not improving speed or decreasing costs...
For your son, it's another story, professional racers have nothing to do with those actually buying the bikes...
Here are some prices on our all new Honda CRF450R 2013 systems, $999.99 for Full Titanium and carbon and it’s made in the USA SS/Carbon version $799.99.
Found this looking at diffrent options
"Q: What is MXA's opinion of the CRF450's twin pipes?
A: We think they are stupid, redundant, restrictive, heavy, expensive, and vanity engineering for someone in the Honda R&D department. And they aren't all that quiet. Our 2013 Honda CRF 450 failed the 115db two meter max test at 116.1. Plus one touch of the subframe or shock body after a race will reveal a disturbing heat sink effect from all the hot tubing snaking around the shock and airbox. How do we really feel? When Honda first tried this idea on the 2006 CRF250 they just bolted an extra muffler on an existing design and made up reasons for why it was better. It took a few years of consumer resistance, but Honda finally gave up on it. For 2013 the twin pipe idea is better thought out. The subframe and muffler canisters have been redesigned so that they can be sucked up under the bodywork and moved forward. This gives them centralization-of-mass credibilty Maybe it's just us, but a motocross bike doesn't need more parts to fail, get damaged in a crash, or fall off. Thumbs down-the same thumbs we used back in 2006."
One other intesting bit from the test- with the extra exhaust and chassis changes the bike is 3 lbs heavier than the 2012 model at 234lbs. And that is with the new 2 lb lighter forks with no springs. The Yamaha is 237, Kawi 239, KTM 240, and Suzuki 242.
I had 2006, 2008, 2009 CRF250R's with at least 100 hours on each. I ran stock exhaust and crashed plenty, bent subframes and whatnot, but never had to replace any of the exhaust parts.
If anything they don't stick out and get mangled in a crash or collision during a race.
Plus the dual muffler unit is all one piece, so if a single falls off a dual would have to lose twice as many bolts to fall off.
But if you have the money and you have to have it, why not...
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