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08-18-2007, 8:17 PM
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| MX Based 450cc Road Racer This looks interesting. Faster and Faster: Fast singles: Dirtbike-based 450cc road racers Looks like they are targeting an economical way to get into RR. Could be cool... 
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12-22-2007, 2:35 AM
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| Join Date: 04-04-2007 Location: Pittsburgh Pa
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer they should make little twins for this. like the aprilia 450 (i know i know not the 550). smooth things out a little bit. i wonder if japanese motocross twins are anywhere in the future or not |
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12-22-2007, 11:00 AM
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| Join Date: 02-06-2006 Location: Middletown OH
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer i would love to get my hands on one of these monogp bikes and spend a week at the gap, thats time well spent |
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01-12-2008, 10:26 PM
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| 2-Up SISSY   Join Date: 02-10-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer They have come a long way on these. Sounds like it is officially a go on the racing class. Roland Sands Design has a bunch of them completed now that will be for sale. They also have conversion kits in the works to make low cost conversions to full race ready. 450moto.com
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01-16-2008, 2:56 PM
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| 2-Up SISSY Join Date: 02-10-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer They're getting closer on these finally. Some good new pics up at 450moto.com
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01-16-2008, 4:24 PM
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 Join Date: 02-18-2003 Location: Corpus Chrisit, TX
Bike(s): 2000 Fireblade, 02 GSXR 600 Track Bike (sold) Posts: 402
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer I heard the 4-stroke dirtbike engines were high maintenance. A while back: I thought about getting a 4-stroke dirt bike after I swore off two strokes. Then I met a guy who had a 250F of some sort and was complaining that the 4 stroke was even more of a pain than the 2stroke. I like the idea of a light 450 track bike but, not if its going to be more maintenance than a 2 stroke dirtbike. |
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01-16-2008, 4:34 PM
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 Join Date: 05-24-2007 Location: Australia - QLD Sunshine Coast
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer They are very high maintenance, no question. They make 2 strokes seem like childs play. |
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01-16-2008, 4:57 PM
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| 2-Up SISSY Join Date: 02-10-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer The maintenance is much less frequent than on a 2-stroke but it is much more labor intensive and expensive when the time comes. It seems to work out about the same in my opinion.
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01-16-2008, 5:03 PM
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| Join Date: 02-18-2003 Location: Corpus Chrisit, TX
Bike(s): 2000 Fireblade, 02 GSXR 600 Track Bike (sold) Posts: 402
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer I don't get it they can make a 600 inline 4 and even a 650 twin with virtually zero maintenance except oil changes but you can't make a 4 stroke dirtbike engine the same way? |
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01-16-2008, 5:28 PM
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| Website Owner - AYS   Join Date: 04-16-2007 Age: 43 Posts: 1,892
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| Re: MX Based 450cc Road Racer Oil capacity is one reason, and you need to keep in mind these little screamers are pretty much race engines. They are not built to run miles and miles of street work, it's a very different animal to an inline 4. |
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