First Impressions | 2023 Honda CRF450R - 50th Anniversary Edition

[@dougrogers835]

I am 66 years old and had the original 1973 CR 250 Elsinore Brand new! .It was a game changer but had it's draw backs. I broke the down frame in half twice clean into jumping on to flat ground. That's the way the tracks were back then, flattened the down pipe probably 10 times., Alloy Welding in Ft Lauderdale felt sorry for us kids and would beat it out and weld it up for 10 bucks.Who thought a down pipe on a dirt bike was a good idea? Rounded the dogs off the gears in the transmission many times, that would make it slip out of gear. Even shattered a boss in the transmission that was welded to the center case that held I think the switch forks. Split the cases yet again to have it alloy welded up. That's usually terminal. Also one foot peg was welded on the other was bolted. The bolt would bend on a sever angle after landing on flat ground from jumps. I replaced the bent foot peg bolt many times. I was 6'2 185 not a ounce of fat. After a refresh top end I let a bully take it for a ride and he pinned throttle till l it blew up and laughed in my face. Got tired of getting the hole shot in deep Florida sugar and every skinny kid shooting by me. Bought a 500 and never looked back!

[@JacobEhm]

You guys should color grade these videos - you're shooting in raw format so it greys it out.

[@Corteum]

My thoughts exactly.

[@tieNagle]

Im thinking this is more 'Natural' on a gh5s, i like it!!

[@AnthonyJay]

Was about to say someone forgot to colorgrade lol

[@matthewroberts4480]

Love the gold rims

[@Getman43]

same they look sick

[@matthewroberts4480]

@@Getman43 just like the 80s haha

[@simonsteadman3276]

Fantastic review, as always,accurate and detailed breakdown.👏👏👏💪

[@melitaa4845]

just got mine. will be rideing it in january. ot defenatly sounds deeper then my 2020

[@MXRiderFiftyTwo]

Good to see the end of those black rims

[@dustin9035]

So, who’s Motorola razr were you using to record this video?

[@Getman43]

work with the colors a little bit on the videos other than that love the content!

[@MegaStreet11]

Love the content, burn the gear set lol.

[@vitalmx]

FAT SPIDERMAN!

[@MegaStreet11]

@@vitalmx Na man that gear doesn't look good on anybody. Extra cupcakes or not.

[@SurfRinseRepeat]

Grade that footage!

[@ryancoonpath]

Justin Barcia is moving to Honda? You got me for a second 😜

[@Getman43]

could you imagine Kenny, Sexton and Barcia

[@worldwide1873]

This 450 Honda or the Kawasaki equivalent? Looking for a new bike and can’t decide.

[@Mostviews111]

I want to covert my 19 450l to this styling.

[@mxengineer1]

How good would the '23 CRF450R be if it had Yamaha level chassis compliance?

[@Getman43]

probably greatest bike ever idk

[@chrsmcwtrs]

it doesnt need anything yamaha.. never has!!!

[@Ben24636]

I like how you start off by saying it's the same bike besides looks and you go into how they've changed everything lol hypocrisy much

[@vitalmx]

No, we said its the 2023 50th anniversary bike is the same to the 2023 standard model technically, but just has a different look. Then we explained what is different between the 2023 model and 2022 model.

[@bikersoncall]

Color= yukk, no gag.....