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CRF 450 Project

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rrrr1rob
Been building a street legal 450R over the winter, spring, and summer. Decided to finally start this thread for all the pics I have of the build progress and a bunch of parts that were purchased along the way. Enjoy.
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rrrr1rob
For starters, we have my original purchased bike



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Not many pics of the tear down
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Hold in there, the pics get a little better
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This is about where I am at the moment. Well, alittle further. Maybe take a few shots today, got a few carbon fiber goodies installed, airbox back on... roughly still got new radiators on the way, radiator hoses to order, maybe some carb work and the headwork remaining.
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Kwota
are you going HID with the new headlight shell?
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eventually I plan to, but sometimes HID's are finicky if they dont have enough current to start the arc. So once I get my head and i few other things, I will initially use the stock H4 bulb, just because it's easier to troubleshoot if there are problems. I'm using the Trailtech stator kit that is supposed to be 70W DC at idle. Should suffice for the HID, but the battery is very small in the kit.
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Sorry, these don't necessarily go in order, but I will try to approximate. Tore down the original bike that I bought because the valves were so far out that it wouldn't start and the bike was powdercoated a textured black that I wanted to redo something a bit different. The texture was heavy and held dirt in the grain.
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a lot of chain rub. At least the tire wore out in the center before it ate through the side completely. :rolleyes2:
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got some KTM parts that I think I'm going to use on the front end
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ehh some OEM KTM front fender screws
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Got a white SMR 450 front fender too. Not sure if I'm going white or black. Kinda would like a set of each...
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and some KTM headlight straps
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Fitting the KTM front fender... You will need to notch it to clear the lower triple clamp. Think you can make out the mark on the center rib.
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Here is the trimmed area to clear the clamp.
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Here You Can See Just How Close the Bolt Pattern Matches Up. Note: I Opted to go Without the Fender Washers because the spacing is just a bit off. The washers take away the clearance you have with the holes in the fender. No Need to Drill
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Trim about 1/2" from the rib
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another view

and another

and mounted. :clap:
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Next the headlight mask... Forgot to point out that I'm using a '08 KTM SMC 690 fender and headlight/ headlight mask. It uses a H4 bulb. Later I plan to upgrade to HID.

Locate Hole ~ 10.70mm in From the Edge


Locate Hole ~ 12.70mm Down From the Corner
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Kinda what I'm going for. The angle looks funny though because the forks aren't sitting at the angle like they would in the frame
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