I recently bought this sexy redhead at the end of May. Road trip to pick up an awesome 450 for dirt cheap - Win Win, right? I drove from Waco, TX to Springfield, Illinois after work on Friday. In the interest of full disclosure I must confess I was planning on using the bike for an adventure style 450 dual sport class bike that could do some good single track on the weekends. I wanted something that was lighter than my WR250x and something stronger than a DRZ400. Would I buy the bike again? NO! Will I keep it and enjoy every grin yielding moment? HECK YEAH! In a nut shell I wanted my cake and eat it too performance and reliability. Let us begin to unfold the sorted affair by first pointing out the positives and highlights of the machine (better described as a piece of art IMHO). The bike is sexy, exotic, beautiful, new, fuel injected, and uncommon to say the least. Next, is the suspension which is actually very smooth in the rough stuff and it climbs like a goat - this is probably attributed to the counter shaft sprocket configuration and chain setup (more on that later).
In addition, the plastics are one entire piece and is generally good quality. The headlight produces excellent light comparatively and the taillight is nicely nestled in the rear fender. It comes with a 15/51 CS and rear sprocket which allow for the slow technical tight spots. The fuel delivery seems smooth, all be it insufficient in all gears. Bringing the bike to a stop is certainly one of the more pleasurable actions on the bike. The brakes grab nicely and seem to anticipate the amount of necessary stopping force. Quality binders for sure on this machine.
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