Honda HRC 450RR

[Louis Mielke]

I think you should stop teaseing everyone and just finish the thread! lol

[Youngrasher]

I dont want to cause trouble here but I had them forks that your talking about on my xr50 (110 upgrade) pitbike They were fitted by the previous owner so I dont know how much abuse they had before I got it, they were nothing special on that and I dont think they'll be up to the job of a trike. I ended up going back to the traditional style forks in the end due to those one's bottoming out.

[250rfan]

I think you should stop teaseing everyone and just finish the thread! lol

I'd like to, but am killing time until the triples are made, , (actually Louis you only have yourself to blame for not seeing the end result right now - you should have made me those triples i asked you for months ago , plus you know how everybody loves pics and step by step rebuilds,

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I dont want to cause trouble here but I had them forks that your talking about on my xr50 (110 upgrade) pitbike, they were nothing special on that and I dont think they'll be up to the job of a trike. I ended up going back to the traditional style forks in the end due to those one's bottoming out.

Thanks for the heads up, however, if these forks which are made for a crf 450 are to soft i will simply instal a stiffer spring, am very fortunate to have a suspension guy who lives locally, who is VERY knowledgeable when it comes to MX suspension, i have allready discussed with him the issue you have stated, but until i get the triples made and the forks installed and test ridden, i have to make an estimated guess on the stiffness at present - coincidently the springs have allready been changed from OEM.

But thanks again, anyway.

[tecat-z]

Lovin' it! Can't wait to see the final pics. I was under the impression you were going to have the frame finished in oem 85-86 red. But since new 450R's use silver frames i guess it's correct for a 2007-08 atc450r. Either way it looks outstanding, and am thrilled to see all the detailed pics, and can only imagine all of the time and money you have invested. Not to mention all the skill necessary to overcome all of the obstacles that present themselves in a one-off build like this.

[250rfan]

Lovin' it! Can't wait to see the final pics. I was under the impression you were going to have the frame finished in oem 85-86 red. But since new 450R's use silver frames i guess it's correct for a 2007-08 atc450r. Either way it looks outstanding, and am thrilled to see all the detailed pics, and can only imagine all of the time and money you have invested. Not to mention all the skill necessary to overcome all of the obstacles that present themselves in a one-off build like this.

Hi tecate-z,

Man, you are 100% correct, i could have gone down the 85/86 Honda red road, but as your aware Honda now make the TRX with Black on silver,,,,,,,Have i let to much away here? , if you like the way things are shaping up so far, please keep veiwing, it's only going to get better.

Your going to see plenty of detailed pics - with plenty on DETAIL in them

There's some really trick parts going on this build which i've never seen on a trike before, so am real excited to see, and ride the finished project myself

Just waiting on the new Billet triples to get made, then i can mount the front end, but there's lots of final build pics to keep the HARDCORE enthusiasts like yourself happy.

Cheers,

Gordon.

[tecat-z]

Sweet, there are many of us hard core trikers that love stuff like this. I personally know a few of them. They may not post much, but you can be assured, they still 'lurk around' and have much respect for a builder like yourself. It gives true meaning to the phrase "built not bought"

[Bryan Raffa]

I think you should stop teaseing everyone and just finish the thread! lol

Photoshop a front end on it.....

[250rfan]

HONDA HRC 450RR

Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis Mielke
I think you should stop teaseing everyone and just finish the thread! lol

Photoshop a front end on it.....

LOL,,,, i could throw on the OEM front end for all the minute it would take , , but I HAVE PATIENCE,,, ,

Here's a few shots of the modified frame next to a standard frame, as you can see there's not that much difference,

[Black86tri-z]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh snap! i can only picture what it's goin to end up looking like!!! this is gunna b 1 sweet ride!!! can't wait to see finished project !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Derrick Adams]

Are you planning to run the forks a little longer to compensate for the engine cradle being a little lower in the front?

Also, I wanted to point out that you can keep a little more travel in your front suspension by switching to a shorter front tire (without changing ride height). I'm running the Dunlop 151 series in 22x7x11 with a Honda rim, to keep the big dirtbike brake rotor. You can also have Douglas make you a custom 10" front rim to run any quad front tire, if you use the stock 250R brakes. I ran a 21" Holeshot on Casper.

[250rfan]

Derrick,

As far as the length of the forks goes, as you can see from the pic the forks at the moment are the same length as the standard OEM forks, so when the forks are fitted to the bike there will be 1-2" of fork above the upper triple just as you would see on a standard 250r set up (GEOMETRY).

As the TOP of these new USD forks are primarily designed to sit flush with the upper triple, i will be able to gain extra height at the front of the bike buy simply lowering the fork in the triple. Or i could just lengthen the spring internaly to give me extra travel.

The new USD shocks will be ran trailing axel, the brake mount will be swithed from the front to the back of the shock, to keep it the same as OEM set up.

As for the front wheels/tyres, i have decided to run a 10" douglas front rim with a Maxxis iRazR front tyre - 22 x 7 x 10, as you can see in the picture

I also have a second option of a 350x billet rim, with a Carlisle Trail Wolf front tyre
23 x 8 x 11, also shown in the picture, there's also the OEM 250R set up.

I have chosen the Douglas 10" front rim, mainly to give me a larger selection of newer technology front tyres, the maxxis iRAZR is a smaller thinner tyre than standard, this should give me better feedback from the front suspension, and should allow me to dial in the suspension more precisely, allowing the shocks to be set up to work more efficiantly.

Im not going to be jumping this trike, the same as i would my Honda Laegers trx for example, the frame on this machine is 22 years old,,,,,,this bike will be used for wood and field use with light track use, basically what they now class as XC.

I have measured the ground clearance on my LAEGERS and the 450 even without adjusting the ride height from standard, is still more than the trx.

[Bryan Raffa]

Nice job Derrick! Pretty strategic on getting pic's of the front end!!

black tubes and rims

[Mrs.Mosh]

Wait til you see the rest of the theme.

[Bryan Raffa]

hey Tammy you got your hands into this one too?

[250rfan]

HONDA ATC 450RR

Okay,

Here's a few pics showing the new frame decals, i somehow miss calculated on my stock of rear coolant reservoir decals, so i've ordered some more and will apply them latter on in the build. , the sharp eye'd Honda fans will notice that these are the decals for the 86 250r, i chose these specifically because there's more of them than the 85 decal set, as far as am concerned you can't have enough WARNING stickers!!,,,,, i love it when people point out how Dangerous trikes apparently are .