Honda CRF450 Rally
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| Honda CRF450 | |
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| Also called | CRF 450 F, CRF450F, CRF450 Rally, CRF450XRL, CRF450RE, CRF450RX DELETE, CRF450R Slettes, CRF450RX, CRF450L, CRF450X, CRF450R, CRF 450 X, CRF 450 R, CRF 450 |
| Class | Motorcross |
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| Recommended Oil | Honda GN4 10W-40 |
| Manuals | Service Manual |
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Honda CRF 450 Rally
Honda has unveiled its CRF450 Rally model at the
2012 International Motorcycle, Scooter and Bike Fair in Cologne, Germany. The
new machine will compete in the motorcycle class in the 2013 Dakar Rally
From 1981, Honda competed nine times in the forerunner of the current Dakar Rally, the Paris-Dakar Rally. Cyril Neveu from France rode Honda to its first victory in 1982 in the race's fourth year and, from 1986 to 1989, Honda won four consecutive titles for an overall record of five victories in nine years.
Honda will compete in the forthcoming Dakar Rally, the world's toughest race, with the aim of putting the fuel efficiency and endurance technology developed for its commercial vehicles to new challenges and, in turn, use the technology acquired from the race in commercial applications.
The CRF450 Rally, based on Honda's commercial CRF450X enduro racing model, is fitted with Honda's Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI*) electronic fuel injection system to ensure fuel efficiency and durability. Honda will be aiming for its first rally victory with a model based on a production machine.
Johnny Campbell (USA), an 11-time US Baja 1000 champion, will join the four riders already announced for Honda's 2013 Dakar challenge - Helder Rodrigues (Portugal), Felipe Zanol (Brazil), Sam Sunderland (United Kingdom) and Javier Pizzolito (Argentina) - to complete the five-man Honda team.