还记得1973年本田CR250M Elsinore首次亮相的时候吗？如果是这样，在过去的五十年中，我们已经走了很长一段路，本田希望通过其新的2023 CRF450R越野摩托车来庆祝这一点。
Of course, Honda would also like to win a lot of races with the new bike, and it’s developed the platform past the Bold New Graphics that we saw applied to many dirt bikes over the past couple of years (thanks for nothing, COVID-19/supply chain issues!). Here’s what Honda said it’s updated for 2023:
CRF450R的技术更新包括较窄的进气口形状和更长的进气漏斗，修订后的凸轮轮廓和较小的节气门身体直径，从而导致平稳的功率传递和增加的扭矩，从而提高了加速度的加速度。框架的刚度通过增加战略位置的材料厚度来优化，并且使用钢发动机安装座（替换铝）有助于改善前端牵引力。更高利率的冲击弹簧和修订的叉子设置可以补充刚性优化的框架，而无需引入苛刻。为了增强强度和降低噪音，消音器主体是由热处理的铝构建的，并使用了新的内部管道设计。
当然，没有什么太令人震惊的，但是它比新涂料和贴纸套件更好。本田说，相同的改进也延续到CRF450RWE（机器的高级“ PIMP My Ride”版本），以及CRF450RX（由SLR Honda和JCR Honda团队赛车的闭路越野自行车在NGPC和WORCS比赛中）。
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But, if you’re really into Bold New Graphics, you can also buy the new CRF450R in 50th Anniversary Edition livery (pictured above), which costs an extra $300 USD over the base model’s $9,599 MSRP (sorry, hosers, we haven’t seen Canadian pricing yet). Honda says this version of the bike has “a livery reminiscent of the legendary ’80s CRs that ruled AMA Motocross and Supercross. Easily recognizable to fans of that era, this version features a blue seat cover, white number plates, gold rims, gold handlebar, gray-metallic triple clamp and special graphics.” Sounds totally rad. The standard CRF450R should be at US dealerships in July, and the 50th Anniversary Edition models should be in showrooms in September.
