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WORDS: JOCK MCLAUCHLAN PHOTOS: GEOFF OSBORNE SERIOUS TRAIL CHOPS IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE HONDA HAD A PUKKA TRAIL BIKE IN ITS RANGE. THE NEW CRF450L IS BASED AROUND ITS MX STABLE MATE, THE CRF450R, AND PUTS HONDA FIRMLY BACK IN THE TRAIL CAMP. KIWI RIDER 47