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day use as well as super capable on a motocross loop as you breeze past en route to your favourite trails. The RC 450 comes with Dual-Map Kokusan traction control, providing plenty of power with the ability to get it all down in any terrain. It runs twin oil pumps( with cartridge filter) and the engine and transmission have separate lubrication compartments. This bike is built for serious, fuss-free cross country action from the get-go. The super high-spec model will be ideally suited for our terrain with high-end components from end to end, in a super trick package that has speed, durability and the ability to be adjusted and refined by the rider without having to lash out on the expensive accessory parts. KYB suspension at both ends gives the RC 450 a full twelve inches, yep, inches, as it is technically an American model, up front, or 304.8mm in metric and 11.8 inches( 299.7mm) at the rear and it weighs in at 229 pounds, or
103.87kg dry, as in no fuel, so it is competitively light as well as fast, and well suspended and strikingly good looking. This is a model that we’ ve been able to see from a distance but until now, that was as good as it got. We will be camping outside the distributor’ s door when they land and hoping they haven’ t all pre-sold, so we can go for a spin. We will be sure to let you know if we are successful. Pricing is yet to be released but as soon as it is, we’ ll pass it on. Hopefully we’ ll get to put it through its paces real soon …
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