Honda made the choice to switch to the CRF so they can promote it. the first year Honda/JCR used a 450 they had a bad season. Loosing a few small races then there first loss in 16 years at the 1000. There times were faster on the XRs. FYI JCR will pit your XR in the Baja 1000 for $1500 the CRFs are a few hundred more to pit. Got my XR primed and ready.
The big deal about this vid is the fact that Honda has 2 teams, team 1 that rides a Honda 650r vtwin (which is the team that gets most of Honda's full support, usually always wins), and team 1x, which has to ride a Honda 450x and they don't get nearly as much support. So team 1x is like back up...and in this 2007 Baja, team 1x beat Team 1 and won Baja. I think it was the first time a 450 had won..ever, in the bike division in any of the Baja races. :)
Long live the immortal XR650R.
How can people dislike this video ???.
As a kid growing up in the 90ies this was the shit back in the day
Excelente piloto 👌 llevando la gran Bestia 💪
xr 650, 600- campbell, grider, lewis and all the other guys- best time in baja !!
Crackin' good music choice mate....nothing rocks or motivates like TooL
Honda made the choice to switch to the CRF so they can promote it. the first year Honda/JCR used a 450 they had a bad season. Loosing a few small races then there first loss in 16 years at the 1000. There times were faster on the XRs.
FYI JCR will pit your XR in the Baja 1000 for $1500 the CRFs are a few hundred more to pit. Got my XR primed and ready.
beautiful...xrr ist the best
@kcgaura Actually X means M/C class....A is for quad class.....JCR is class 22
I have a BRP. I'm in love
avs608 and eplatel0704 know what they are talking about.
great vid !
WHY OH WHY DID HONDA EVER STOP MAKING THE XR650R ??? BRING IT BACK WITH CRF FORKS AND ELECTRIC START!! 2017 HONDA CRF650X
I LIKE THAT IDEA! reworked engine, 70 or so hp.
And a 6th gear 👌🏼
It's probably just me, maybe it was the places where they did the shoots... but it looks like he was faster on the XR650 than the CRF450.
guys # 1 is their ranking and in a score race the "x" means pro. hints 1x.
El Rey de la baja 1000 JC
Is that riding posture at 1:35 really ideal? He is leaned way over the front bars? I don't know the first thing about this type of racing.
Same question here man I've seen both styles, leaning backwards and foward, seems like it depends on your suspension presets.
...speed and terrain aggressiveness.
Over the bars Aggressive keep the weight centered.
This is a Clinic on how its done.
The big deal about this vid is the fact that Honda has 2 teams, team 1 that rides a Honda 650r vtwin (which is the team that gets most of Honda's full support, usually always wins), and team 1x, which has to ride a Honda 450x and they don't get nearly as much support. So team 1x is like back up...and in this 2007 Baja, team 1x beat Team 1 and won Baja. I think it was the first time a 450 had won..ever, in the bike division in any of the Baja races. :)
you're stupid and don't know what you're talking about
No such thing as a V twin on an XR dude.
and tool to boot!!! 😁
XR would be faster then CRF
what years of the baja 1000 are these?
2002
jaja nice comment xD
"..Comment" ;) Yur's didn't make too much sense:\
get ride of the sound track...bike is all that's needed
WTF...hes wearing monster gear... huuuu.