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Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:42 pm
by Six Addict
Wattie wrote:Six Addict wrote:Wheels, bridgey sm tires, Cush drive, tubes, oversize brake disc and bracket, chains and sprockets, sliders for $2200 ish...
Id have to have yz450 to go the factory Yamaha kit, also i think it has to be 09- present... I'll have to do some investigationing
Unless you get a KTM, you will never stop the bike without the good brake caliper and and lines.
The KTM's have brembo calipers standard. and then upgraded with abigger disc and relocating bracket they work well. but not in the same ballpark as my Beringer caliper. or franks for that matter (i have 4 piston, franks has 6)
with a yz, wr, klx, kx, rm, cr etc brakes are not the same.
The Redding kit includes the following:
Front wheel: special hub and spokes with 3.5 x 17in rim
Rear wheel: special hub (with cush drive) and spokes with 5.0 x 17in rim
Set Dunlop Alpha 12 production racing tyres with tubes
Supermoto front guard
Crash knob set (fr axle, rear axle and footpegs)
320mm Front brake kit ( 320mm wave disc, Brembo 4 piston caliper,
Brembo racing master cylinder, braided steel front brake line, custom caliper
carrier bracket)
Sprocket set: 15t front, 40 and 45t rear
Handguard set
Fluid Overflow bottle
Kit price (full kit, suits 2010 and 2011 YZ450F models) = $2600 RRP inc GST
Thats a Pretty good deal. and if Redding does as Phil mentioned, will do it for most makes, you are on fire!
now seperate note, KTM 450's 08 onwards have a 4 speed gearbox. which could be quite beneficial once geared up, les you will loos out a little on the start, but you will have nice continious pull out of bends. Single cyl thumpers have great tour and linear power. so something to consider also.
there is 08+ KTM's on ebay for under 5grand at times. with very little mods to do to get running.
but thats enough of my Pro KTM motard rattle.
see above and also another thread, john told phil a little mistruth, all yamaha will do for you if you have another brand is send you a list of suppliers... the supplier they name for wheels, charges 2K and thats before tyres and tube...
no way in the world i could afford to buy a '10 model yzf450 and then spend 2600 upgrading it... id be better off buying an 05 for 4500 and spending 3k doing it up...
yamaha have done a good job on the marketing, sure they're offering a sweet deal on the wheel kit, but only for two year models of bike, which we all know is the same model anyway...so unless you're going into a yamaha dealership and buying a brand new bike, they wont help you
if i want to do this im going to have to make compromises somewhere...
and phil, dont need to find the paperwork, its 10-11 models only as it states on the website, which is where wattie got his info from...
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:51 pm
by Blurr
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:52 pm
by Disco
If it's an FX series I'm sure nobody is surprised it revolve's around Yamaha and the newer model's for sale's purposes...Ducati won an FX SBK round once didn't they and then got kicked out
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:54 pm
by Blurr
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:55 pm
by Blurr
Disco wrote:If it's an FX series I'm sure nobody is surprised it revolve's around Yamaha and the newer model's for sale's purposes...Ducati won an FX SBK round once didn't they and then got kicked out
Ducati made a mistake in cheating.
Not that they cheated but the fact that they made it obvious enough to Yamaha to get caught
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:58 pm
by Nelso
It's been a long time since I've had anything to do with dirt bikes so excuse my ignorance, but when did 450 dirt bikes only have four gears? Are the other brands like this as well?
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:00 pm
by Blurr
Nah just the KTM 450. Wide ratio racing gearbox. You do tend to get the more bling bits on the Euro bikes e.g. Brembo's , WP Suspension
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:04 pm
by Six Addict
rmz 450 in 07 had 4 speed, so did the 07 kx450...
the 07 you posted russ is in townsville
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:05 pm
by Disco
Blurr wrote:Disco wrote:If it's an FX series I'm sure nobody is surprised it revolve's around Yamaha and the newer model's for sale's purposes...Ducati won an FX SBK round once didn't they and then got kicked out
Ducati made a mistake in cheating.
Not that they cheated but the fact that they made it obvious enough to Yamaha to get caught
And yamaha dosn't
....Funny how dyno's break down at the most convenient time's
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:08 pm
by Blurr
Six Addict wrote:rmz 450 in 07 had 4 speed, so did the 07 kx450...
the 07 you posted russ is in townsville
So????? you have a car now
What about this one
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/KTM-450-2009 ... 2311c191c2
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:09 pm
by Six Addict
$500 in petrol to get there and back, maybe more
fuck racing, you still selling the 525?!
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:32 pm
by MadKaw
Wattie wrote:
now seperate note, KTM 450's 08 onwards have a 4 speed gearbox. which could be quite beneficial once geared up, les you will loos out a little on the start, but you will have nice continious pull out of bends. Single cyl thumpers have great tour and linear power. so something to consider also.
there is 08+ KTM's on ebay for under 5grand at times. with very little mods to do to get running.
but thats enough of my Pro KTM motard rattle.
I'd suggest a close ratio 5 speed box would be much better for motard in a 450 than a 4 speed..
and so do KTM..
The 08 SMR had a 5 speed.
http://www.topspeed.com/motorcycles/mot ... 50753.html
They ran a 6 speed in the smr from 04 I believe..
http://motors-bay.com/ktm/266-ktm-450-smr.html
The current KTM EXC 450 has a 6 speed box and SX 450 has a 5 speed (no smr anymore.? ).
I'd say if they still made the SMR it would be based on the EXC with a 6 speed.?..
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:35 pm
by Blurr
No 'R' 'Race' models allowed in FX. So that cancels out the SMR.
After riding the KTM450 SX I actually dont think it would be that bad.
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:30 pm
by Phil
Six Addict wrote:rmz 450 in 07 had 4 speed, so did the 07 kx450...
the 07 you posted russ is in townsville
At least its not Darwin
Re: racing and all the associated toys!
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:51 am
by Six Addict
Phil wrote:Six Addict wrote:rmz 450 in 07 had 4 speed, so did the 07 kx450...
the 07 you posted russ is in townsville
At least its not Darwin
shame actually, i could have dropped my bike off to the prospective buyer
