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She’s A Beaut Clark!
A D.I.D. DirtStar ST-X rim is laced up to a Dubya Talon Ultralight rear hub.
The front hub is a stock unit that is polished. Brayton likes the way the stock hub feels for cornering.
Stock foot peg placement, a set of titanium Pro Pegs and a Ride Engineering brake clevis.
This is the same Yoshimura RS-9 system that anyone can purchase. No special spec here.
Factory Showa shock with an 18mm shock shaft.
X-Trig 22mm offset clamps, PDHS bar mounts with a 5mm spacer, and 996 Twinwalls. The Showa factory forks are spring forks with caps that may look like they’re air assist, but don’t let that fool you.
A factory front Nissin brake caliper stops the Honda on a dime. However, it isn’t a grabby front brake, but has more of a progressive feel to it and that invites you to go in deeper into bowl corners.
JB10 opts for the feel of the titanium front engine hanger. Although the shape is the same as the stock piece, the stiffer feel of the titanium up front helps the side to side movement of the CRF450R feel quicker/lighter.
A GUTS ribbed seat cover keeps Justin from coming of the back while eating corners. Underneath the seat you will be able to find a Vortex ignition that is mapped to the XPR tuned engine. Yes, it’s fast!
You would think the whole package would make Brayton’s bike feel rigid, but it actually has a ton of comfort for how stiff his suspension set up is. The team incorporates all stock hardware (no titanium) to help flex character.
Chad Braun at XPR has this engine tuned beautifully. It has a free-revving feel with hardly no engine braking and is not only very fast, but very controlled as well. The traction to the rear wheel is amazing for how fast this machine is. Brayton’s first and second gears pull so long, it feels like third gear in normal production standards. Now I know how Brayton gets such great starts! WOW!
The confidence you get coming into whoops with factory suspension underneath you is nothing like you ever felt.