It Lives!

The conversion was a success. The CRF450 lives today as a Supermoto. Dirt set-up is off, track-only super soft supermoto slicks are on, as are the new rims, hubs, oversized rotor, etc. Holy shit, the thing is fun, even just bombing up and down the street in Bushwick. Front feels like it will come up easily, something I didn't mess with having no helmet and no jacket on. But it's going to be great at the track. And those slicks warmed up and were like bubble gum, SO soft with the sun on them.

Spent the entire weekend in the garage getting to this point, and countless others. But the feeling when finally bombing down the street after all that effort, that is what it is about.

If anyone has questions about the conversion process, hit me up. The rear wheel slipped in pretty painlessly, just redid the chain tightness etc and only had to remove the rotor prtector thing (plastic) to get it on. On the front, I did have to cut a bit of the fork protectors, but not much. And I didn't realize that on CRFs, the relocator bracket actually replaces the stock brake pad "holder," as opposed to on a DRZ, where you just a re literally relocating teh entire stock set. Now I see why having an entire front brake package, w master cylinder and all, would be a good idea. Right now it's more work, as I'd have to pull of the relocator and pull out the pads etc, maybe even bleed the brakes.

Oh and this is my friend Daniel, working on his Lambretta. Cool.