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Originally Posted by butchdiamond
Don't get me wrong the CRF was very nice - it's a bit more powerful, has more suspension travel and is a bit lighter (which is impressive considering it's water cooled) but it's no XR.
For some reason it just didn't feel right, and it didn't handle as well as my old XR and I felt much less confident with it (being spanking new didn't help)
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I had an XR400 which I loved but was sadly stolen. I replaced it with a CRF450X. In my opinion, the difference for the better is amazing, there's less weight, power when you want it and the handling in dunes is a joy.
As for reliability, I already commute 50km on mine everyday and it's not let me down. For the ultimate test, I'm planning to ride it from the Middle East to the UK in early 2009. We'll see how it goes...
Give the CRF another chance. It might grow on you.
Stephan
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