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Honda CRF 450 Rally Team Monster Energy

Make Model	Honda CRF450 Rally
Year	2021
Engine	Four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, 4 valve
Capacity	449.9 cc / 27.45 cu-in
Bore x Stroke	97.0 x 60.8 mm
Cooling System	Liquid cooled
Exhaust	Termignoni exhaust system
Lubrication	Motul 300V
Induction	Fuel Injection
Starting	Electric
Max Power	Over 45 kW / 60hp
Transmission	6 Speed
Frame	Aluminium twin tube, sub-frame carbon fibre
Front Suspension	51mm Showa inverted forks
Front Wheel Travel	310 mm / 12.3 in
Rear Suspension	50mm Showa single tube
Rear Wheel Travel	315 mm / 12.4 in
Front Brakes	Single 300mm 2 pot
Rear Brakes	Single 240mm 1 pot
Fuel Capacity	34,7 litres / 9.1 US gal

Monster Energy Honda Team rider Ricky Brabec (#9) became the first American to win the Dakar Rally with his fully race-prepped CRF450 Rally racer, when he completed the 42nd edition of the world’s toughest rally raid event on 18 January 2020, eight years after the squad’s return.

The 2020 Dakar Rally also marked the first occasion that the event was held in Saudi Arabia with over more than 7,000 km (of which 75 percent was in the desert), in 13 days.

In doing so, he broke the incredible 18 year stranglehold KTM owned on this race.

28-year-old Brabec rode his first Dakar Rally in 2016 with Team HRC, making 2020 his fifth attempt.

Honda first competed in the third Paris-Dakar Rally in 1981. Its first victory came in 1986 on an NXR750, which was followed by three consecutive wins up to 1989. Honda left the Dakar the following year, and in 2013, decided to race once again, with its new CRF450 RALLY factory bike. Despite finishing runner-up in 2015 and 2018, victory had eluded Honda until in 2020, the 8th attempt.

Based on Honda’s 450cc production dual-sport, Brabec’s racer has been treated to an extensive number of top-shelf, race-grade modifications including:

- custom suspension developed by Brabec and Showa

- two tanks carrying a total of nine gallons of fuel

- a custom rubber MX-style Noguchi saddle

- trick GP-style switchgear

- full Dakar-style bodywork complete with navigation tower

- relocated oil-cooler

- LED lighting

- Termignoni exhaust system

- specially engineered gearbox, cases and internals

- extensive carbon fiber parts:

subframe
nav tower mounts
heat shield
bash guard
fuel-cell
kickstand