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I finally finished my 2005 CRF450X conversion that a friend and I have been working on in our spare time. I have never posted photos, but will do my best. I will post more photos as I have time to do so.

First one is my Engine Donor


Cutting the frame


Saving the stock botom mount


Bending the tube


The bent tube

shit man!!! Your doner was a conversion!!!!

Fitting the tube and Y
















The welding starts


Very nice first weld




Building front mounts










Welding them in

aloha450x wrote:shit man!!! Your doner was a conversion!!!!

Yes it is a 2001 Service Honda conversion that could be purchased as a roller or as parts.

Nice work!!!

Sweet

Thanks, I could not have done this without all the fabrication skills of my friend David VanMarter. He did all the cutting, bending, machining, and welding. Thanks alot David. More to come later

nice bike, and nice machines

Nice shop, it looks just like mine. Oh....wait....I don't have a shop and work on my porch.

Nice work.

Roostius_Maximus wrote:nice bike, and nice machines

Thanks, and also a big thanks for the hook up on the square tube.

Keep the pics coming. Also, if your going to make it to Cox Mountain, let me know and i'll bring a couple of extra beers. Would love to see it in person.

KE 336 wrote: Keep the pics coming. Also, if your going to make it to Cox Mountain, let me know and i'll bring a couple of extra beers. Would love to see it in person.

Will keep the pics coming, I am going to try to go to Cox Mountain for Sat practice, but dont think I will race. I will let you know for sure. How do you like your conversion?

Head stay



Exhaust








Radiator brace, kick start lever (450 Kick lever)




Coil mount


Top of air box


Final assembly

SWEET! really nice work, you are lucky your mate can help you.

The end product should end up being a very nice ride.

n36 wrote:

KE 336 wrote:

Will keep the pics coming, I am going to try to go to Cox Mountain for Sat practice, but dont think I will race. I will let you know for sure. How do you like your conversion?

I love my conversion! Everyone i've let ride ride it does also. One of our camp buddy rides an 08 ktm xcf450. He said his bike feels like a tank after riding the honda. This past weekend my son was going to do a lap on the 500 and then one on his yz450. That didn't happen. Only action the 450 saw was a little pit riding!

Here is the finished product for now, I need to let the funds build back up then I will replace all the plastic, and make it look better. I rode it for the first time on sunday 8/30 and it is an amazing ride. Our goal was to build the bike to look as if Honda produced it, but with the quality of David's welds Honda could not have built a bike like this.

nice how much did you have to mod the tank

gregrobo wrote:nice how much did you have to mod the tank

Not much, I had to shorten the fuel fitting and turn it around so that it is facing the rear of the bike. I also had to heat and reshape the tank by the right radiator. I used new 2001 CR250 radiators, but if I would have used diferant rads I may have been able to use the tank without reshaping it at all.

n36 wrote: Yes it is a 2001 Service Honda conversion that could be purchased as a roller or as parts.

Holy crap!! Looks amazing dude! Came out real nice!

Pm'd u on parts...

aloha450x wrote:shit man!!! Your doner was a conversion!!!!

Is n36 the first person to use an AF conversion as a donor.

A crappy conversion is only useful as a donor, but a good one you think would be best left as an AF conversion.

Great looking 500 AFX! nice build. PM sent