Recent content by Sausage450r

Good. Let them keep digging their graves

Im saying rider needs insurance and motorcycle license with a plated bike. And laws are still grey even if its dual registered. Depends on stopping authority. I’ve been told by blm dual reg no license required. Imperial county sheriff says no; licensed for road need insurance/licensed rider on...

I’ve been told by leo; bike must have dual registration; otherwise; street legal plate must have license and insurance even off road. Even with green/red sticker law is still fuzzy and depends on agency making contact. I know this because i’ve had many plated bikes and have been stopped a few...

Ya looks like by measurements its setup for just a simple tube flare. .035 seems awful thin. Im guessing its flared/pressed .065 What size od is the exhaust pipe?

What are the dimensions of your turbo outlet flange (o.d) does it have a recess machined into it?

#5 is coming alive

Damn i was just in chandler last week. Missed this post

That was likely a “formed” flange originally. Not very strong. Cut it off and stub on a nice machined vband. Wetmores on johnson in el cajon may have the parts. Make sure you know what model turbo you have. They will need to know to get you appropriate parts This is a formed vband flange. They...

Current fuel tank project

Thank you

I was doing a few hundred miles a week back then. This was before i had kids. No matter which bike i was riding it was Going to need regular valve adjustment. The honda 450 was the best power/top speed production 450 in that era. You could say the same for the modern fuel injected bikes that...

my local indian casino gas station sells ethanol free 110 from the pump. No Problems running that

The valves last surprisingly long if you adjust them regularly. I’d usually wear out a head same time as valves. At which time i’d redo the head with stainless valves. I’ve gotten multiple 10s of thousands of miles from crf450s over the years

I had a plated 2001 for a few years. It was a handful in fire roads. They are great tanks straight line but a handful in technical terrain. Engine Parts are very hard to get since honda stopped supporting them