AFRICA FOUR: HONDA CRF1000R BY BRIVEMO

[weeksy]

http://www.bikebound.com/2019/06/28/honda-africa-four/

[Mr. Dazzle]

Sidepanels, airbox and mudguards!

Demo get your chequebook out.

[weeksy]

Just needs some decent rubber for me and i'm all over it... Stupid stupid tyres..

Looks very very purposeful !

[demographic]

Sidepanels, airbox and mudguards!

Demo get your chequebook out.

And it's got some gold anodised bits for a 1990 motocross revival look.
I'm in.

Not right keen on the tyres mind.

[Mr. Dazzle]

It's basically a CB1000R isn't it? Not sure ditching that bike's brakes for a little single disc set up is all that smart.

[weeksy]

It's basically a CB1000R isn't it? Not sure ditching that bike's brakes for a little single disc set up is all that smart.

I guess that's because they've used the front end off an MX bike for off-road capability and therefore only had brake mounts on one fork leg.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Yeah that's exactly why

I suppose it won't matter off road, but getting there on a 140bhp bike and a dinky single disc could be interesting. Not one for trackdays!

[MingtheMerciless]

That looks bonkers.

[demographic]

Joking aside, its a big brute isnt it.
145 horse on a heavy bike offroad would get old pretty fast. It's supposed to be setup to compete in some offroad race?

On a forum I use there was a desert racer who used to sell off his slightly worn racebikes.
I bought a few semi trick aftermarket parts off his mechanic when he flogged some spares off.
IIRC he only did it a couple of times and they werent that expensive, from memory it was something like $6000 (more than I had down the back of the sofa and especially when postage from Arizona was factored in).
There would have been a few trick engine parts (Varner ported cylinder, and blueprinted and balanced engine to reduce vibration.
Frame braced at any point where cracks develop when hammered by pro level riders and a loop walded on to protect the waterpump.
132.5mm or 133mm slightly longer than standard suspension dogbones to get em to turn a bit better.
Radiators tig welded on any seams and a few other bits I can't remember.
Anyway, this is one of them, doesn't look much but the factory Kawasakis were clocked at 118 on a section with long straights. Fairly hossing on for an ancient motocrosser more or less the same from 90-2005.
Article about it here.
https://dirtbikemagazine.com/amp/destry ... e-tuesday/




Hauling a 100 kilo 65-70 maybe horsepower bike from a max speed of just shy of 120 with a single disc would be a damn site easier than whatever that weighs and whatever top whack its capable of. Even with a bigger disc.
And yes, I do have a one track mind with bikes, guilty as charged.

[Yorick]

[Taipan]

Love it!

[DefTrap]

Blimey

Have to love stuff like that. Would love to have a go.

[mangocrazy]

I think you've all lost your fucking marbles. If it was road-focussed I'd let it go. Not my cuppa, etc. But are you seriously trying to tell me that this poncy big show-pony has actually got any off-road pretensions? When did you last see a serious enduro/offroad bike with a single-sided swingarm? Or four cylinders? Or a metric fuck-tonne of weight? Or not even a bash plate?

You're all 'avin' a facking larf...

[formula400]

that looks epic

[KungFooBob]

The base CB1000R is much more special than people realise. there's so many cool little details.

I like the paint job, but the faux off road thing spoils the base bike.

I've have a CB1000R with that paint job.

[Potter]

I really liked it and then Dazzle pointed out it's basically a less capable (on the road) CB1000R and now I'm liking it a bit less.

There was a thing on FB the other day of someone taking an AT over a trials course and making it look easy, I don't know who it was but I'm guessing a world champ level ride, so if you're capable then it's a very capable bike.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The base CB1000R is much more special than people realise. there's so many cool little details.

I like the paint job, but the faux off road thing spoils the base bike.

I've have a CB1000R with that paint job.

Now you're talking.

[Mr. Dazzle]

When did you last see a serious enduro/offroad bike with a single-sided swingarm?....Or a metric fuck-tonne of weight?

Just goes to show you can make anything fit if you try hard enough

[mangocrazy]

When did you last see a serious enduro/offroad bike with a single-sided swingarm?....Or a metric fuck-tonne of weight?

Just goes to show you can make anything fit if you try hard enough

That must have taken quite a while to find. Well done. And the rider is clearly carrying plenty of extra poundage himself.

My points still stand...

[Asian Boss]

I really like it. Maybe in part because I like the CB1000R but am put off by it being dead wee and nesh.