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[QUOTE="cthowards, post: 1141892, member: 67091"] I have a 2005 CRF450R. I bought it used in December 2005 with 43 hours on the hour meter and then rode it during 2006 and put an additional 40 hours on it. All of my riding was done once or twice per week at a local MX track. In December 2006 I went through it in great detail and here's what I replaced: 1. Piston and rings - the bike ran great but I decided to replace the top end anyways. The cylinder and existing piston and rings were in great shape. The cross hatch was still on the cylinder walls. 2. Valves, springs, seals, etc. - I replaced the stock titanium valves with Kibblewhite stainless steal and the Kibblewhite springs. The existing valves were in good shape and could have gone longer...but I was not willing to take the chance. 3. Replaced the cam chain tensioner although existing seem fine. 4. Replaced front and rear wheel bearings. The rear bearings were seized up so I replaced both to be safe. 5. Replaced the lower rear shock bearing - it was in bad shape. All other bearings (shock linkage, swingarm, steering head) were taken apart, cleaned and reinstalled as they were in good shape. 6. Replace the rims and spokes. For some reason, many of the spokes were seized up when I got the bike. I couldn't get some the spokes to tighten and had several flat tires so I replaced the rims and used Buchanan heavy duty spokes. 7. The kickstarter link broke (the part that attaches to the spline) and had to be replaced. Other than that, the bikes has and continues to run very strong and is very reliable. The only parts I added were a chain and sprocket set (one set per year), a set of bars because I crashed hard and bent them, a stainless steel oil filter, and a White Brothers exhaust (stock wine still fine but had some bad dents). [/QUOTE]
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