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Ride450Red
11-15-2006, 10:51 PM
Im just curious why Honda decided to go with a single cam on the 450r. Yamaha, Suzuki, and the new Kawi are all DOHC. Im just curious why Honda went this direction.. does anyone know? Are there certain performance gains? Im just wondering.

THANKS
MAD450r
11-16-2006, 10:32 AM
For less moving parts and simplicity.
atvridernc
11-16-2006, 11:00 AM
It also makes a more compact head.
DirtDevilBT
11-16-2006, 06:15 PM
also, and it's prolly not what Honda was thinking lol, but it's cheaper for us to buy aftermarket cams. The only downfall is you can't degree your exhaust timing without degreeing your intakes.
cals400ex
11-16-2006, 10:10 PM
honda is one of them that will sacrafice a little power for reliability........on average. i don't know what happened with the crank bearings