09 Trx450r Mx Build " Red Rocket"

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For the 2009 season atva mx nationals and local series races i am again building a Honda based race quad set up for MX

I began by purchasing a used all stock all original 2007 Honda TRX450R Kicker Bike.

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Then completely disassembled, tagged parts, bolts etc. all while planning and ordering parts for build.

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Build components are:

Fire Red- Gloss/wet Black Powdercoating

Powdercoat- Woodys Custom Coatings
A arms / steering stem- ATV FOUR PLAY MGC
Bumper/grab bar/nerf bars- Rath Racing
Shocks Front Rear- Fox Racing Shox
Steering stabilizer- Precision
Hood/Seat/Foam- Quad Tech
Plastic Front/Rear- Honda OEM White 09 Fronts/ Black 09 rear
Axle/Carrier/Locknut- Lonestar
Case Saver/Chainguide- Moose Poly
Handlebars- Tag T-2 black Cr Hi
Handguards/Clutch perch/rotator clamp- Sunline
Sparks Engine Package- Dynatek, cam, piston, port polish, intake.
Exhaust- HMF Ironman Full System Red Carbon Fiber
Rear shock linkage/wiring harness mod- Baldwin
Wheels- Douglas Ultimate Conventional Fronts and Beadlock rears
Tires- Maxxis Yellow label MX SHYP
Kill Switch- Pro Design
Hour Meter- Hardline
Graphics/# plates- E-sticky Custom w/ name & sponsors
Hubs/spindles- 04 05 trx450r (thanks to jessethekid)
Stainless Rear Brakeline- Goodridge (has mounting rubbers)
Chain/sprockets- RK racing

Carb/jetting
Jetting- 175 mainjet, NCVQ needle, 42 pilot, 55 leakjet, Boyesen Quickshot- Spring mod.

Check sig for sponsor info if curious.

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I chose colors

Dormant Fire Red

Frame/subframe
All Hubs
All Engine Covers
Rear Brake stay

Gloss/ Wet Black

A arms
swingarm
steering stem and clamp
motor mounts
spindles

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Frame and subframe bolted together

The Dormant Fire red seems to actually look like 4 or 5 different colors depending on what type of light is present.

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Installed ATV FOUR-PLAY MGC + 2.5" LT 04-05 Front End
Installed Spindles and hubs, Rath Bumper, Grab bar

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Front And Rear Fox shox installed, as well as rear suspension components- Baldwin 06-08 LT linkage on stock pc'd rear swingarm - installed engine- installed all new clutch basket, inner hub, pressure plate, and clutch kit with plate mod- For those who notice the stock front brake lines- I decided to run them instead of stainless.

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Progress after yesterday/early this morning

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When my Fox rear Podium X dual rate came in yesterday, it came with a new rear reservoir clamp unlike last years metal plate.

Very secure nice design!! Wish i new it was coming so i could have pc'd it black though!!

[mxdustinmx85]

looking good

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New Douglas Ultimate Conventional Center Front Wheels 10X5 4:1

New Rear Douglas Ultimate Conventional Center Rear 8X8 Beadlocks

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Custom PrePrinted Graphics and # Plates

E sticky was very easy to work with!!!!

They make any color change, logo addition, movement, enlargement u could ever ask for at no additional charge.

[300ex_#387]

Awesome build....Thats a lot of nice parts your throwing on there. I can't wait to see the finshed product!

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Front view a arms, shocks, rath bumper mounted, 05 spindles/hubs.

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rear

[Scro]

What was the reasoning behind the stock brakelines?

[JJs450r]

looks good man

[laeger2fiddyr]

nice build man!! theres nothing wrong w/ running the stock brake lines! i have an 06 walsh/trx & thats all i've ever had on mine when they get spongy i'll change them. they will still throw me over the bars if im not paying attention!!! haha!:)

[Balaz_73*00]

Looking good man!! Your doing a good job keeping up with the pictures/progress...love seeing a bike come together. Keep em coming!

[deathcorefan2]

nice bike dude, cant wait to see the finished product.

[JessetheKid]

lookin good man that powder looks almost identical to mine. those hubs look a lil better now that they got some powder on them too

[Ripitupfilms]

Originally posted by Scro
What was the reasoning behind the stock brakelines?


extra money that doesnt need to be spent

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Originally posted by JessetheKid
lookin good man that powder looks almost identical to mine. those hubs look a lil better now that they got some powder on them too

Definitely, thanks for the great deal on the hubs and spindles, with fresh bearings and seals and fresh powdercoat they look better than new!!

[mattonln]

nice work!

[Les Davis]

bike looks great so far Hendershot....can't wait to see the rest of the build.

Hey went to the E-Sticky site to look at there graphics and they had nothing available for quads presently. Did you order from there site?

[wayfastwhitey69]

dude thats gunna looks soo sick when its done

[BlackTrx440ex]

i got an extra set of extended brakelines but there not long enough for my gibsons!!! haha just found that out yesterday when i went to put them on they worked mint with my laegers 2.5 ....

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Originally posted by Les Davis
bike looks great so far Hendershot....can't wait to see the rest of the build.

Hey went to the E-Sticky site to look at there graphics and they had nothing available for quads presently. Did you order from there site?

just send an email to philippe@e-stickygraphics.com

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Over the weekend and monday nights progress-

Refurbished my LSR rear bearing carrier with the housing rebuild kit, installed the rear carrier, lsr axle, lsr antifade, Fire red hubs, mounted the razr yellow labels on the new douglas ultimate 8x8 rear beadlocks and installed

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My race modified harness came saturday, Baldwin trimmed everything neatly, resealed all and installed a new pro design kill switch with a quick release couple for easy installation. This mod is very pricey!! But well worth it in my opinion!!!!

My Cylinder head, piston, cam, intake, programmer all arrived monday afternoon. I installed all and the baldwin harness monday night, as well as a complete teardown for jetting on the carb.

I removed the throttle spring and shortened it for an easy thumb throttle pull, installed the following jetting

175 keihin mainjet
NCVQ needle, clip set 4th groove from top
55 leak jet
stock pilot
Works connection Fuel screw 2.5 turns out

The plastic tank tray was also trimmed of all excess plastic and mounts and i tapped all of the frame mounting bolts and mounted the rath pro peg mounts.

[spencer_shinn]

LOOKS BADASS! cant wait to see it all finished!
good job man:macho

[Simon MX49]

Looks good man, when you gonna have it done ?

And ya, that was me you found on myspace

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Originally posted by Simon MX49
Looks good man, when you gonna have it done ?

And ya, that was me you found on myspace

tonight, will be 99% finished- finishing mounting bars, securing harness, airboot and box, hmf exhaust, chain, fuel tank, and plastics

[Jshep450r]

where can i go for custom graphics?

[Les Davis]

Originally posted by Jshep450r
where can i go for custom graphics?

FTR Powersports www.ftrpowersports.com
NineOneNine Designs www.nineoneninedesign.com

Both do very nice work

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modified plastic tank tray support. I trim the front tabs flush with the hump for the spark plug and trim the rear mounts to the mounting holes for the honda plastic rivets. These extra areas are not needed on a race bike after modifying the vent hose routing and wiring harness. Trimming the front of the tray also makes it much easier for maintenance removal.

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Sunline Revolver Rotating handguards and EC-1 AOF Rotating Clutch perch

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Installed handguards, clutch perch, sunline brake rotator clamp, Tag T-2 CR HI black handlebars, tag soft mx grips (used two left side dirt bike grips), Pro Design kill switch, and cut the tag bar pad to fit over top/ behind the atv fourplay steering stem clamp kill switch mount.

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I then installed the Rath PRO PEG nerf bars i had already netted and tightened stainless peg mount bolts. I shortened the mounting bolts on the stainless pegs so they did not protrude past the end of the nylock nut.

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I installed the air box/boot. I used the sparks filter/billet flange kit as well as an airbox lifter kit from houser. My HMF ironman pro series exhaust then went on with a new exhaust gasket, i left the rear mounting tab loose to allow movement for the Rath grab bar mounting of plastic. Also, notice the Russell rear steel braided brakeline. I purchased some automotive style brakeline clamps to secure the line to the swingarm.

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I mounted the rear black poly moose chain slider. This slider matches the moose poly case saver perfect and is about $20 less than a TM unit.

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After securing all wiring and harness plug ins, clutch, and throttle cable routing, and emery sanding the steering stem to move freely at the clamp, i mounted the stock 07 fuel tank

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Mounted the Honda OEM Chaos black metallic 09 Rear Fenders and the OEM Ross White 09 Front Fenders. Slid on the Quad-tech seat i had made in black/black/white with new seat foam. Also test fit the Quad-tech Carbon Look Scooped Hood. I chose the Rath pro pegs with NO heelguard this year.

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Still waiting on my custom graphics from e-sticky to arrive. Leaving for Durhamtown plantation friday night, so tonight will be break in, alignment, ride height, mount chain, and re-check all bolts, nuts, and clips.

thats badasssss...

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As i mentioned above, still have to mount chain after ride height set. I have all lsr spacers inside rear hubs now, but i will be putting one spacer to the outside on each side to keep from sliding into turns too much.

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Front View

I would like to thank the following Sponsors for help with my 09 Mx Build.

Performance Honda- Scott
Woodys Custom Coatings- Tim - BIG THANKS!!!
ATV FOUR-PLAY- Tom
Fox Racing Shox- Dan
Rath Racing- Jennifer
HMF Engineering- Heather (super nice!!)
Quad-tech ATV- Hollie
SPY- Jennifer
Oneal-Chris
661/tag/sunline-Debbie
RK chains

Sparks- Curtis

and special thanks to all who purchased parts from my part out thread, without you all this in no way would have been possible.
I have been planning this build for 4 months solid!!!

Lastly thanks to my girl Keri for many, many trips to the honda shop!!

[browng31]

looks good for a homo's bike, haha. Very Cherry Dustin.

[spencer_shinn]

Niiiice job man!
looks sick as hell
have fun on that beast

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Bike completed with all new plastic mounted, wrapped in the new e sticky custom graphics and # plates

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Shroud custom graphics

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Hendershot Brothers Racing ,

Also notice the oem "look" honda wing red outline carbon fiber inside- custom request performed at e sticky.

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Pre prints also e sticky.

additionally i installed my cnc lasered front and rear # plates from white plastic stock. (no pics yet) They are 6 x 6 to mount cleanly in the front rath bumper with the honda style push pins.

Notice the 400ex style thumb throttle also, it was easy to remove tps wire due to baldwin harness mod.

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birds eye view

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Gold tip still needs removed and pc'd black!!

[spanky101]

Dang man! That bike is looking killer! Hopefully ill get to see it in person!!

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THANKS!! will be at ballance moto x this weekend.... will be running some nationals and the local races at www.flymxpark.net in sardis ohio

[spanky101]

Sounds like ill have to make the trip down! Im from Northeast ohio, Youngstown area so it wouldnt be too bad of a trip at all!

[08BLACK450R]

very nice man...

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Originally posted by spanky101
Sounds like ill have to make the trip down! Im from Northeast ohio, Youngstown area so it wouldnt be too bad of a trip at all!

you mean to Fly ????? that would be great!! we need more quads to show up!!!!

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New hoosiers on... new fronts hoosier just released and the soft compound rears.

front 20.5 6 10
rear 18 10 8

[Balaz_73*00]

Looks really nice!! I saw your results from ballance, nice job mang! See you at sunset ridge next month?

[laeger2fiddyr]

nice build! man those fronts look just like the maxxis cross fronts!!!

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Originally posted by Balaz_73*00
Looks really nice!! I saw your results from ballance, nice job mang! See you at sunset ridge next month?

THANKS!!!! Maybe i will see you there!!.. never been to sunset but i may be there if i do good at danville.

[Balaz_73*00]

Originally posted by hendershot106
THANKS!!!! Maybe i will see you there!!.. never been to sunset but i may be there if i do good at danville.

My bro and I went so sunset saturday..place is super nice. The track falls apart after awhile but when it's in good shape, it's really nice and loamy. If you did well at ballance, you'll do good over here. I'll be there watchin for sure.

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saaawweeeet.. ballance is one of my all time favorite tracks... i may have to clear the schedule for walnut now!!!

[spanky101]

Those hoosiers look sick. How do you like em or didnt you run them at ballance?

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Originally posted by spanky101
Those hoosiers look sick. How do you like em or didnt you run them at ballance?

Ran them all weekend... they are awesome!!! the fronts turn just as great if not better than my maxxis did, and the rears hook awesome with about 6.5 to 7 psig in them even on the inside of slick turns... i was able to set up and square off from the outside to inside with these tires anytime and anywhere.

[spanky101]

Dont they come in 2 different compounds? and which one are you running if they do? And by the sounds im gonna be running some hoosiers if they do all that man!

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Shilling used a pair of Hoosier 20.5x6.0-10 MX200 fronts (part no.16600MX200) and for the rear he opted for the softer 18.0x10.0-8 MX100 tires (part no.16700MX100).

^^^ i run the same as shilling does. Poske's performance in Parkersburg, wv sells the hoosiers... im pretty sure the only way you can get them is from a distributor.

[spanky101]

There is a distributor around here that i would proboly just pick them up from. Thats great to hear that you like em, i was very curious bout em. They seem really nice!

[Balaz_73*00]

How much were they hendershot?

[Ex_Rider43]

I am good friend with Phil from esticky , I was there the night he printed your graphics , they look great , and your bike look great too.

I ordered those tires also , cant wait to try them .

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Originally posted by Ex_Rider43
I am good friend with Phil from esticky , I was there the night he printed your graphics , they look great , and your bike look great too.

I ordered those tires also , cant wait to try them .

Thanks for the compliments!!! :D


and for the price on the tires was about the same as buying a set of quadcross itps from rocky mountain.

[maticus]

those graphics are sick how did you get them? i tried to email the guy but the web page is pretty much useless.

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Originally posted by maticus
those graphics are sick how did you get them? i tried to email the guy but the web page is pretty much useless.

just email phil and wait, his graphics are getting more and more popular..... i wouldnt want his job right now thats for sure!!!!!!

He will get back to you, he is really busy making graphics nonstop, thats prolly why his site is unfinished.

[maticus]

whats the email address? i didnt even see one. thanks btw.

[Ex_Rider43]

Its phil@e-stickygraphics.com ,

like hendershot said , send him an email and he will respond within a few days , he works for his father at the shop during the day and he's designing / printing graphics at night , so he's not having much sleep during the weeks but he loves his job and it shows ;)