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Honda trx450r Cam Question
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Posted by: Ride450Red

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

Posted by: MAD450r

For less moving parts and simplicity.

Posted by: atvridernc

It also makes a more compact head.

Posted by: DirtDevilBT

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.

Posted by: cals400ex

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