Model(s) covered: 2004 Honda CR 85 R Expert
As a manufacturer, Honda is meticulous about building excellent bikes. Sometimes though, they tend to take their own sweet time doing it. When a trend arises in the industry, the winged logo has become notorious for showing up late when introducing their version. Peep the evolution of the class leading CRF450R. Yamaha dominated the big-bore four-stroke class for years, and the only substantial evidence of a possible red entry were rumors and innuendos. Creating the CRF certainly was not a rushed job and when it finally emerged from the engineering department, it won nearly every MX shootout in its first year.
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