On The Pegs April 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 4 | Page 97

On The Pegs
VOL. 5 ISSUE 4 - APRIL 2020
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or anything. I couldn’t even see my radiators they were so clogged up. It’s really
impressed me with the reliability on the bike, because everybody was kind of
doubting it. I wasn’t. I rode the bike all winter and I was like, this thing is solid. Ev-
erybody was kind of doubting it when we came into the season. I wasn’t. I knew
it would finish the race. I lined up confident with that at Big Buck. In Big Buck, I
didn’t ride my race there. That was just my fault. I kind of had some goon mo-
ments. Just the first two laps weren’t that great. Hopefully we can bounce back
here.
For the clutch, we got the Rekluse torque drive in there, which that’s always a
big improvement. I highly recommend getting the Rekluse in there if you end up
getting one of these bikes.
The power delivery is really smooth. It’s a really controllable power on the 450.
It’s still got that 450 power, though. It’s a fast bike. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a lot
smoother and more controllable on the bottom at initial grunt, I feel like, which is
better in the woods stuff because you don’t really need the bike to rip out from
under you like that. It’s more about carrying your momentum. The thing rips
when you get it going. It’s been really good. Like I said, that torque drive helped
out a lot. That was a big improvement there too on the overall power delivery to
the engine and the wheel. So it’s a really good bike. n