Have owned a 450SR for 2 months now and so far I've only changed the exhaust and the plate holder. Both were fairly easy to do and I've never done anything on either motorcycles or cars (only PCs lol). The only struggle I had was unplugging some of the cables for the blinkers cuz they were REALLY stuck in there. Currently waiting for some new levers, grips and those anti slip pads for the tank. Hope you keep enjoying it and ride safe :)
Oh nice! Yeah super easy isnt it!? I just finished an exhaust video that I posted yesterday and kept thinking, wow 6 minutes of edited content for 3 steps felt very unnecessary lmao. For those wire plugs, I use a set of pliers and picks that’ve helped me tremendously… I hope they can attack those too. Sounds like a fun mod list man!! Hope you enjoy your new mods 😁😁😁
@@GTCharlie Tkx, i legit took the longest to get those darn cables out lol my fingers were tired haha. Hey even if it's short it's always useful for someone out there i'm sure
Respect dialing back Im on my first bike a 250cc sometimes i get thinking i wanna bigger faster bike. Im really new still so taking my time learning. So seeing you talk about dialing back is really awesome i never see people talk about that. Pretty cool
Thank you for the comment! I do notice its a hard thing to do when it comes to pride with bikes and engine power in the community. I think being close to getting seriously hurt multiple times changed my mind about how I move forward with bikes. I appreciate you!
@@JessicaSimonson1976 I think you may be talking about parts options right? Yeah I didn't even see CF Moto USA until I came home with the bike... weird it never showed up for me. I saw eBay but it looked like overpriced Ali express product listings haha
@@GTCharlie Maybe haha! And i'm completly with you with aliexpress. The bike is chinese so a lot of the aftermarket parts i found were oem for the 450SR. Thanks for the video btw.
@@adamlaferriere3791 I appreciate you watching! I ended up buying a lot of parts and recording my installs + rating them but the more I ride it, the more issues I found with them... No OEMs but aftermarket parts for cosmetics and grip pads and all. The pads literally just fell off. LOL
Would love to know more about "adjust throttle" because i've sent an email to the official/licenced cf moto mechanic over here and they have no idea what it means. I feel it's a tiny bit loose, if that's the right word, but fixing that would not do a lot for the overall performance, as was noted in that reddit comment.
@@Harpeia hi! Its not to improve performance but to reduce the slack in the throttle. That way you dont have to travel as far to get the power you need. I guess in a way it is improving how the throttle performs 🤔…
Im looking into one right now, the only thing is im concerned about is it being chinese made T-T, since they usually make it cheap but it really does look reliable and i lovee the look
I understand your concern but trust me, not everything coming out of China is bad. Do worry about the parts availability after this tariff though LOL. This is my favorite bike out of any I've bought and I'd 100% recommend it to you man :) 350-400 miles so far, no problems whatsoever
@@GTCharlieyeah, the idea that Chinese things are bad quality is honestly a disgusting culture towards a people that have provided us excellent manufacturing and goods for a century now. People who dont buy american, say things like that because they have no clue of reality. They have no sense of what its like to make ANYTHING. Its not simple. Try buying something as simple as sun tan lotion made in the USA. Its terrible. China needs to be respected for all theyve done for america. Seriously. F all the territory BS theyve supplied us all so much for so cheap and NOT by choice they are forced by war agreements to have to supply things for less money. It put their economy in a hole
For myself I wouldn’t, but I would say its possible. The cushion seat is super comfortable to me and the positioning feels great. I think I’d be good on long rides with rhino grips on. I’ve only taken it about 25-30 miles deep though haha
@@GTCharlie lol that makes it even funnier. Like this might be a good thought experiment of how the pc industry has shifted so much towards entertainment in the last 10 years.
@@vali69 When I built my room, it was purely on aesthetics and futuristic ideas. I can definitely agree on that. Some people like lots of ketchup on their hot dog. Some a little. But me, I like a lot of RGB on mine
@@GTCharlie I think I outgrew it. Ten years ago in my teenage years upgrading to a new setup from my first ever pc it was the stuff to have since it was like the beginning of the trend and all prebuilt gaming mechanic keyboards started getting rgb leds and stuff. I think what played a big role for me was discovering the custom mechanical keyboard hobby and finding a monitor lamp that's a way better light source than rgb led strips. Like I started looking at the actual color of the plastics insead of getting something black with rgb leds and so that's what matters to me now, more color less rainbows. Funnily enough.
Would you say this is a good first motorcycle? I’ve been riding dirt bikes for around 10 years and I was thinking this would be a good first street bike. I was thinking either this or the Ninja 500 but I really like the look of the CFMOTO!
Id say absolutely yes. You’d have the experience already to deal with turns and issues in the road, so I feel like 400-600 would be a fun experience for you. You might get bored if you’re a super speed demon though hahah. But otherwise, you’d have sufficient power to pass people on the freeway and look good doing it! My best advice to you would be… a test drive is always free ;)
Still a bit confused about the last lart wirh the throttle. Is this something you noticed or was it only an issue that redditor noticed? Is it something we can chabge or do we need to jsge the dealership do it?
Hey! Pretty much the throttle has a LOT of slack. I noticed it as well when I examined a few of them. The service guy agreed, took it to the back and reduced the slack / freeplay. You can do it at home too! He did it in about 2 minutes
@@GTCharlie haven't ridden a bike before and don't know much about them, thinking of getting this as my first bike, what does slack (/Freeplay) mean in this case? And what could I search up to fix this issue myself once I do get the bike? 😅
@@decshado69 ahh i got you bro! Imagine if you’re driving a car right… Then you push the gas in an inch. Nothing happens. Its loose. Another inch. Its loose. Nothing happens. All of a sudden, the next inch you push in, you feel a slight resistance and you finally see the car moving forward. Thats like the bikes throttle. It has a lot of slack in the throttle at first. You can correct it by adjusting the throttle to have less free play. So then, it won’t feel like you’re trying to do a muscle-up on your throttle while trying to pass someone on the freeway :)
@@GTCharlie great analogy man, now I get it. Thank you so much for the replies and explanations, when I get this bike I'll definitely get this adjusted as well!
Its no problem at all. At first I used to care a lot about that, but I just taught myself to only stay on one foot instead. When I stand on it, I only get to the balls of my feet (5’7”). Otherwise, the one leg method has been really kind to me haha
