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Experty Crypto Uber for Knowledge Sharings

2018-09-07T10:54:00.002-07:00

About Experty

Our mission is to encourage the adoption of cryptocurrency on a global scale by creating an intuitive, easy to use application that is suitable for wide scale usage. We expect mass adoption within the next 3 years. Anyone who needs to make a consultation via the Experty app will also have a cryptocurrency wallet in their pocket.

Our current focus is on solving the talent crisis in the blockchain community by allowing experts to monetize their skills through a skype-like voice and video application. Payments are handled through an automated smart contract system using Experty’s native token EXY. This will let companies obtain the talent they need, allowing the blockchain community to continue to expand and flourish.

WHY USE EXPERTY?

Instant access
There are a lack of incentives to share phone numbers with strangers and answer their calls. Experty aims to solve this problem. Through Experty any influencer, professional, or expert can grant instant access to their knowledge from anywhere in the world to anyone in the world.
Instant answers
Calls can be made over Experty with very little setup. This means that answers from qualified experts can be obtained at short notice. Per minute rates are set by publicly rated experts, and refunds can be given via the smart contract if they fail to provide adequate service.
Instant payment
Experty allows experts to be paid instantly for time they spend on a call, without going through third party intermediaries. Callers don’t have to pay upfront, as payment is handled during the call through our smart contract system.

Product

For now they’ve got their Minimum Viable Product ready, so it’s a big advantage for this project. Product itself has great plans and should be launched at Q1 2018 at beta stage for mobile platforms. Web Application will be released at the end of 2018.

Use of Blockchain

Blockchain usage is limited to the traditional technology’ features. Experty.io basically is a messenger with integrated video and audio calls, so blockchain in it is not necessary element. They are using it to integrate payment infrastructure within the messenger.

Whitepaper

Whitepaper is big enough to make all details for the project clear to the average user. There are use cases of the platform, technical overview and details regarding future development of the product.

Roadmap

Roadmap is one of the best in compare with other ICOs. It’s very long and includes a lot of details about their development process. Also it has pretty well graphic design. Starts from the foundation of the company and ends in 2019 with full functionality implemented in the end product.

Compliance

Internal token EXY declared as a utility token to be compliant with most of the jurisdictions laws. EXY will be used for all payments on the platform, including payments between knowledge seekers and providers, access to premium features, and deposits on calls scheduled in advance. Later on as more features will come up more ways to use tokens will appear. Of course, speculative usage is also allowed.

Token Sale

When Experty.io was preparing their documents for an ICO, ETH price about $300 so declared HardCap in ETH now has value almost 3 times higher than it was at $300/ETH. HARDCAP: $ 9 000 000 or 33 000 ETH (whichever is lower) Basic price is 0.001 ETH per token. Allocation is the following: 40% for SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; 5% LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES; 40% MARKETING; 15% LONG TERM RESEARCH TEAM. 3% of tokens are reserved for bounty and airdrop events.

Dock.io Decentralized professional Data Exchanges

2018-09-07T10:53:00.002-07:00

About dock.io

Data is The World’s Most Valuable Resource
User data is the core value of all consumer facing apps. Centralized platforms mine and productize data for their own agendas, leaving control in the hands of a few companies. At dock.io we believe in this value being shared between users and apps to create a more connected and decentralized internet.

The Consequences of Closed Networks
A person’s profile and information lives on hundreds of apps which are all closed networks and centralized sources. These apps control data at their will, while users and other companies are left with limited opportunities.

Users Have Limited Opportunities

Inconsistent information
Most people have dozens of profiles online, many of which haven’t been updated in years, resulting in inconsistent information floating around the web.
Lost value and opportunities
The inability to transfer value in the form of experiences, reputations and reviews, means losing out on opportunities.
No control
Apps own and control user information within their platforms. They change rules constantly at their consent and even share user data via partnerships without user’s knowledge. Users have little to no control over what centralized apps do with their data.

Companies Are Stifled From Innovating

Cold start challenges
Building a product in this space is extremely difficult due to the “cold start” factor. Every platform relies on the same data, and is required to build their own source from zero.
Centralized platforms dictate the rules
Platforms have full control over the information they store, and are increasingly making it harder for third-party apps to access.

Product

Dock.io makes it possible for users to transfer any type of information between apps or platforms and keep their information up to date everywhere. The dock.io app will serve as a connector between apps in the ecosystem, allowing users to manage their information and preferences regarding how information is shared or synced. The app is currently in alpha.

The dock.io protocol makes it possible for a third party application to receive push updates from a user about activity on another application, and send back its own updated state. It also makes it possible for third party applications to use business application data (task management, collaboration, file sharing) to assess individual work history and performance, and to create reputation scores, network centrality scores, performance reviews, or even vouch for whether an individual works at a specific company.

In dock.io, tokens will be used to incentivize applications to share their data rather than hoard it. Tokens will not be used to incentivize users to share data with applications. When a user sends data from one application to another, the requesting application will pay a fee for access to the data (first to the delivering application, then to be burned). Users will not have any monetary incentive to interact with the product or their data; their benefit will come from having control over their data. The company does currently reward users for inviting friends to the network, to help with early network growth, and plans to continue such efforts until a substantial user base is reached. App fee structures are not discussed. There are no platform fees or rent extraction; the company is funded solely via the token sale.

Notable dangers of the model, stated explicitly in the whitepaper, are with regard to applications monopolizing user data or or sharing it without approval, thus effectively undermining the users’ control over their own data, but the model is designed to disincentivize such behavior.

Use of Blockchain

The dock.io app serves as a connector between apps in the ecosystem. Token costs, as well as any exit fees, will be denominated in Fiat, and a centralized oracle will provide live exchange rates to the dock.io smart contract.

Tokens will be used to incentivize applications, not users, to share data. Users will have no monetary incentive, but will benefit from having control over their data.

Dock.io utilizes the IPLD2 specification developed for IPFS to perform content addressable data exchange. The unencrypted delta’s of the data format updates are hashed, versioned, and anchored to the Ethereum blockchain using a modified specification of the Chainpoint open standard. This provides data integrity, making it possible for applications to verify the validity of data format updates without exposing the data itself. By encrypting the updates to the different applications’ public keys, the user remains in full control of who receives push updates. (Also, any account can sign the on-chain data format version hashes of any other account, and applications may require the signatures of certain other applications for verification.) Users can also choose to publish unencrypted updates and data to IPFS directly, so as to make them freely accessible. All versioning of the data formats will happen client-side and off-chain. The first implementation will use simple GIT4; the end-goal is a versioned key-value store similar to Noms5.

Dock.io data formats are essentially “the equivalent of microformats for Ethereum smart contracts”.

Whitepaper

Whitepaper is concise yet detailed, and presents a coherent business model and technical solution overall, but not a concrete development timeline. An unrevealing roadmap is provided elsewhere (on Medium). Whitepaper candidly discloses and explains underlying risks and complexities.

Some aspects of the model are still a bit unclear or difficult to understand, and perhaps should be explained better, particularly the token economics, but it appears that quite a bit of thought has gone into creating a token model that supports a truly distributed data economy.

Roadmap

The currently available roadmap lists the following:

Jan 2018: Release of the dock.io app (currently in alpha) and Rewards program.

Q1 2018: Partnership announcements (currently Remote.com, FundRequest, and SmartRecruiters are mentioned on the website) and Token Sale.

Q2 2018: Remote.com Partner Integration followed by additional partner integrations.

Q4 2018: Network Data Exchange – applications will be able to exchange data via DOCK tokens with encrypted packages over the IPFS network.

Compliance

Generally, the DOCK token provides applications with access to other applications’ user based data. Applications which are also token holders can signal on their contracts which data formats they accept via a simple list with data format names. DOCK token holders also gain voting rights, allowing them to introduce new proposals and vote on the future development roadmap of the protocol, but the mechanism by which this happens (submission and voting process, governance structure, fund allocation, etc.) is yet to be clarified. Token supply is deflationary via burn mechanism.

The company is working with Deloitte, a big four accounting firm, to ensure it is optimally managing funds, as well as with two top US law firms to ensure it is doing everything it can to be compliant. SAFTs are used for presale investors, as well as KYC for every investor, and a few regions are prevented from participating. At the time of token distribution, the network will be live with the full voting utility.

Token Sale

Total Supply: 1 Billion tokens
Token Price: $0.07
Hard Cap: $20M USD (includes both private pre-sale and public sale). The company has already raised $12M through the presale and has a very high likelihood of reaching the $20M target.
Token Distribution: 30% for sale, 30% for ecosystem incentivization, 20% for the team (2 year vesting), 10% for the company’s future use (2 year lock), 6% for investors, 4% for advisors (2 year vesting).
Minimum investment in the presale was $200k, and all presale investors received the same terms: 40% bonus, and 50% of all tokens locked for a 4 month period.
The public sale will have an individual max cap on participation, to be set after KYC is completed.
Use of funds: 60% for research and development, 25% for marketing, sales, and biz dev, 10% for operations, and 5% for legal, compliance, and governance. The company is being funded solely via the token sale, as well as the 10% reserve for future use.
Whitelist: February 8, 2018, Sale: February 21, 2018. KYC Required.

TruePlay B2B Platform for online gambling Business .

2018-09-07T08:56:00.002-07:00

About TruePlay

TRUEPLAY TECHNOLOGIES

The honesty control system is based on blockchain technology that allows controlling the invariability of the game results. Now casinos cannot tank the game results or rig the algorithm of the game according to the player strategy.

Using blockchain technologies as a form of currency, webmasters have an opportunity to control financial flows and be sure in honesty and transparency working with all the casinos under the platform.

At the moment, a large part of the functionality is realized and ready to integration with existing casino. Further development of the platform is regulated by Roadmap. The main part of development is the use of own blockchain in the future, which will be adapted to the needs of the gambling business. Node holders will ensure decentralization of TruePlay blockchain. They will confirm transactions and then be rewarded for it.

TRUEPLAY STRATEGY

TruePlay has stood as a part of the global online gambling market. This’s a market with the high indicators:

85 countries have already legalized online gambling at the legislative level
49 bn$ made an annual revenue from online gambling in 2017
82 bn$ will make the volume of the online gambling market by 2022

Many partners thanks to a huge experience surround TruePlay. Moreover, they’re the market leaders:

Gamingtec – a world-level platform for creating and launching online casinos
NetEnt – one of the most popular game providers of the world with a turnover of more than 150 million euros
Microgaming – more than 450 slots in 45 languages
Pokerdom – one of the leaders of online poker in the former CIS countries
Spinomenal – developed more than hundreds of HTML5 slots

The detailed business plan of the platform is developed of TruePlay analytics. It reduces the risks and includes opportunities for the platform development.

A separate aspect is the token economics. TruePlay analytics modeled high-grade economy of the token that includes the cooperation with all the participants: exchanges, players, token holders, node holders, gambling operators, and webmasters.

At the moment TruePlay is well ahead not only ongoing ICO by technical characteristics but successfully completed ICO as well.

The first pilot project was launched on the TruePlay platform and already received a license to organize gambling. Fairplay.io is operated by Goldenrod Securities Ltd, which is licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

Carding, payments from stolen plastic cards are an old problem for gambling site operators. Currently more than 33% of operators point to this problem in the segment (according to a survey conducted by the CASEXE research department). Operators are practically powerless against this type of fraud, as they can not prove the fact of providing services, even if the payment is made by the cardholder himself.

Operators can not pay wins to players instantly for various reasons. They need time to check documents, win legitimacy and no fraud on the player’s side. Game operators and providers invest huge amounts of money in licensing, brand building, and gaining the trust of players. At the same time, as soon as the brand became popular, soon there was a copy of the project that seemed indistinguishable from the original, but with a changing math game and problems in paying the victory. Such copies undermine the brand’s reputation, selecting some of the ever fraudulent audiences. These players will never again believe in the original project.

New operators must build long-term trust relationships with affiliates, and invest big budgets in marketing to get quality traffic for the project. To start as a new operator, significant investment in licenses, marketing and into the organization of operating activities is required. Therefore, often, new projects do not have enough reserves to pay big wins, expect to get the money first and form the necessary backup reserves.

Players who prefer to play with big bets are faced with various inconveniences when making large payouts. Due to the limits and limits of banks and processing companies, they must divide small payments, and often provide supporting documentation for each payment. All this takes time and creates additional costs.

Game operators and providers do not publish full statistics of all games, thus reducing the player’s chance to analyze real game results. layers have no chance to check the integrity and impartiality of the game results. No one gave them such tools. It is widely believed that casinos can change the outcome of the game, for example, depending on the size of the wager, resulting in a successive defeat for the player. In fact, every gambling has a mathematical expectation of less than 100%, and gives the casino a long time benefit. But even a small percentage of dishonest establishments can shape the field of negative information across the industry.

The main task faced by game providers is to increase player turnover rates with the constant expansion of player audiences. Nowadays, as a result of the lags of big companies, the segment of players who want to play with cryptocurrency is not completely closed. Maximum technical accessibility of the game, especially this applies to areas with poor or unstable internet connection. The slowness of major operators in terms of integration of new games.

For affiliates, the operator has always been a “black box” and potentially distorts game and financial statistics, to reduce the amount of reward partner payouts. Over time, dishonest operators remove affiliate players to affiliates that cause players to become games. For an affiliate, it looks like the new player stopped playing. The operator, at the same time, stops paying his prize partner and receives 100% of the profit. Partner delays and restrictions on payment for any reason.

TruePlay is a B2B platform with complex software solutions for online gaming businesses. TruePlay is not a gambling provider. TruePlay only allows licensed gambling companies to access their software (Software as a service). TruePlay Technology aims to develop online games and make it as legal and transparent as possible from every point of view.

TruePlay develops technologies for the following market participants: Operator – a licensed gambling company that regulates online gambling around the world, manages online casino projects, betting, online poker, online lottery, etc. Annual revenue from online gambling, according to research, is about $ 50 billion by 2017 and is projected to be over $ 80 billion by 2021. Online gambling is legal in 85 countries; Currently, TruePlay works with the following operators: • PokerDom is one of the leading online poker operators targeting previous CIS countries. Receive TruePlay token. • Gamingtec is a platform for creating and running online casinos. Gamingtec launched its first pilot project entirely based on TruePlay technology: https://fairplay.io.

Making a payment through the TruePlay payment gateway ensures the provision of services through blockchain technology. This service is a TruePlay token registration to TruePlay Wallet balance. For operators, the risk of financial fraud is completely removed. Making a payment through the TruePlay payment gateway ensures the provision of services through blockchain technology. This service is a TruePlay token registration to TruePlay Wallet balance. For operators, the risk of financial fraud is completely removed.

TRUEPLAY and other cryptocurrency receipts on their projects via a single protocol via the TruePlay Wallet payment gateway. A simple and multifunctional API allows you to quickly apply acceptance and payment in cryptocurrency to any online project. It will repeatedly expand traditional audiences and will open access to a large number of new customers.

TruePlay provides backup operators to pay for wins, and instantly pays wins from any size from their accounts. Operators may no longer freeze reserves that can be used for marketing and loyalty programs for players. TruePlay provides backup operators to pay for wins, and instantly pays wins from any size from their accounts.

Operators may no longer freeze reserves that can be used for marketing and loyalty programs for players. A unique honesty control system based on blockchain technology allows players to check the independence of the results of the bet made: the early generation of a series of game rounds before the start of the game while maintaining the hash in the blockchain allows the player to ensure unchanged results from player bets.

Operators will no longer delay payments for a variety of reasons – the TruePlay platform ensures ALL winning payments received during the game from carriers connected to TruePlay. This will eliminate the need for a long and complicated documentation check of each individual project, for all players on the Trueplay platform. The creation of a single currency TruePlay game will allow players to make payments in crypto currency and play games from worldwide brands.

TruePlay allows players to receive content anywhere in the world, even without a good internet connection. Also protect game providers from copying content. The operator gets access to the content through a single API. The integrating with it once, allow providers to include new games without any technical operations.

Full transparency of all player’s entire life cycle on all Trueplay projects. Nothing can replace statistics or publish incomplete earnings data from a player. All transactions are tied to partners from the moment of registration and are forever through publication into blockchain. This solution can be used not only in gambling projects, but also in multiplayer online games. With the use of smart contracts, reward partners are always paid in full and on time. The maximum content availability worldwide will maximize earnings from affiliates, and increase conversion rates that were previously difficult to achieve.

TruePlay as the copyright owner of the software, will grant a license for the use of software products for licensed game companies under the Software license agreement & technical support service agreement. For which company will be charged license fees, transaction fees and other types of fees that will be set individually for each project connected to the platform.

TruePlay comes in the form of a digital currency named TPLAY. The TPLAY Token will go on sale from July 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018, at a price of 1 TPLAY equivalent to 0.0009 ETH. The token purchase itself can be done with foreign currency such as ETH and BTC. Do not forget, get also purchase bonuses at certain time period.

TruePlay itself is the result of teamwork in pimpim by HOleksiy Mageramov, TruePlay strives to provide their best capabilities in this project. In addition, the team also strives to provide the best benefits and services, to anyone interested in joining the project.

So that’s all for review our ICO project for this time, hopefully can increase your knowledge in choosing the best project ICO to you invest. If you are interested in joining this project, or intend to buy a token in the sale. You can visit their official website and page below:

Aworker multi-chain Verified Data protocol .

2018-09-07T08:55:00.000-07:00

About Aworker

Aworker is a multi-chain verified data protocol for applications creation where people control their information. We connect blockchain technology to the real world by providing decentralized reputation network for the business and people.

Aworker is developed to:

Create a unified standard of data storage and reputation of people
Give people an opportunity to control the data in one place and receive a reward when selling the information.
To extend the development of blockchain technology by solving such applied tasks as hiring employees, checking information about candidates, storing the most important information in the blockchain (certificates, diplomas, and other documents).

For these reasons Aworker creates:

Multi-chain verified data protocol for applications creation, where the information about people is needed.
Decentralized applications Aworker. Aworker P2P job marketplace with skills verification and a system of reputation is the first application where people can find a job and create a professional reputation. The application is working and it is available on the main Aworker website. Aworker Identity and Aworker Pay will be developed soon.
Identification system.

We use data storage in public blockchains, depending on the applications’ requirements, in order to keep information in accordance with the laws of different countries. With the use of several blockchains we can store data locally in certain countries and guarantee information protection.

After much considerations we decided not to keep verified users’ data only within our platform. We want to create a united standard in verified information about people to make it easier for everyone to prove their identity, education, work experience, make payments and participate in professional rating where anyone can show what he/she really worth.

Our mission is to build a better ecosystem for reputation giving people an opportunity to verify their identity and professional competence easily without the involvement of third-parties, where every person will be able to control his/her data and receive rewards for what they know and can do.

The Aworker Protocol

We create a decentralized and reliable solution for applications and people based on public blockchains and distributed ledgers. Our solution consists of multi-chain data protocol for third-party applications, a people identification system, data exchange, P2P job marketplace, a verification system, payments and reputation. All together, these features form a multifunctional infrastructure for the creation of a unified Reputation system. Aworker Protocol is built on an open, distributed, and shared data layer to promote transparency and collaboration. Open, shared data also has the positive externality of encouraging competition and ever-improving updates to the community.

Our vision is to develop an open and free solution for sharing verified data to create a reputation ecosystem in a decentralized world. To do this, we need to create a platform that will help people in key areas of activity, specifically, job search.

Why protocol?

We want to make the most of use from users’ ability to control their data which is not the case now. They will be able to sell it to companies interested in them as potential employees. Verified data can also be helpful in any sorts of background checks like banks do.

Why multi-chain?

We acknowledge the advantages and limitations of Ethereum blockchain as well as we know about a lot other promising blockchains that can benefit from having consent from people to use their data.

Roadmap

We plan to release the Aworker Data Protocol, data exchange logics, smart contract of exchange and API to connect applications in 4Q 2018.

According to our Roadmap, in 1Q 2019 we’ll work on development of a smart contract for contractual relations between an employer and an employee. Development of a payments mechanism and automatic exchange of tokens for fiat currencies. Development of API for connecting companies.

At the same time we plan to work on development of the Aworker Pay application for payments between employers and employees based on the Aworker protocol.

Kawasaki z1000 2018 prix

2018-09-03T12:45:00.000-07:00

Fresh for 2018, sculpted bodywork brings the aggressive and unique sugomi inspired Z design to the next level.Delivering an enhanced riding experience the Z1000 is the market's most radical Supernaked. Available in dealerships across the UK from mid-November 2017

2009 CRF450R Overview

2009-01-18T02:48:00.000-08:00

In the all-new and lighter 2009 CRF450R, a brand-new engine with electronic fuel injection, developed concurrently with an entirely new rolling chassis, work together to deliver 450-class-leading power along with 250-style handling. It’s an unprecedented blend of power, suspension and handling that together bring a genuine revolution to the premier motocross class.

2009 Honda CRF450R Features

2009-01-18T02:47:00.000-08:00

All-new lighter engine.
Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI)
All-new fifth-generation aluminum frame features a longer swingarm, and a lower Cg for improved acceleration and better front-wheel traction.
Kayaba front and rear suspension.
Redesigned higher-capacity airbox improves filter access.
Innovative exhaust system improves mass centralization.
All new bodywork.

2009 Honda CRF450R Engine/Drivetrain Features

2009-01-18T02:46:00.000-08:00

All-new engine spins faster--11,450 rpm--and harder, churning out 56.3 bhp at 8500 rpm and 37.5 lb./ft. of torque at 7000 rpm.

Liquid-cooled four-valve Unicam® 449cc engine produces more than 125.3 hp per liter and now utilizes a four-lobe camshaft and individual rocker arms for each exhaust valve to reduce weight and contribute to higher rpm ceiling.

Engine completely redesigned to lower the overall height and position it closer to front wheel, resulting in a lower overall Cg and better weight distribution for better handling.

Engine height reduced by shortening length of connecting rod 3.5mm (105.6 to 102.1mm) to allow shorter cylinder.

Relocated crankshaft main journal cradles (inside of flywheels) allows reduction of connecting rod big-end diameter (34 to 33mm), reducing weight while maintaining overall strength.

Crankshaft cutaway eliminates piston skirt contact at BDC, also reducing weight.

Reshaped cylinder head combustion chamber is shorter yet has a larger volume squish area for better flame propagation.

Lightweight titanium intake valves and redesigned valve springs reduce overall engine height and permit higher rpm. New intake valve stem diameters reduced (5.5 to 5.0mm).

Lower camshaft mount built into the cylinder head to reduce weight and engine height.

Cam sprocket now press-fitted to camshaft, reducing weight by 20 grams compared to previous bolted design.

Cylinder attaches to engines cases with through-bolts instead of studs, allowing in-frame cylinder removal.

New forged slipper-piston material permits thinner crown, contributing to shorter cylinder height. Low-friction surface treatment assures high-rev potential.

Lightweight Ni-SiC cylinder lining provides cooler and quieter operation for extended engine life.
Redesigned, lighter auto decompression system and hot restart procedure is simplified with cam-integrated plunger and shaft-integrated decompression weight for easy starting in hot or cold conditions.

All-new Programmed Fuel Injection system (PGM-FI) utilizes a 50mm throttle body design with 12-hole injection nozzle fed by lightweight 50-psi pump to ensure optimum fuel atomization and precisely targeted fuel charge. System also achieves an improvement in fuel consumption.

PGM-FI system monitors throttle position, intake air and coolant temperatures, air pressure and gear position to accurately map fuel charge and ignition spark, significantly improving partial-throttle response and helping assure excellent rideability.

AC generator enlarged to service PGM-FI system. Two crankshaft position sensors quickly determine crank position to provide quick starts, hot or cold.

Twin-sump lubrication system separates the oil supply for the crankshaft, piston and valve train from the clutch and transmission. This ensures a cool supply of oil to the clutch, eliminates clutch and transmission material contamination of the engine oil and reduces the amount of circulating oil, allowing the oil pump size to be reduced.

Redesigned exhaust system incorporates a left-side cylinder head exhaust port, increasing header length and allows muffler to be positioned closer to center of mass, contributing to significantly improved weight distribution and handling.

Gear-driven balancer reduces vibration and drives the water pump.
New mechanical water pump seal improves durability.

Coolant flow rerouted outside engine cases via bolt-on flange/jacket, allowing reduction of crankcase and cylinder width, and overall weight.

Oil pump strainer now built into the engine case to reduce parts and weight.

Eight clutch plates handle the engine’s massive torque while the number of clutch springs is reduced from six to four. This reduces centrifugal weight, allowing the engine to rev quicker.

Kashima coating applied to the clutch basket, clutch center and pressure plate improve clutch life and clutch feel.

Numerous transmission modifications narrow transmission width and reduce weight without sacrificing durability.

2009 Honda CRF450R Chassis/Suspension Features

2009-01-18T02:45:00.000-08:00

Fifth-generation Twin-Spar Aluminum Frame with forged-aluminum steering head is now 14 ounces lighter than previous design. Spar height was reduced (70 to 66mm) and width was narrowed (27 to 26mm). Stronger downtubes improve front-end feel.

Steering response and overall handling were improved by moving the steering head pipe back 10mm (and closer to swingarm pivot). Positioning the front wheel 15mm farther back and closer to the crankshaft.

Swingarm is 18mm longer for improved traction.

Frame, steering head and swingarm modifications permit a reduction in triple-clamp offset (22 to 20mm).

Swingarm cross-member wall thickness was reduced (3.75 to 3.0mm) to save weight.

Forged swingarm pivot plates increase rigidity for improved handling.

Lower engine frame rails are widened and beveled to provide added cornering clearance.

Removable rear subframe was redesigned to eliminate brackets and cross-members. Shape altered to improved air filter access and narrow the bike profile.

Honda Progressive Steering Damper (HPSD) revalved for more linear damping. HPSD features a compact damper attached to the lower triple clamp and the steering head to allow more aggressive steering characteristics and assist straight-line handling. Damping action smoothly progresses as handlebar deflection increases, which produces very natural steering characteristics and feel.

Front and rear wheels feature HRC works-type lightweight aluminum spoke nipples.

Front wheel featuring new stiffer axle collar provides excellent rigidity.

Rear axle diameter of 25mm and large-diameter bearings provide additional rigidity.

Axle wall thickness reduced (2.5 to 2.2mm) to save weight (38 grams) while axle collar is strengthened for better rigidity.

Revised, sophisticated inverted Air-Oil-Separated (AOS) fork features exclusive Honda 48mm diameter fork made by Kayaba with all-new damping and spring settings.

Pro-Link® Rear Suspension features exclusive Kayaba integrated reservoir with all-new damping and spring settings.

Large 50mm rear shock damper piston diameter for consistent performance under demanding riding conditions.

HRC works-style rear brake system integrates the rear master cylinder and fluid reservoir, eliminating the separate reservoir and hose.

Link-type front brake master cylinder and a lightweight brake rotor provide strong braking.
Re-shaped works-style 240mm front brake rotor is 1.3 ounces lighter. Front disc guard is smaller, lighter and vented.

240mm rear brake rotor features works-style pattern and is 1 ounce lighter. New plastic disc guard saves 4 grams of weight.

2009 Honda CRF450R Additional Features

2009-01-18T02:43:00.000-08:00

Engine stop switch features an integrated LED pre-ride check indicator with EFI diagnostic capability to ensure CRF450R is operating at maximum capacity.

New gray color magnesium head cover, clutch cover and left sidecover.

Clutch cover profile reshaped for improved foot placement.

Left side oil check dipstick replaces sight glass.

Redesigned higher-capacity airbox improves filter access.

New sidecover shape is narrower and improves flow to airbox.

Redesigned radiator shrouds are narrowed to aid rider movement.

Kickstarter arm reshaped to reduce weight.

Seat base redesigned to reduce overall height and width while maintaining foam thickness.

New handgrips are 3mm longer and feature a softer compound and wire grooves.

Front and rear fenders redesigned with greater rigidity; rear fender design helps prevent mud and debris from gathering on muffler.

Removable engine mounts allow easier engine removal.

Narrower engine allows right-side engine guard to be eliminated, saving weight.

New fuel tank tether eliminates need to disconnect fuel line to work on top end.

Rider ergonomics are optimized by adapting the handlebar, seat and footpeg height for improved comfort and handling feel.

Lightweight aluminum brake pedal and shift lever are designed to complement new ergonomics.

Fuel cap height is shorter, allowing rider to move farther forward on the tank.

Brake pedal features optimized ratio to match integrated rear-brake master-cylinder design.

Wide, cleated stainless steel footpegs provide excellent grip and are self-cleaning and corrosion resistant.

Adjustable front brake lever for improved control.

Quick-adjust clutch perch for easy cable adjustment.

Aluminum Renthal handlebar (971 bend) is rubber mounted to help reduce rider fatigue and improve comfort.

Handlebar holders provide two different mounting positions to match rider preference.

New handlebar grips add to rider comfort.

Dunlop 742FA front and a new 120/80-19 D756 rear tire maximize traction.

Washable, two-stage foam air filter for optimal engine protection and easy maintenance.

Repackable silencer for maximum performance and minimal noise.

Comfortable, durable controls and high-quality fasteners.

Stainless steel clutch cable for long life.

Honda Racing™-inspired colors and graphics.

2009 CRF450R Specifications

2009-01-18T02:42:00.000-08:00

Engine Type: 449cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke

Bore and Stroke: 96mm x 62.1mm

Compression Ratio: 12.0:1

Valve Train: Unicam, four-valve; 36mm intake, titanium; 30mm exhaust, steel

Induction: Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI), 50mm throttle body

Ignition: Full Transistor with three-gear-position electronic advance

Transmission: Close-ratio five-speed

Final Drive: #520 chain; 13T/48T

Suspension

Front: 48mm inverted Kayaba Air-Oil-Separate (AOS) with 16-position rebound and 18-position compression damping adjustability; 12.2 inches travel

Rear: Pro-Link Kayaba single shock with spring preload, 20-position rebound damping adjustability, and compression damping adjustment separated into low-speed (18 positions) and high-speed (1-1/2 turns); 12.6 inches travel

Brakes

Front: Single 240mm disc with twin-piston caliper

Rear: Single 240mm disc
TiresFront: 80/100-21Rear: 120/80-19

Wheelbase: 58.7 inchesRake (Caster Angle): 26° 52’

Trail: 114.2mm (4.5 inches)

Seat Height: 37.6 inches

Ground Clearance: 13.1 inches

Fuel Capacity: 1.5 gallons

Color: Red

Curb Weight*: 234.8 pounds

*Includes all standard equipment, required fluids and full tank of fuel—ready to rideConsult owner’s manual for optional parts.