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Do you know anyone who doesn't like sand dunes? I sure don't! And of all the people tearing around the sand, motocrossers use the dunes to the absolute fullest. You're not going to see many hill racers scouting around for 80-foot doubles. Or jumping all the way to the bottom of a 60-foot slipface. Or slamming head on into a two-footer just to see how much sand can be displaced and how much airtime is possible.
This is why motocrossers love sand. And, after doing all the things just mentioned, they're likely going to head to comp hill to beat up on some full-time hill racers, not with just sheer horsepower, but a great clutch hand and the kind of bike that can power through whoops at warp speed.
To see just what kind of motocrossing dune machine Honda's 450R can become, we hooked up with Duncan Racing at California's Pismo Dunes. "This is the ultimate dune bike," Loren Duncan proudly states as the gleaming ATV was rolled from Duncan's race van.
"It's probably too much machine for a guy who's been riding for...
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