Matt,
My brother has a TE450, that he will soon convert to a minimalist dual sport bike, and maybe get a set of supermoto wheels. Its awesome. Even the suspension is good stock, once the fork oil is changed, much better than his WR250 2-stroke. He also runs a trials tire, and a JD jetting kit. Now that the bike is broken in and jetted properly(lean stock), it starts easy electric or kick. Very powerful and smooth bike, a bit too much for the tight woods IMO but all the big 4-strokes are. The bike is not especially heavy but big power makes a bike feel heavier. More open single track and ATV type trails its a blast. Also, it never overheats, which surprised me. We've been in some sticky technical situations and no steam!
If I were looking for a 450 class 4-stroke, this would be the bike. He got a killer deal on his '05, but I hear there catching on and those deals are gone.
Oh yeah, in and out of the NJ DMV with a reg and plate, no problem.
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