2020 Honda CRF 450 Build

Dave Daum · Sunday at 6:31 PM

Hello Gang,
Recently I purchased a pristine 2020 CRF450 rolling chassis with a ton of goodies and about $4000.00 of Racetech suspension work. This bike will become my MX track bike.

Battery = Amorge 72v 58ah P45
Motor = QS138 v3
Controller = EBMX X-9000 VESC

Right now I have about a week into to this project. Tomorrow I'll be TIG welding all the mounts. If all goes well, this bike will be powered up in the next couple of days.

I can't wait to get on the track with @DonCox and ride this bike. Here are some photos for your entertainment. -- Best to all, Dave

Dave Daum · Sunday at 6:47 PM

The most difficult task was cutting the titanium fuel tank to clear the battery. The battery can be hot swapped in about 2 minutes. Notice the height of the battery and how the back end of the tank has a big cutout. The entire bottom was removed from the tank. Hopefully these photos show the tank modifications.

fmxxx666 · Sunday at 11:02 PM

Hi @Dave Daum,
congrats awesome build and a lucky roller find.
so nice to see that after the first build the next ones go like in a blink of an eye

saw you installed the 15T Sprocket.
How much Teeth you use for the rear?
What gearing you run on the other Bike?
Just out of coriosity as I haven´t yet played around with gearing.
I run a 12T Sprocket currently in the front and a 51T in the back (the 51 was on there stock already)
When I bought my mount and the QS sprockets at lithium king I also ordered a 14T but havent tried that yet.
I am actually quiet happy at the moment with the performance on the track but still wanna try out a different front sprocket with more teeth one day just to find out how much of a difference it makes:

Dave Daum · Monday at 6:40 AM

Greetings @fmxxx666

I’ve been riding my first CRE with a 13/48 sprocket set. That has worked great. I may start with a 13/52 combination then test other gearing combinations. I’ll keep everyone posted on what I like for different motocross tracks. — Dave

Dave Daum · Monday at 9:58 AM

I bought a second 2020 CRF450R roller. I know, one is enough. It is amazing how many blown up bikes are out there. The electric conversion gives a new, and better, life back to these great bikes. This second bike is super clean. It is almost completely stock. The 2020 I'm presently building has been so easy to convert. I just couldn't pass up a great deal and bought this one...

I'm curious about the 2020 CRF built by @rmz290 and how it is riding?

-- Dave

Dave Daum · Monday at 10:27 AM

Here are the dimensions and specifications for my battery. So far Amorge has built five of these for my use. I believe @DonCox built one to these dimensions with different battery cells and BMS specifications. @fmxxx666 built a very similar battery with more space up top for added voltage. Thus far the dimensions for this battery has fit (with chassis modifications) the following bikes:
2004 thru 2008 CRF250
2004 thru 2008 CRF450
2010 thru 2013 CRF250
2010 thru 2013 CRF450
2017 thru 2020 CRF250
2017 thru 2020 CRF450
2021 thru 2024 CRF250
2021 thru 2024 CRF450

DonCox · Monday at 11:55 AM

I did install this same size battery from Amorge with the EVE40P cells ( less expensive, only 4000mah but 35-40AH)
A couple of differences in this battery is Open Discharge, to reduce the heat inside the battery Box, Dual Charger ( 2 ports for 2 chargers, faster charging at 120VAC) and the cells for the price difference. You see that on page 2 of my order is a picture with the cables coming out of the front of the battery, ( the front is the long side of the battery). Well ours came with them in the rear. we were able to make this work, since we cut off the top motor mount and ours sits a little lower, but note that on yours to get the correct spot for your output cables

Dave Daum · 2025-06-04T02:41:31-0700

Almost ready to power up.

fmxxx666 · 2025-06-04T03:45:00-0700

awesome
was this your first or second bike with the ebmx controller?
if you need some settings to try out let me know then I can sent you the screenshots of what settings I use at the track.
(I also have the password to unlock the full settings

if needed

)

Dave Daum · 2025-06-04T08:22:42-0700

fmxxx666 said:
awesome
was this your first or second bike with the ebmx controller?
if you need some settings to try out let me know then I can sent you the screenshots of what settings I use at the track.
(I also have the password to unlock the full settings if needed )

Hello @fmxxx666 . Thank you for your kind offer. This is my first EBMX controller installation. I would absolutely love your help with the settings. Screen shoots and passwords for unlocking the full settings would be a big help.

fmxxx666 · 2025-06-04T09:42:29-0700

Ok sure

Here you go:

Bike type chose surron ultra bee
Your QS138 motor
After that it will do a motor calibration keep the rear wheel off the ground during that as it will spin slowly.
For battery choose your voltage and set it to EBMX high power harness.
If you choose unlimited you will be prompted for the password.

Beneath that you can save the Amp limit of your street and race mode.
I only use the three race modes.
The max you can set is 400A but 350A is already plenty

the controller can also do up to 500A but to get higher than 400A you need the special password that I will sent you in a private message

The rest of the pics that I am posting now show all the rest of the settings. Most of the values is best practice and have worked well for me.

My 3 race mode settings are mode 1 to cruise around in the pit, mode 2 is what I use on the track, mode 3 to show off other ppl what the build is capable of (that’s still far from max but already ridiculous).