I wish we had some better riding areas but the city is growing too much. We lost some of our favorite riding areas to development.
Yeah, I know what you mean on the tires. I've been through so many rears that I lost track. What brand tires are you using? Generally, I use the Dunlop D756 intermediate/soft terrain tires but this year switched to a D739 intermed/hard tire. I have new disc pads as spares but the old ones are still good hopefully until the end of the year. On the second set of plastic combination of UFO and Acerbis.
CRF450 are great bikes. I still haven't taken the plunge on a new bike yet but had a Yamaha YZ426F thumper in the past.
I'll post some more pics and maybe streaming video later on.