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Everyone picks the FE 501s over the WR450F for a supermoto build assuming it's the lighter, more exotic option. The spec sheets are lying to you in two different directions, and once you correct for it, the case for the Husqvarna gets a lot weaker.
A WR450F supermoto build, and the one mismatch — master cylinder bore versus caliper piston area — that makes an expensive brake upgrade feel worse than the stock setup it replaced.
The wheel swap gets all the attention in a supermoto conversion. The suspension mismatch that actually makes the bike feel vague on pavement is a damping-character problem, not a spring-rate problem.