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    LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

    Oct 03, 2018 4 minutes
    STORY SHANE BOOTH
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    MATT BERNARD

    One of the first things we were told about this all-new 2019-model bike was that Kawasaki had chosen to drop the F from the name of the bike. With the bike now known as the KX450, they feel consumers are used to the four-stroke revolution, know that 450cc is part of a four-stroke engine and it doesn’t have to be spelled out to them. Hallelujah, I say. Following that news we had the major updates pointed out to us, the big ones being electric start, hydraulic clutch, back to a spring fork, finger follower valve action and completely redesigned frame and bodywork. Plenty of exciting things on paper, so we were keen to get out on the

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