Heavy Weight Hitters

The KX450 and YZ450F are the heavy hitters in the 450cc class, well at least they are the two that everyone keeps talking about being the most powerful. I’ve had several messages on my Instagram from people DMing me and asking which one I think is the fastest. To my surprise it’s not what I thought the top question would be.

I would have thought the top question would have been something along the lines of which one is easiest to ride or race but people still want to know which one is fastest. I have spent a lot of time on each of them to get familiar with what each bike does differently so here I will break it down for you with all the little intricacies between the two models, what they both do best, who they suit and which is most powerful.

HANDLING

The difference in weight between the two