2025 Vital MX 450 Shootout 9

The 2025 Yamaha YZ450F, KTM 450 SX-F, Kawasaki KX450, Husqvarna FC450, Honda CRF450R, and GasGas MC 450F face off. Which will win?

Article coming October 16th.

View key specs, compare bikes, and rate these 2025 450 models in the Vital MX Product Guide.

Credit: Dylan Kelley / Michael Lindsay
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MaxPower
2 months ago

You are telling me that you can feel a difference between cast a and billet triple clamps? Sorry, I think it's in your head when tested in the same conditions. I'll even bet I could switch the 19 rear with an 18 and most could not tell the difference 

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RatsoMX
2 months ago
Would be kinda interesting to see how the KTM 350 would compare to these six, especially if you broke it down with lap times.
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man and machine
2 months ago

I'm trying to understand why Honda doesn't include the steering stabilizer that they spent so much time developing. Or at least have the post on the frame and the bottom triple clamp. So that people can add a stabilizer if the Honda is too twitchy.  they don't need to include the stabilizer, just mounting posts like they did in 2017-2021 CRFs. And a CRF350R to go with the stabilizer would be a bonus 

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Baton Rouge
2 months ago

@ML last year you said article 16th october too for the written article and we never saw it 😭😭

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