2024 Kawasaki KX450 and KX450X

4/12/2024 7:38pm
Brosho wrote:

Do you guys know if any company has made a full skid plate for the 24 KX450 that is not metal? If so who?

I have the light speed one on my bike 

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4/12/2024 7:44pm

Anybody get a vortex ecu for their 24??? I just received mine in the mail from twisted and decided to install it. I set the tps as I do with all my bikes when I install an ecu. The bike starts but is flashing the amber/orange light constantly and is clearly not running right. Anyone have any experience with this? Twisted is closed on weekends and hasn’t responded to my message on IG. thanks in advance. 

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4/12/2024 9:21pm
tylerp319 wrote:
Anybody get a vortex ecu for their 24??? I just received mine in the mail from twisted and decided to install it. I set the tps...

Anybody get a vortex ecu for their 24??? I just received mine in the mail from twisted and decided to install it. I set the tps as I do with all my bikes when I install an ecu. The bike starts but is flashing the amber/orange light constantly and is clearly not running right. Anyone have any experience with this? Twisted is closed on weekends and hasn’t responded to my message on IG. thanks in advance. 

Got mine from XPR. It’s great and best customer service in the business. 

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4/12/2024 10:35pm
Brosho wrote:

Do you guys know if any company has made a full skid plate for the 24 KX450 that is not metal? If so who?

I have the light speed one on my bike 

I have the light speed one on my bike 

Did you have to do any Mods for it to fit?

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I got mine from twisted, wouldn’t start at first then ran poorly then ran fine. Regret not getting from xpr, service and the tunes included leave some to be desired.

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4/13/2024 3:26am
mxrandy wrote:
I got mine from twisted, wouldn’t start at first then ran poorly then ran fine. Regret not getting from xpr, service and the tunes included leave...

I got mine from twisted, wouldn’t start at first then ran poorly then ran fine. Regret not getting from xpr, service and the tunes included leave some to be desired.

Was the oem map switch flashing amber like there was some sort of fault/error code? It won’t turn blue no matter what I do. Just flashes amber the entire time. 

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It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and 3 and can toggle between those 2. But when first installed it would not start and was blinking a lot of different things. I had set tps before trying start also.

4/13/2024 5:55am
Brosho wrote:

Do you guys know if any company has made a full skid plate for the 24 KX450 that is not metal? If so who?

I have the light speed one on my bike 

I have the light speed one on my bike 

Brosho wrote:

Did you have to do any Mods for it to fit?

 I called light speed and they sent me this one. It hits a little on a bolt for the water pump. Doesn’t cause any issues. Ran some Velcro between the plate and the frame to help with vibration

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4/13/2024 6:30am
mxrandy wrote:
It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and...

It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and 3 and can toggle between those 2. But when first installed it would not start and was blinking a lot of different things. I had set tps before trying start also.

According to keefers video and the directions provided it says it’s supposed to blink blue per map and obviously no fault codes. Something is not right. I also noticed that when you bump the start button it doesn’t wake it up like it should. My high, mid, lo adjustments are all set at 4 which is odd because they always are set at 5 you have the same setup? 

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4/13/2024 6:42am

I get nothing but an amber solid until it starts, then it blinks which map. I will check on settings.

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4/13/2024 6:48am

Low mid and hi are at 4.

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4/13/2024 6:52am
mxrandy wrote:

Low mid and hi are at 4.

Ok, now I need to figure out the constant flash and then I’ll just ride with it and see what and how it feels. 

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4/13/2024 6:59am

The thing that bothers me is they have a modification worksheet when you order. I have a pro circuit ti-6, some airbox mods with no screen and run Sunoco gt260 fuel and I just received the standard maps. I don’t know why I bothered filling that out and think some timing was left on the table. Maybe I’m wrong but it was never explained.

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4/13/2024 7:09am
mxrandy wrote:
The thing that bothers me is they have a modification worksheet when you order. I have a pro circuit ti-6, some airbox mods with no screen...

The thing that bothers me is they have a modification worksheet when you order. I have a pro circuit ti-6, some airbox mods with no screen and run Sunoco gt260 fuel and I just received the standard maps. I don’t know why I bothered filling that out and think some timing was left on the table. Maybe I’m wrong but it was never explained.

Absolutely! along with the sheet showing the correct colors for everything. I’m almost not sold on the fact it’s even completely setup for the 2024. 

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4/13/2024 10:16am

Anyone have any active promo codes for any of the websites. Looking at dropping about $2500 in parts for the new bike.....I figured it's worth asking haha!!

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4/13/2024 11:24am
I have the light speed one on my bike 

I have the light speed one on my bike 

Brosho wrote:

Did you have to do any Mods for it to fit?

 I called light speed and they sent me this one. It hits a little on a bolt for the water pump. Doesn’t cause any issues. Ran...

 I called light speed and they sent me this one. It hits a little on a bolt for the water pump. Doesn’t cause any issues. Ran some Velcro between the plate and the frame to help with vibration

OK. Thanks. I will do the same. Or first see how the one on my 22 450 fit.  

4/13/2024 11:57am
Brosho wrote:

Did you have to do any Mods for it to fit?

 I called light speed and they sent me this one. It hits a little on a bolt for the water pump. Doesn’t cause any issues. Ran...

 I called light speed and they sent me this one. It hits a little on a bolt for the water pump. Doesn’t cause any issues. Ran some Velcro between the plate and the frame to help with vibration

Brosho wrote:

OK. Thanks. I will do the same. Or first see how the one on my 22 450 fit.  

Like I said earlier, the TM Designworks skid plate from my 2019 bolted right up on my ‘24 so I didn’t have to buy one.  Worth checking, for sure.

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4/13/2024 1:47pm
mxrandy wrote:
It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and...

It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and 3 and can toggle between those 2. But when first installed it would not start and was blinking a lot of different things. I had set tps before trying start also.

tylerp319 wrote:
According to keefers video and the directions provided it says it’s supposed to blink blue per map and obviously no fault codes. Something is not right...

According to keefers video and the directions provided it says it’s supposed to blink blue per map and obviously no fault codes. Something is not right. I also noticed that when you bump the start button it doesn’t wake it up like it should. My high, mid, lo adjustments are all set at 4 which is odd because they always are set at 5 you have the same setup? 

Twisted mapped, like @mxrandy says, one yellow blink for map 1, is always map 1 on Vortex. When you select map 2 on handlebar it will be number of blinks for the setting on Vortex which you select. 

I also saw the Keefer vid about XPR Vortex… guess we don’t get colored blinks from Twisted. I tried calling them a few times, always got a person but the experts weren’t available. If you go to the Vortex website we are also supposed to get launch control and traction control… all I ever see is yellow lights, so hard to know what’s up.

The standard map 1 is supposed to be best overall map, great low to mid but felt it signed off early, currently running map setting 3 with one click up on high fuel. This is a nice improvement over stock, bike has a very racey feel now.

If you find out more let us know! Maybe someone that’s confident in what’s going on can make a Vid about the Twisted Vortex. 
 

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4/13/2024 1:56pm
mxrandy wrote:
It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and...

It flashes amber blinks per what tune you have toggled. Tune one is always one of those settings, in my case I run tune 1 and 3 and can toggle between those 2. But when first installed it would not start and was blinking a lot of different things. I had set tps before trying start also.

tylerp319 wrote:
According to keefers video and the directions provided it says it’s supposed to blink blue per map and obviously no fault codes. Something is not right...

According to keefers video and the directions provided it says it’s supposed to blink blue per map and obviously no fault codes. Something is not right. I also noticed that when you bump the start button it doesn’t wake it up like it should. My high, mid, lo adjustments are all set at 4 which is odd because they always are set at 5 you have the same setup? 

RCMXracing wrote:
Twisted mapped, like @mxrandy says, one yellow blink for map 1, is always map 1 on Vortex. When you select map 2 on handlebar it will...

Twisted mapped, like @mxrandy says, one yellow blink for map 1, is always map 1 on Vortex. When you select map 2 on handlebar it will be number of blinks for the setting on Vortex which you select. 

I also saw the Keefer vid about XPR Vortex… guess we don’t get colored blinks from Twisted. I tried calling them a few times, always got a person but the experts weren’t available. If you go to the Vortex website we are also supposed to get launch control and traction control… all I ever see is yellow lights, so hard to know what’s up.

The standard map 1 is supposed to be best overall map, great low to mid but felt it signed off early, currently running map setting 3 with one click up on high fuel. This is a nice improvement over stock, bike has a very racey feel now.

If you find out more let us know! Maybe someone that’s confident in what’s going on can make a Vid about the Twisted Vortex. 
 

Thanks for the reply. Yeah It doesn’t make any sense to me. The paperwork that is in the box clearly says you’ll have all those other options. Bike seems to run fine now but for a grand it should have the different colors flashes as well as allowing us to use launch control. Gonna call Monday and hopefully get somewhere. 

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I have a few of these Twin Air Powerflow filter kits for the 2024 KX450, they just landed and will go quick!  A really nice piece...

I have a few of these Twin Air Powerflow filter kits for the 2024 KX450, they just landed and will go quick!  A really nice piece, takes a bit to install, but a solid upgrade!

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Can’t wait to try it this weekend

Can’t wait to try it this weekend

The guys at Twin Air are awesome. They shipped my kit to another customer with a similar name on accident. They didn't charge me for the BIO cleaner I ordered and threw in a second air filter for free to make things right.  

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4/14/2024 10:58pm
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My 2024 450x has been great to me so far. Probably put down over 350+ miles on it easily since early December. Been running 25-30 mile...

My 2024 450x has been great to me so far. Probably put down over 350+ miles on it easily since early December. Been running 25-30 mile trails multiple times a week plus two sets of 100+ miles for a training weekend, then a 75 mile race in New Mexico. Only issue I've had so far was the damaged cartridge internal on my right fork.  Though that seemed to be an issue from the factory. Currently running Bills RE-13 full system, Keefer Chaz map, IMS Tank, twin air air filter, Guts Wing seat and a 3d printed air filter cage from Rev3D. Any other changes besides suspension work have been small. Bike is probably the best dirt bike I've ridden so far. I had my first big issues with my 22 450SR around the 40 hour mark which, I'm pretty sure sure I'm near or past. My recommendation for anyone with the KX450X and running the kick stand is to double up your kickstand springs to keep it from flopping around, and fill out the empty space on the footpeg mounting pin with washers. Mine tended to keep crawling upwards and would be on the inner side of my foot. Extremely annoying.

 

For those not wanting the Twin Air kit. Pro seal has a rubber air box seal for about 20 bucks you can grab off their site to install on the outer part of the air box if you need it. I got it, and the seal is much tighter.

How did you double up your kick stand spring. I want to do mine. 

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My 2024 450x has been great to me so far. Probably put down over 350+ miles on it easily since early December. Been running 25-30 mile...

My 2024 450x has been great to me so far. Probably put down over 350+ miles on it easily since early December. Been running 25-30 mile trails multiple times a week plus two sets of 100+ miles for a training weekend, then a 75 mile race in New Mexico. Only issue I've had so far was the damaged cartridge internal on my right fork.  Though that seemed to be an issue from the factory. Currently running Bills RE-13 full system, Keefer Chaz map, IMS Tank, twin air air filter, Guts Wing seat and a 3d printed air filter cage from Rev3D. Any other changes besides suspension work have been small. Bike is probably the best dirt bike I've ridden so far. I had my first big issues with my 22 450SR around the 40 hour mark which, I'm pretty sure sure I'm near or past. My recommendation for anyone with the KX450X and running the kick stand is to double up your kickstand springs to keep it from flopping around, and fill out the empty space on the footpeg mounting pin with washers. Mine tended to keep crawling upwards and would be on the inner side of my foot. Extremely annoying.

 

For those not wanting the Twin Air kit. Pro seal has a rubber air box seal for about 20 bucks you can grab off their site to install on the outer part of the air box if you need it. I got it, and the seal is much tighter.

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How did you double up your kick stand spring. I want to do mine. 

Bought another oem kickstand spring for the 450x and put it on with the first spring. 

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4/15/2024 5:48am Edited Date/Time 4/15/2024 5:50am

I took my ‘24 out to Lincoln Trail this weekend to try it out on a real track under race conditions.  They received 3+ inches of rain last week.  With over 550 entries yesterday, it turned into a rough and rutted slot car track.  I gotta say, with the stiffer springs installed, the oil level raised in the forks (I set the clickers where Keefer recommended on his site), and my T-6 exhaust, I had no complaints.  The only thing slowing me down was me.  Best of all, I got to take advantage of Kawasaki contingency and collected $250 for my efforts.  I’m very happy with my bike.

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i have the twin air powerflow installed, fmf slip on as well, and i will say it definitely woke it up more especially off the bottom out of second gear and pulls a little harder in 3rd. Can also use 3rd a lot more in corners. Stuck to a 50 tooth sprocket, love the linear bottom end too much to move to a 51. But i want to try a new map, which is the best map to try and can someone link me to it? only one i can find is the keefer one...

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alycium102 wrote:
i have the twin air powerflow installed, fmf slip on as well, and i will say it definitely woke it up more especially off the bottom...

i have the twin air powerflow installed, fmf slip on as well, and i will say it definitely woke it up more especially off the bottom out of second gear and pulls a little harder in 3rd. Can also use 3rd a lot more in corners. Stuck to a 50 tooth sprocket, love the linear bottom end too much to move to a 51. But i want to try a new map, which is the best map to try and can someone link me to it? only one i can find is the keefer one...

I played around alot with the mapping and actually ended up back with the stock map. I have PC Ti6, opened up airbox/filter and 51 tooth and never use 2nd anywhere. 3rd pulls from any corner, is very smooth and pulls forever. 

I feel the kx app is a bit of a gimmick compared to the yamaha one. It allows a bit of adjustment with fuel but almost nothing with timing. 

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4/15/2024 5:15pm

I have the twin air filter set up & was curious what you guys are using for air filter wash covers? I don’t believe the regular style ones will fit & don’t see twin air offering one. 

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NicNak wrote:
I have the twin air filter set up & was curious what you guys are using for air filter wash covers? I don’t believe the regular...

I have the twin air filter set up & was curious what you guys are using for air filter wash covers? I don’t believe the regular style ones will fit & don’t see twin air offering one. 

I got an email response from TA that they are working on airbox wash covers and should be out late this month.

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4/15/2024 6:44pm
Just when I finally forget about the frame recall I see this video 😅   https://www.facebook.com/share/r/72u7gkP3wNSV7XKg/?mibextid=D5vuiz

Just when I finally forget about the frame recall I see this video 😅

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/72u7gkP3wNSV7XKg/?mibextid=D5vuiz

We had a ktm do that a few weekends ago locally.

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4/15/2024 7:51pm Edited Date/Time 4/15/2024 7:52pm
Just when I finally forget about the frame recall I see this video 😅   https://www.facebook.com/share/r/72u7gkP3wNSV7XKg/?mibextid=D5vuiz

Just when I finally forget about the frame recall I see this video 😅

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/72u7gkP3wNSV7XKg/?mibextid=D5vuiz

We had a ktm do that a few weekends ago locally.

Crazy. I never remember hearing about any frame issues in the 80'/90s (maybe just the CR500?) But we didn't really have internet until the late 90s so maybe we just didn't hear about it.

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