colvin227 wrote:
Gotcha! Yeah my riding buddy has a 2011 KX450 and that thing freakin RIPS it hits way harder than my 2017 RMZ450 and the 2016 KX450 I have ridden. The older 450s power delivery was way more abrupt and much more arm pulling so I understand your want to detune.
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Have you ridden a 12 KX450? Those were a hard hitting motor!
colvin227 wrote:
Well the 2011 I rode was similar and yeah that shit hit way to hard off the bottom for my liking. It felt like a rocket ship but not in a good way...too me. Those were they days that the 450 power felt like it was ripping your arms of with brutal low end torque. They are so much smoother now and much easier to ride with the power delivery and mapping it’s insane. That arm ripping affect “feels” fast but it’s really not because it’s so hard to ride it controllably that way, at least that was my feeling. Hence why I ride an RMZ 450 now. I can ride that smooth or what some “experts” call SLOW linear power all day and not get as whooped as with other bikes. Which is a plus cause I can log more laps
Haha! Ya I hated it at the time, but my 14 YZ450 hit even harder and I really enjoyed it after a few years of getting older, bigger and stronger. I would say the yz hit harder than my 12 kx did. Both are still my favorite 450's to this day. My dad's suzuki's are really good to. Smooth, usable and easy to go fast on. I'm not a fan of certain parts of the bike, but they turn great and I can go pretty fast on them even with his setup.
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