First Impression Of The 2019 Kawasaki KX 450
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2018
- For the most part, Japanese manufacturers stick to a three-year plan with each generation motocross bike. Year one for an all-new or significantly changed model is normally followed up by two years of refinements and small improvements. Based on that pattern, we expected the 2019 Kawasaki KX450 to be an all-new model as the previous generation 450 was debuted in 2016. Back in April, we took a trip to Kumamoto, Japan, to check out the action and machinery at the All Japan National MX Championship series opener. And just as we had expected, the factory Kawasaki team had two all-new machines under the factory tent; piloted by Yoshitaka Arai and Makoto Ogata. Equipped with all-new chassis and bodywork, the SR450Fs that we saw in Japan also boasted electric start, hydraulic clutch systems, and engines that were outwardly different than the current powerplant. Lo and behold, our sources in Japan proved correct when the new model information about the 2019 KX450 (the "F" designation was dropped for 2019, as there is no reason to identify the motocross line as four-stroke since there are no more two-strokes) dropped, and everything about the machines we saw being raced in Japan trickled down to the new production bike.
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Best test rider in the game
Absolutely!
Damn cool to see the KX improved all the way around like this. Except, if I bought it the first thing I would get is a carbon silencer. The stock one looks like it belongs on a Peterbilt semi truck.
Reall nice test guys.
Well done.
Pat Foster you rock....👍👊💪
Great bike and information guys thanks
Great review. Subscribed!
I'm sold. Looks like a great package!
Gees, wish I was that tidy on a bike . . . And this guy just got wheeled out of hospital!
PAT, You are the best and honest rewiever,
Nice instrumental! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Glad you mentioned the ECU map power couplings. Vital MX didnt mention them at all. Everyone else did.
Will be getting on one next season. Can’t wait.
Josh Becker agreed
Slick design
Love mine total beast
I'm digging mine👍
Damn, I'd be bummed if I bought an '18.
Kalin Beckwith nah, save $3300 right now.
Kalin Beckwith sammmeeee
Bought an 18 like 2 months ago fml
kenny armstrong weve known
19 would be all new for 10 months haha
Yah poor research on my part.. just got back into riding after 4 years lol
I want this bike right now
This is the 450 to get this year. They’ve done an awesome job on this bike. My only question, and not Kawasaki specific, but why are the Japanese bikes so much heavier than the KTM/Husky even though they’ve been lacking electric start etc?
I like it but that electric start is scary.. They need to keep them all kickstart only..people are getting lazy
I have to agree keep the fucking kick start ...
When u fall in a race you’ll love the button
I hope kawi makes a come back an builds all kinds of cool stuff to compete with ktm. And I want that test rider to review it lol
finally added hydro clutch and elec. start wow it took them long enough lol
Sold buying one asap
Can that muffler stick out any further??????
Great review as always Pat. Sorry KTM fanboys
Matt Vild It’s gonna be a KTM killer!
The bike looks great but whats up with that big ass exhaust pipe looks like a canon
Derrick Bruce It is a canon, for spitting out all the red, yellow, white, blue and orange plastic from the other bikes!
Orange.....hahaha Japanese bikes are outdated and overweighted pieces of shite!
The muffler is mounted lower to lower the cg. It what a muffler looks like but not used to seeing. I think the bike looks great!
ktmjack1 People I know at the track have broken rear rims, front hubs, fried starter, clutch sucks, cheap plastic, etc.
I don’t know why people think KTM is so great? I’m actually Austrian I would never buy one.
Jap bikes last longer and are cheaper to maintain. Just my opinion though, each to their own.
Jeff Knoll lmao! Cheaper components. That's hilarious! No way the Kawasaki will beat out the ktm/husky and Honda. Another 4th or 5th place finish.
I just bought the 2018! Makes me posses I could've gotten a better newer one if I waited another 4 months
Pissed
Jason Donohue Trade it in.
2018 model is still a very good machine.
Jason Donohue lol we have known for at least 10 months the 2019 would be all new man. It's like clockwork all the time.
Wait till next year...the 1st year model's bugs are ironed out! ;)Although nowadays there aren't many 1st yr bugs
Just say it ....you like it better than the KTM....i know i do cuz i ordered one today and the hot cams kit will come soon
Nicole Grieve Grab a pipe ASAP too. Looks like a great bike.
Hey way to follow through. Saw your other comment and was gonna bug you about whether you did or not. Let us know how it is.
I love the look yea the pipe looks a bit whack and big but surely that’s for power reasons ??
kawasaki is the best from all motorcycle
"Released from the Doctor yesterday." So you have been riding for couple weeks?.... lol That's how I always did it anyway ;)
Rusty or not I would give anything for Pat Foster to give me his input on my mods.
I don't know where to start, let's start with the handling, so you do know where to start
Waiting for 450r with electric ignition start here in india
the killer kawi power curve is back, the spring forks are back... the only thing that bothers me is the electric start
But that's what everyone wanted this year!! geez can't make everyone happy can they
I am happy xd... just the electric start
I’m a Yamaha guy but I’m debating on trading up
John Martin Team Green Rocks!
new yamaha got pretty good too....the possibility to connect your phone and changing the settings for ignition maps on flight is so sick....
Exhaust looks so dumb and should be about half that length
Love this 2019 but that damn pipe sticks out like a sore thumb
Imagine the body and features on a 2 stroke engine 😩
Moto fodastica.
stock pipe looks like a hella big
Зачетный кроссовик, подарите мне,выступать буду...
This makes me want to ride again so bad PLEASE GOD LET ME WIN THE LOTTERY SO I CAN BUY A BIKE
@@ThatWasPrettyFunny get a job
You can get a brand new 2018 for half the price.
Do the Kawasaki come with a blunt? if so I'm there tomorrow and please put 420 on my number play
Aller voir riverst
It's just not the same for me as it was in the 2-stroke days. I don't like the 4-strokes for the political reasons on how we are forced to use them. Still, I wonder how much less expensive they would be if it were the good old days, and manufactures did not have to spend millions appeasing some anti-growth environmental government? To bad a kid can't buy a new bike anymore. Nice looking frame, plastic,, seat, wheels, bars and suspension though. :)
Oh yea, "Braaaaaaap braaaap" = 2-stroke
"Faaaaaaart faaaaart" = 4-stroke
Never said how fat that farter really is, did he?
hehe
EarthSurferUSA it's funny how yamaha's 2strokes have been the same since the early 2000s and same engines design and parts even through the 90s and they charge 7000$ for the same bike that use to be 2500-3000 🤔
2.6 lbs heavier but it doesn’t feel
like it! Lmao! That’s because there is no difference you cannot humanly feel that little difference so it goes without saying
Is this a 2 stroke??
😂😂
Yes
would be nice actually.. 450 smoker, prolly around 70Hp...
that exhaust though...😂😂
its ugly and to heavy...2.5lbs heavier then last yr...not good