KFX450R

[miker]

Anybody race/ride a KFX450R?  Tell me a little about it.
Thanks

[RAD 450r]

I love mine!  The power is OK but you can really wake it up with some mods, seems the airbox is really restricted.  The handling is great alomost on rails sometimes. 

What type of riding do you usually do?  I love XC but also sport some MX on rare occasions.  It is awesome in the woods in stock trim, suspension, ehh OK, but with reverse and EFI its awesome. 

I know some more might chime in, feel free to ask any more questions.

[TRX450R_Racer]

Look at what the pros ride. Not one GNCC pro rides one. Some MX pro do. I would say it's not the best XC quad, but more of a MX quad. Like RAD450R said it does have reverse. That is a plus for trail riding. I don't have one or have ever ridden one, so my opinion is bassed off of what I see. I think it would be a great go fast trail machine.

[Chillinthemost]

 They are great as long as you are not someone that likes winning. For someone that likes ridding around in reverse they are the bomb.
 
If I were buying a new quad the Kawi would rank in about fifth place for me.

[backinsaddle]

i'm with chillin...way down on my list.  maybe in a couple years they'll have a better machine, but out of the box, you hear about the same thing from everyone, there are better options.  if someone gave me one for free, i'd sell it and buy a different brand

[RAD 450r]

Look at what the pros ride. Not one GNCC pro rides one. Some MX pro do. I would say it's not the best XC quad, but more of a MX quad. Like RAD450R said it does have reverse. That is a plus for trail riding. I don't have one or have ever ridden one, so my opinion is bassed off of what I see. I think it would be a great go fast trail machine.

Yes, very true for the GNCC racing side of things but I think Kawi knew that as long as Bill Ballance was racing there was nooo chance of anybody else winning besides him, so why waste the money?  LOL jk.  But I would also say that it is not the best XC quad either, nor is the YFZ450, TRX450 or LTR450.  If you can cough up $10,000 + thennnn you might just have the best production XC quad, a KTM450/525XC.

This year I predict some very good results for the MX side of things, with a healthy chad wienen and a good josh creamer, well see some better results.  Anyways, I would say the KFX is very competitive with the other big 3, if not better than some when it came out 2 years ago. Got mine a year and half ago.

Next time we ride Frank, Ill let you ride mine and see what ya think.

They are great as long as you are not someone that likes winning. For someone that likes ridding around in reverse they are the bomb.
 
If I were buying a new quad the Kawi would rank in about fifth place for me.

OH i love Ridding in reverse! Soooo thats why I dont win!!!      I used to race a yamaha but I came in fifth place too many times, didnt understand why though

Thats cute though, have you ever ridddin or raced one?  Thats what I thought the OP was asking

[Chillinthemost]

Nope, havent ridden one. I would like to though. Can I ride yours? I only want to ride it for 1 1/2 hours and I probably wont crash it.
 I am also interested in how Weinen will do on the Kawi, I think he will put it on the podium a lot.  Yokley didnt do well on the Kawi in XC but he hasnt done well on the Honda this year either.  I bet Ballance could win on any of the brands.
 They can all win races, the Yamahas have treated me right and so thats what I ride.  I also have a Yamaha  outboard, generator, Rhino,and dirt bike.