First Ride on The 2025 Honda CRF 450R | Worth The Hype?

[@dogger2186]

Going to be on you about getting your suspension setup CORRECTLY! The OEM suspension already looks better than your 250. I would love to see the spec sheet for your 250 and the Stacks and spring rates. I can promise you that your 250 springs are too light and that the stacks are to soft....before you ride again you need to change the Fork and Shock oil and get the factory fish oil out that they put in so they can meet the shipping restrictions. I would suggest Maximum Racing 5wt fork Fluid and 3wt Full-synthetic shock fluid. Swap the seals out with SKF Then once you get an idea of what you do and dont like call Ross at Enzo and send your suspension to him, I would avoid Factory Connection as they seem to be mush buckets after revalves and trust me even though you think its too stiff. 95% of time it is actually too soft!

[@MahansRacing]

What’s up brother! Yes the OEM stuff is pretty good on the 450! We haven’t ridden the new 25 enough to know just how good, and I sold the 250 to my buddy. So right now we are just on all stock for the 23 practice bike and the 25! Well keep you posted as we gooo

[@mstg966]

Where did you get your numbers from the stickers ?

[@MahansRacing]

Hello! We use decal works

[@Archie-qh4rj]

Is this bike better than a 23-25 Yamaha 450?

[@MahansRacing]

@@Archie-qh4rj hello Archie!!! I haven’t ridden the Yami, but it is a lot better than the 22-24 CRF. The Yamaha in the past I believe has been a lot better than those years Hondas… So this 2025 might be close I would think !! Ill try and find one and see if I can ride it back to back 🏁🏁

[@Archie-qh4rj]

@ the Yamaha seems to be the fan favourite at the moment can you also customise the mapping on a Honda or is it a simple handlebar map switch? 👍👍