This Bike Made Me Rethink EVERYTHING...2024 YZ450F!

[@MXJEFF94]

The Yami is a game changer (Coming form a KTM fanboy). Faster, better suspended...and now thinner. Cheaper to fix and maintain....what a no brainer.

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

all these reasons is why i just sold my rockstar edition and bought a yamaha. Only ktms i have now are my 300 2ts that have carbs, ill ride them til they break in half, but ill never buy another orange machine.

[@JeffWalker84]

It felt great! In my experience the KTM has been rock solid in the reliability department. Top end and clutch plates every 40hrs and don’t need to worry about a crank until 100. Can’t beat that!

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

@@JeffWalker84 they’ve been good to me too. I maintain my stuff meticulously but as a engine guy. When I break down yamaha engines at the maintenance interval they always look like they could go way longer. The ktms I usually see stuff that makes me glad I’m refreshing things. That being said if you maintain them properly they’re great bikes. Very vanilla. Never do anything out of place to ya that makes you scared. Some bikes I’ve ridden are downright scary. Regardless of setup. My main issue is the suspension on the ktms comparatively. I have to spend 5-8k minimum to get my ktm suspension to feel equal at best to a stock yamaha setup and that makes me feel sad. ENZO stuff is next level. I can’t justify that cost when I can buy a Yamaha and put all titanium fasteners on it, have Enzo do the suspension for the same price or less.

[@FUZZION-jk9rr]

Are you gonna try to do Supercross again?@@JeffWalker84

[@mxgoproktm2707]

If you ride a Yamaha 450 at that level you will have a new piston every 25 hours, and at 50 hours you would be better off trading it in for a new one. The KTM is so much more durable. Speak from experience.

[@SpeedDemonExpress]

You may already know this, but take it from this Arizona guy who rides true hard pack blue groove tracks. Hard tracks need faster rebound settings to feel plush. Faster rebound also softens compression because oil is free to flow both directions through the rebound hole. That means the rebound clickers are not just rebound, they are rebound and compression in one, where the compression clickers are only compression. Rebound settings are overlooked too much.

[@JeffWalker84]

Appreciate the info! I’ll keep it in mind for sure

[@briandavis8977]

I had a 2010 yzf 450, it was kind of a tank but i liked it. It didnt turn well. i broke the back wheel and the motor case at redbud 2014 and that was the end of it.

[@pags1981]

Looking very fast on the Yami during those sprint laps!

[@American_Enigma]

It's always fun to hear different riders perspectives on bikes. It's funny, I find the stock form of the YZ450F to be a monster (ECU on your KTM probably makes a big difference). Not to mention your ability to tune the Yamaha by downloading different maps. It's taken the Austrian brands so long to catch up to this. I love KTM two strokes, especially for trail riding. I also love the 350s. However, on the 450 front, there is just no comparison. The Yamaha is it for me. I hate the air forks and think it's absurd you have to pay as much as you do to get it on par with stock KYB on the Yamaha....and even then it's often not as good. Also not a fan of the chassis change on the KTM, though the 2024.5 factory editions appear to have rectified the semi-truck ride on the new Austrian bikes. My biggest disappointment of all the new bikes/bike releases thus far is the Showa suspension on the Ducati. I wanted stock Ohlin's.

[@DaleEzell]

My kx250 come stock with kyb suspension and i agree the suspension is really good💯

[@mxr248]

Still it’s not like Yamahas suspension

[@brettspringett3335]

it was impressive how you could change lines on the Yami. It will be interesting to see what the KTM is like in the next video

[@austyn6513]

In all the years I’ve been watching dirt bike videos I’ve never just seen a quad on the same track as a dirt bike like this,that’s crazy lol

[@kirkdunn1379]

I have, they use to share tracks in so cal, and they would blow all the lines out.....been years though since we had em

[@Brap.Bryant]

Day 109 of Cheering on Jeff: GO JEFF!

[@Kawiboy]

JL is an Animal 💪👊 .. Ya looked great on this bike Jeff 🔥✌️😉

[@zeke458]

Just starting the video but that suspension doesn’t look stock…. What’s the red fork caps?

[@Big_HUD215]

My favorite mx KZbinr by far!!! Love the vids Jeff

[@kylehonsey2057]

Looking good boss! I love my '21 yz450f but I don't want to try a '23 and up. Pretty sure I'd have to buy one ha.

[@dlocomx783]

Cool point of view Jeff have you ridden a stock YZ 450 yet? Without the pipe? The pipe actually settles it down and smooth the power out. So that could be where your getting the feeling it’s slow I a 23 yz450 it’s super fast

[@nikolasgibson3438]

My bikes are all older off-road models but I just went from Yamaha to KTM. I like everything better other than the WP, tempted to switch back just to be on the SSS KYB double D’s again

[@mcdonald_478]

Went from a ktm to the yami mid last season will never go back

[@brycetelfer5696]

You look really comfy cozy on that thing man!

[@januszjestem1864]

i think you should try new ktm frame and give us ur opinion on it

[@thesmoness]

Oh this isn’t the new 23/24 frame? Yah it’s a lot better

[@januszjestem1864]

@@thesmoness yup, he’s has the older one

[@thesmoness]

@@januszjestem1864 I saw enough purple on the plastics to think it was a 24 but maybe he just tossed new plastics on. I don’t ride mx but single track and I really like the new frame over the up to 22 one

[@januszjestem1864]

@@thesmoness he has 24 but there is 24.5 factory frame, it is supposed to be less stiff

[@JeffWalker84]

I have the “new generation” 2023 bike, but I don’t have the revised 2024.5/2025 frame. Super excited to try that out!

[@GuerraRacing82]

I tell ya what Jeff , you look very good on this bike ! It looks as if the bike went every where you wanted it to go ! You looked like you been riding this bike for years ! You would be a fool to stay on KTM after watching this video ! Look at your boy jerry R putting in some of his best results!

[@JeffWalker84]

Jerry crushed it on the blu cru for sure! Webb also looks great on it

[@chrisp.bacon_exe]

Was the bike tuned with the app for a pipe??? Hearing the new 24s are a bit laggy but some say adding a pipe you may need to change the mapping

[@JeffWalker84]

Unsure! I would say it was stock mapping

[@bmwfire4741]

W JEFF LETS GO MAN love the content thanks for always uploading you make me want to go pro like you man keep it up!

[@jacap1sr]

I'm super old school and grew up on 2 strokes. In fact, the last bike I owned was a 1982 CR 125. It was the tallest production bike Honda had built. And although I'm just a super novice, while you obviously know what you're doing, I still can't get used to that 4 stroke bogging sound. I constantly thought you were going to stall it. How do you get used to that bog?

[@Thesaurcery4U2C]

HOW TO GET OVER THE SOUND...... I'm like you, the longest i owned any bike was a 87cr250 that I bought in 1990, i had it for almost a decade, 10 years ago or so I bought an 09 kx250f and the very first time I rode it i realized that I was riding better and faster than any time in my life after 5 years or so of not being on the dirt at all, I sold it and have owned a few more 2 strokes and 2 - 450's since then. How you get over that sound is you get yourself a 250f that would match your riding style, and if you have an experience like I had, you won't be able to hear the bikes sound over the giggling, Woo-Hoo's and Holy shts your making inside your helmet and mind. Think of it like a diesel truck, it doesn't sound like a V-8, but it has more power and torque that most all of them and it just fkn pulls and pulls, no matter the grade of the path. They are also less work as 3rd gear will pull out of a corner from almost a stop like a rocket and do the rest of the track as well, much less shifting and clutch work.

[@jimmyharris135]

i love the track routed that way.

[@JohnHolka]

The 23 ktm chassis is super harsh even with stock suspension imo. It needs softer engine hangers, lower torque specs on the chassis bolts, cast triple clamps? not sure what but it needs something. So rigid feeling. Still very stable just stiff

[@chrisvillarreal2752]

Yep none of the pros like it either 20-22 was the last of the best gen made from ktm

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

has a SEVERE bind in the rear suspension stroke. pull the shock out of one sometime and run it through the stroke and you'll hit a hard spot in the stroke where it binds up on the chain/countershaft sprocket. Engine angles weird, have to run weird gearing to bandaid it, larger countershaft sprocket helps. makes ya have to go up on rear though too if you want the same or similar gear ratios

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

@@nil8urbudz708 your would be mistaken. Adding a tooth to the front is like SUBTRACTING teeth from the rear. Not adding. You should be sure your right before you try and correct someone. 😂😂😂😂 have a great day.

[@Tyberius723]

Yooo quads, love to see it.

[@jeremy_moto_192]

Stick with ktm I had Yamaha it was a maintenance nightmare then I went back to ktm

[@Luka-ys2eb]

Tm Moto also comes with kyb on stock bike

[@ronmor8237]

Ive been saying KTM messed up when they kept on stiffining the frame more and more. Finally in 2025 a little softer frame so hopefully will be good

[@Leland387]

Bro if you gave that bike some time you would for sure be faster look how quick you adapted. Looks like you been riding it.

[@ClarkStar866]

honestly, with setup, you can hear the off throttle and see the up and down fork chatter in the chop. she was in fact, a lil sturdy out there lmao

[@Olsson229]

Jeff and yamaha is like tiger Woods in red om sundays!

[@paulpeterson9165]

Next moto extreme has open ride your more then welcome to ride my 24 CRF 450, I’d like your opinion on setting it up better!

[@superfan311]

You won’t need 5 gallon tube of loctite on that Yzed

[@c.j.mooneyham9831]

Quads on the track just blows my mind. I've never ridden a track where quads are allowed!

[@OtisFlint]

I've seen it a few times at small local tracks and it really sucks.

[@camarov5456]

Yeah it gets hectic. They do it up here in the northeast

[@onlythrottles]

you looked good on it out there forsure

[@cloudylemonyt3518]

What are your thoughts on the 2024 CRF 250 or 450

[@mathieul.3588]

After 15 years break, I bought a ktm that I kept for 2,5 years. I thought the blisters I had on my hands were normal and were going to disappear after few months. The problem decreased a bit but never ended...then I bought a yamaha and was surprised by the fact that I could still have soft hands while racing MX !! I never had any blisters since then. To be 100% honest, the ktm was a 350f and the yami a 250f, maybe it helped...

[@funnysteal5558]

Hey Jeff u ever going to try and do supercross big supper of u and would love to see you out there

[@mxriderdakar]

I was surprised the first time you tried it that you havent notice. You had sand tire on your ktm not the yz450f 2023 You can also shift less by just changing the mapping on the app

[@luki_bmx_mtb9760]

The Beta racing edition since 2023 and the Sherco's also come with the Kayaba suspension🔥

[@mopingapples]

KYB

[@luki_bmx_mtb9760]

​@@mopingapples in germany it's Kayaba

[@mslman]

U gotta ride what you're comfortable on....but you looked really good on the blue machine......

[@gw4717]

Dam Jeff gets with it

[@mr.happy4951]

that Yamaha has a aluminum frame and that's going to flex a lot more then your steel frame. in sand i like my Husqvarna specifically for the steel frame because its a lot stiffer and i can feel more. its a lot smoother probably because its a aluminum frame + the kybest suspension ever

[@Heckman_Productions]

You looked real good on the blue machine, imagine some KYB on the KTM 🤔

[@JeffWalker84]

KYB on KTM is the dream!

[@chrishastings]

Jeff I want you to ride a Stark bro and give some feedback :)

[@wittywitt1559]

yoo where did you get your graphics ?

[@CrimeCommiter]

Is there an hour meter?

[@jamesoso259]

You could for sure shift a lot less on the yam lol it has way more bottom

[@briansworld934]

So good with the hydro clutch!

[@harm97]

My experience was that the YZ450f revved longer and higher than the ktm and felt much stronger. Overall a much better bike than the KTM! I'm going for blue this year

[@cbRTXTI]

I miss my yamaha i got a 23 fc450 now the thing is harsh but i love it though

[@Ninety2guits]

Great video. I wish that track had kid sessions tho.

[@brandonnankervis9681]

Hell yeah blu cru

[@wjones2341]

First time by the channel killer job by the way. But I won’t beat around the bush when u switched to the ktm your way faster on the Yamaha way faster

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

that hydro clutch affects the power delivery believe it or not, the cable clutch pulls harder off the bottom to the mid, the hydro clutch seems to absorb some of that and smooth things out, you might prefer a cable, not sure everyone likes a specific style clutch so its a pretty personal kind of setting.

[@nikolasgibson3438]

I’ve heard testers say that Yamaha did not add enough pressure clutch, causing what you said. I expect to see a refined clutch system in the next update.

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

@@nikolasgibson3438 I’m still more of a cable guy I realized coming off of using a brembo clutch for many years now (more than I can remember 😂) and I’m enjoying the feed on the cable much more. Granted my lever ratios not stock but that’s all relative imo. Either way great bike. Can’t go wrong. 👊🏻

[@fourtk]

When are the Twitch streams coming back Jeff?

[@michaelgrubbs1618]

as a Yamaha guy. And a two-stroke guy. Those four strokes as far as the engine goes we all know we can set it in a different map and make that engine out perform a KTM. Bike of the Year baby go Blue

[@user-mo8tm4jw2l]

stock to stock the thing drags a ktm. i got rid of my ktm for the yamaha, i had a kit on the ktm, spring forks. nowhere near as good as the yamaha. feels good to be back on blue

[@mirtooz]

Hi, Im 13 years old, i am 5.5, 5.6 tall and i weight Around 63 kg, i have experience in atvs, i can handle my dads suzuki ltz 400 and my cousins Polaris trail blazer 330 i can speed on them and have good control, so should i go for the bikes Everyone say like a Klx 140 or go for another thing like 125 2t or 250 4t? i really like dirt bikes i loved them since i was a little kid but never got the opportunity to have one or drive one and i really want now. Im gonna buy it used, is Between 2k and 3k a good price?

[@bryanroberts]

Walk, it must be nice not to ever have to worry about who's coming up behind you!

[@KimTy-bx5oj]

What track is this?

[@Runk3lsmcdougal]

Wonder if he put the swingarm from the old bike on so you don't get headshake like everyone else

[@wroomfn2414]

I think that yamaha seems less powered to you than the ktm because you are used to ktm overrevs. ktm power peaks at 11k+ rpm while yamaha is a lot stronger at mid range. it allows to run a gear higher and requires less effort to ride as fast as on the ktm with overrevs. I used to be ktm fanboy since 50cc till i hopped on a 450. I initially felt that in stock form it was underpowered in the bottom range. Of course I could ride wide open 3-4 gear it like I used to ride 250f, but during 30+ minutes motos it is not the way you want to ride. then i was offered to ride 2020 yz 450f and i loved it (and bought it) it was easy to ride both in low and high rpm and i started to gain my roll speed wich helps a lot during long time motos on rought tracks like nationals mx. now i am a happy owner of 24 yz450f)) so next time you ride it, try to ride gear higher or remap settings in powertuner app to release full potential of this engine (i am not a ktm hater btw, it is also a great bike but requires a lot more investment to be race ready than a blue bike)

[@Braaap117]

This has got to be the first time someone thought the yz motor was "lackluster" compared to the ktm. 😆

[@ReklessStandard]

GOD DAMN LET'R RIP yeah, i see my dude on blue, aint no question about that now.

[@alexnilson3192]

Would love to see you on a Yami full time! Coming from someone who rides a 350SXF🤣

[@user-ep6wd7ip7v]

For the yam they say the power is great did you see if he had the bike maps changed to mellow probably

[@Iblamekota]

GO JEFF BABY GURLLL

[@anthonycavalliotis8736]

Good to know what it looks like to ride Fast.

[@GeoPolKT37]

Another day of Jeff blowing out ruts

[@cgsoutdoors_professor3883]

Let’s Go!

[@ryankappen5950]

Beta comes with kyb 23 and up, switch to it basically a Italian ktm

[@BikesandBlickeys]

Quads on the track at the same time!? Wtf??? They don’t even allow mini’s and big bikes on the track at the same time here in NorCal.

[@patrickfarrell7598]

Fast on any color!!

[@ImReticlez]

When are you going to try Supercross again?

[@mxlocker]

🔥🔥

[@mxr248]

That Yamaha has way better power than the KTM so I don’t know what you are talking about. He must of had a smooth map. Also the air cover on the yz450 there is a place where holes can be trimmed out like they are on the 250f makes another difference as well.

[@Dirt_Bike_Dave]

Suspension is so much more important than motor upgrades... but so much more hard to understand...keep up the good work JWalk 👏 😁👍

[@Sketchy273]

nicks bars catching strays lmao

[@mikehebronsr264]

It's not a moto bike I guess you could say but the Beta comes with KYB and now so does the Triumph.

[@jordansmith529]

look 10x faster on that thing

[@domdequoy7132]

Hey Jeff! how did you find the ride triangle? I found it a bid small for us tall dudes! Keep it up my man, can't wait to see you racing!

[@JeffWalker84]

Definitely a bit smaller, but I also have lower pegs and a tall seat on my KTM so it’s hard to compare stock-to-stock

[@ryanxmx31]

The Yamaha seems like it revs more free

[@NickTomasunas]

Ain’t no way this dude just called me a freestyler 😩

[@JeffWalker84]

All black plastic?? That’s all I needed to see😤

[@ApoloApex105]

ktm picks up way faster but the yamaha has a smooth kinda clutch slipping power delivery

[@vwgtdturbo]

nice when you have a bike with no fake engine like ktm,gasgas,husqui

[@Herrera304]

hey man i dont what bike takes you there i just wanna see your name on the leaderboard

[@tuckerj12]

I could really picture you and Honda

[@_.momjeans_9219]

Chase that club mx contract

[@JeffWalker84]

The dream

[@rdy553]

The weird thing is star racing can't put a good setup with that bike and all semi pro etc like it

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

Hold your line man I would be coming up on you so fast that you’d wreck us both LMAO IM KIDDING, dude I crash just watching your videos 😂 how the hell you go that fast blows my mind ✊🤯

[@JeffWalker84]

😂

[@mxgoproktm2707]

The difference in speed is really dangerously large. I think this is going to go wrong at some point. Wouldn't it be better if you train more on days when most amateurs have to work? Or other tracks.

[@LiamBayliss18]

I'd love to see jeff do some triple crown rounds

[@tuckerj12]

You got this track Dialed and you are ripping on the yz and I think you are faster on the Yamaha than the ktm

[@tylersvensson4468]

Why don’t you ask him if you can do a day off testing with your bars, the suspension set up and remove the ecu off the Ktm that way it’s more comparable. Just like you did on the Ktm vs Honda video just so there’s no excuses and lap times prove it’s faster for you

[@randall_4126]

lol its funny because i avoid other peoples bikes for the same reason. I'm scared i'm gonna like it way more than my current bike and have to go buy one lol.

[@SethMullins418]

Kawasaki comes with kyb too

[@ryanxmx31]

Only the sr but they don’t make that anymore

[@SethMullins418]

@ryanxmx31 thats funny because my 22 kx250 in my garage has kyb on it

[@ryanxmx31]

@@SethMullins418he was talking about 450s

[@Tr0llermen.]

Try out kawi

[@landancaldwell]

Yamaha on top baby

[@dominicpayne23]

Damn quad riders 😂

[@jakehendrix6976]

Bro you’re 5x smoother on the Yamaha

[@colbydaniel3138]

🤙🏻