2023 Honda CRF450R TESTED - Motocross Action Magazine 

I don't care how good it is...I'd buy one just to go out to the garage and look at it. What a beauty of a bike.

It does look sweet! Any new 450 has more than enough power for mere mortals . Except the other 2% which I happen to be, only problem is I’m in the bottom 2% .

the throwback edition is quite possibly the most beautiful 450 in existence.

its perfect. the 450r was great with some mods in 2005, now its just great stock too

I plan on buying this rig on looks alone. Reminds me of the early 80’s color way. I’ll be the one riding this with my son on the trails… I’ll be that guy.

Love the blue seat and gold rims

Thanks for bringing CRF 450 2023 nice bike motor cross action magazine 👍💯

Love the 80’s livery 🤙🇺🇸

I love the vintage look!

I love the look of the Bike, I wish they would all go back to the 80's look. I miss the Yellow yz's

Since when do we refer to dyno hp as "faster" or "slower"? With that logic the most powerful bike will always be the fastest. 👎

Beautiful editing guys.

Nice review Josh! keep up the great work!

Wow Beautiful bike Now imagine it with a two stroke 250 or 500

great review!

Suzuki mapping philosophy 😍 #Usability ~ Great edit, J-Mo & Fant Man 🔥

Glen Helen has a way of finding out if your setup sucks or not.... Thursday afternoons [especially] can have a couple bumps to test on. Good times!

Beautiful!!! A work of art,!! Aaaahhh...... Honda!!!

Thanks for the honest video. 57 horsepower should be plenty for 90% of the amateur's out there. If you are a top pro, you will be doing some modifications on your new showroom bike, anyway. I didn't hear anything really bad or that can't be fixed easily. Watching you ride, that bike does turn like a champ. It's beautiful and probably bullet proof, as most Honda's are. I look forward to see all the 450's and 250's go head to head in MA's shootouts. BTW, I love the look of the bike.

Love the look of the bike! Then again, I have a 87 CR500. That being said, it sounds like Honda has lost its way! I do appreciate an honest analysis though!

What fuel are you running? Crap CA pump gas? If you're getting detonation in map 3, you're likely getting some in map 2 as well, and that's why your dyno numbers drop off with each more aggressive map. They're advancing the timing more to make more torque but if you advance the timing too much you actually lose torque and therefore lose power. Retest using race fuel and your detonation issues will likely go away. Also, your humidity in CA is likely lower than what the bike was tuned for, and with dry air you have to pull timing.

this has always been the best color scheme/livery.

Glen Helen is probably the only place you can ride multiple bikes and tell a difference in HP.

it looks great

At 11:16 he mentions "detonation" feel w the engine in Map3. What is that?

Funny you say you like the 3 map settings but last year or so I think it was you that said that you didn’t like the Yamaha and doing map adjustment cause it’s a waste of time! Lol funny thing is you go to rest and have plenty of time or pull off and it takes a couple of seconds. Plus the fact you can program 2 of them in it and later out others in it and save all of them on your phone. Huge difference in what you can do with their technology.

New sub ! Liked

Why on earth would a motorcycle manufacturer decrease the horsepower on a newer bike?This makes absolutely no sense,aspescially when others are Increasingly becoming lighter with the additional increase of the all important and crucial horse power. Well honda,you just became two ply.

the Lucas Oil/factory look gives me early 2000’s vibe

So for any of us that bought a '22 do we get a remap since it was still dirty?

Man i would love a 50th anniversary edition of the crf450rl. I hate black rims.

a work of art! you just cant beat hondas.

Very nice bike

He mentioned that the 2023 CRF 450 is considerably slower than last year. Does this effect top speed? I ride wide-open trails, so I am more concerned with higher speeds and maximum horsepower than I am with suspension and chassis adjustments.

So what you are saying Josh is that the 2022 factory edition was identical to the 2023 model except that the WE had almost 4 extra hp.

Coisa fina

Wow!..some great comments from some great chums!

The new YZ450 is gonna slayyyyy

Would higher octane correct the detonation in map 3?

This 450 looks lighter weight like a 250 looks great.

Honda fan boy here; it pains me to know that the worlds largest motorcycle manufacturer, with the biggest R&D budget, cannot even duplicate what they made 13 years ago...makes no sense at all. Gotta win more than just the beauty pageant.

Cool...

My new 2022 CRF 450 RL rides as stiff as a mini bike with no suspension or a covered wagon do not ever ever take that off road I put $4,000 of upgrades in it already had $900 of work done to the suspension hardly helped at all s t i f f as a 2x4 but great on the street and my new pipe and ECU and Supercross tires low mirrors other than that it looks great and also got the hell rid of that back license plate that hangs down to the street hopefully the shop that did my suspension will do it all over again revolve it again and Springs

Man all these tests sounds good but why does my 2022 feel better then the 2023 lol stock vs stock weird u were like stay away from map 3 lol ima use the he'll out of map 3 now just to bring it back to honda good thing my hr meters say KTM lol 😆 🤣 but it's all good u gotta be a rider an mechanic now doesn't bother me anyone can win Lorettas 😉 RIP Loretta Lynn crazy I remember alot about amateur racing and Darren Walsh might start racing again have fun 2024 ;)

All we have in MN is nothing but HARD sharp bumps.

Big dyno numbers to another channel I watch. Sure there is variation from dyno to dyno of course. If your not close to the stock weight for suspension, then it's never probably going to feel good.

Why not do a factory edition?

A 50th anniversary should have seen a limited edition full on works bike in these same colors. Honda AMA 450/250 Pro Motocross Champions 2004: Ricky Carmichael (CRF450R) 2003: Ricky Carmichael (CR250R) 2002: Ricky Carmichael (CR250R) 1995: Jeremy McGrath (CR250R) 1992: Jeff Stanton (CR250R) 1991: Jean-Michel Bayle (CR250R) 1990: Jeff Stanton (CR250R) 1989: Jeff Stanton (CR250R) 1987: Rick Johnson (CR250R) 1986: Rick Johnson (CR250R) 1983: David Bailey (RC250) 1982: Donnie Hansen (RC250) 1973: Gary Jones (RC250 Elsinore) Honda AMA 250/125 Motocross Champions 2021: Jett Lawrence (CRF250R) 2013: Eli Tomac (CRF250R) 2010: Trey Canard (CRF250R) 1996: Steve Lamson (CR125R) 1995: Steve Lamson (CR125R) 1994: Doug Henry (CR125R) 1989: Mike Kiedrowski (CR125R) 1988: George Holland (CR125R) 1987: Micky Dymond (CR125R) 1986: Micky Dymond (CR125R) 1985: Ron Lechien (RC125) 1983: Johnny O’Mara (RC125) 1975: Marty Smith (RC125) 1974: Marty Smith (RC125)

Wow! Engine mounts already rusty??? That doesn't make me feel good.

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Hoping for improvements to '23 RMZ450 be honest. It's a gorgeous bike an good for 90% of us out here. Everyone knows Suzuki can build a fire breather if they want to!

😎 cool

WoW hydro-static planetary automatic transmission .With the buoyacy emulator claim at your closest ama race !

i always wondered why you put graphics on test bikes ?? just bought a '22 yz but this new bike inspired me to sale my 05 yz250 i just finished 6k if anyone wants it lol... to build an 03-06 CR250 or 125 like this

Estaría genial pero matriculada así no genera muchas ventas

I’m torn on this or the gasgas

Hondas are the new bike Kyles are trading their quads in on and driving around with in the back of their lifted short bed truck. They want the dual pipes back, twice as much power at least.

Same story as always frames to stiff suspension sucks. O and I can pay 10k so I can blow the motor cause of the ’click’

Why is it such a big company as Honda, they cannot produce a bike with great suspension. I just don't get it. It's always the same complaint year after year. SMH.

Some nice rust already showing through on the engine mounts and rear shock main body 😜 makes me want to go out and buy a Honda right now

bella...ma serve un monocilindro a 2 tempi al posto del 4

American Honda should rehire Dave Arnold to build a perfect Honda .

Let me know what you think of my built 2023 CRF450R on my channel! Would love the feedback! 🤘

By the end of this video i needed a box of tissues, the music was just so moving……

Engine mounts changed from aluminum to rust

I don't really like it, now if they would have made a replica of the original with a 2 stroke motor than maybe it would be an alright. But being a bike lover, I'd rip it.

We need 2 strokes n kick starts 🥺

Why did he have to diss two strokes if two strokes were still around they blow away four strokes with the modern snowmobile technology

Detonation on a $10k new motorcycle? That shouldnt happen at a modern company like Honda.

A dinheiro meu Deus 😏😏😏😏😌😢😥

Yet again Honda of Japan makes us realize. We will never be truly happy with the power until they correct thier mistakes. Which just happens to be in thier faces. You can see it in the expressions from the designers and all those who ride it. Yup, they see CR500 Two Stroke. They dream of the CR500AF....

Bold New Graphics😴💤

Give me adjustable valves Honda.

In other words it's a Perfect Chassi for a CR500AF build. It's funny you never mention how lame the Torque Power is... It's time to contact Aj Waggoner at Built500af.. you guys know you will loose brownie points from Honda and or All brands. If you actually made an Honest Video. Telling the Truth of how slow these 450 4pukes are.

Nothing like dragging it out just to say a whole lot of not much. Jeez, getting paid by the word or something? Meh.

make a 2stroke honda, 2 strokes are KTM's biggest sellers.

🇮🇩🙋‍♂🙏Done

Gets old MXA. Never satisfied. Job t sure why they even give you bikes to test.

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WOW! THAT LOOKS SICK! SLAP A CR250 MOTOR IN THAT ABD PERFECT. HONDA MAKE THE CR250 AGAIN FOR GOD SAKES ENOUGH WITH THESE TRANS DIRT BIKES. FOUR STROKES. LOL.

them plastics are not 80s dont care what anyone says

Give us a Two Stroke . None of those color changes are a big deal.

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It's Sexy AF!

Not sure how I feel about the sissy background music.

2nd worst bike

Sounds like a turd. Bring back the 2 strokes Honda!

Junk

KTM 350 f has more power why up date something and make it worse Or not as good detonation shouldn't Happen on a bike that costs as much as that one Honda has lost there edge over the competition

RIDE RED

I know I am in the minority, but I think it's ugly.

Nah, I'll stay with my CR500 thats still faster.

Nice but the gas gas looks sick

You lost me at the price 🤣

Ruined the video we want to hear the bike not you talking the whole time