Breaking Down the 2020 450 Shootout - Honda CRF450R 

Looks so good! Thanks for all the in depth reviews.

i really love your bike reviews and breakdown. well done

Great video! Really a big fan! Very cool helping Jeff Walker!

Excellent work! Looking forward to see a 250 shoutout or just several videos like that about some of them.

Men ...just wow!! Thank u so much 4 testing all these bikes and great explainings!greetz from Germany!

congratulations Michael Lindsay ..... very important your comments because in Brazil do not test on new bikes. To test we need to buy.

Great videos! Love your comparisons/shootouts. What sort of comparisons/differences are there between the '19 & '20 CRF 450? Thx

Raced my 2020 all season bone stock... never had an issue with setup after I set sag and forks for my liking. The shakiness at high speeds was eliminated once I moved the forks down on the triple clamp. No issues having to set it up from track to track and the race season I did had 5 different tracks with 2 races on each one for a 10 races series. Hard packed tight corners track, open fast and loamy tracks, and even straight mud... bike was amazing. 100ft jumps and cased few times and never had an issue. The power was so awesome helped me get over many jumps that some wouldn’t dare.

Love your channel! Great content🤙

Good review and involved.

Great work bro 👊🏽

My other half has the 2019 model went from the suzuki rmz 450 2016 and said that the honda can be abit much for him at times that slight aggression when giving it throttle can almost catch him out at times and says the bike just wants to rip away. He wrekins the Suzuki is more user friendly with its power.

I own a 2019, Do you have any further information on upgrading the 19s to add the torque control? Awesome vids btw, very informative and detailed, after watching J Walks vid on the engine mounts I'll be placing an order to get me some of those from the works chassis lab.

Hey thank you for another great review!! These are setting the bar for bike shootouts!! One thing, when you said you changed the torque setting on the swingarm bolt did anyone tear down and check to see if the linkage and swingarm bearings were even greased? I have bought new bikes before and I have always checked this before riding to make sure that they are properly greased. I bet there is miminal grease in these bearings and this could be the cause of the binding. Just a thought and thanks again for another thorough shootout!! :)

Nice video as usual. What about 250s? Will you guys do something similar?

2nd! Great video Michael!👍

The colour red suits the bike, its aggressive not easy to tame beast!!

Where you guys ever able to find a setting or something that helped with the front end wobble/head-shake?

What was your process of running it in? Mine is arriving next week

So I'm a guy that hasn't been on a bike in quite some time. I haven't had my own bike in probably 12 or so years, due to work and injury and other things. I'm looking at getting back into it since my kids are starting to ride more and wanting to get into it. What would you recommend for a best all around bike? I used to be a "B" class rider. Currently about 5" 10" and 210 or so. I was a guy that would run lower rpms and never really get into the higher revs of the power output. Out of all the bikes ridden, what would you in your own opinion, be the best fit?

Keep Up the awesomeness Michael.. this is series is killin it! #michaellindsay

Is Honda using last year's wider seat on the 2020? Bulges in the thigh

wow nice bike,

Michael Lindsey, my dad likes a bike that handles with a very stable front end, he wants to stay straight in high speed sections, acceleration and braking bumps. From most stable front end to least stable front end what order would you put these bikes Michael

Your not Michael Lindsay.. You look totally different, clean/young though.. Love the vids!

Brand new 450 burning coolant is my deal breaker

Can the suspension be softened up, and geared up for the desert. Live out in the Imperial Valley. We all had 85' cr500 back then for Dist 38 desert races. really like the strong motor.

What’s your thoughts on the vortex Ignition on this bike with out getting it mapped by a tuner. Just the vortex x10 “pre set” maps. As I’m in Australia and getting some like XPR or twisted etc isn’t really available here in Australia with out having to post to USA and then pay the exchange rate difference would become an expensive operation. (I have a 2018 and was thinking of trying a vortex with just there maps) Do you feel there maps will give some improvement to calm the bike down or will it just make it have more power and maybe even less manageable? or have you always just ridden vortex’s with mapping being done to them. Cheers for your thoughts, love that your doing! Chad 👍🏼

It would be cool if there was a way to do a shootout where the riders could do some laps on a bike and not know what bike they are riding. It would be interesting to see if the results change.

In the time you tested all of the 450’s was there any reliability concerns?

Will an exhaust off the 18 model fit the 20? I know 17-19 aftermarket exhaust are all the same just curious if the 20 will use the same exhaust

I'm going to buy a new 450 Saturday, torn between this or the yz450f.

Bro!!? Where’s the flow???! Looking fresh tho

Get that Suzuki’s fender out of my Hondas video! lol

I wanna see the 250's

Yeah yeah change the torque of a bolt , from your swingarm . That i dont believe . Other than that great review . And greetings from the netherlands

I’d put my hand up for a b level vet test rider 🤚. Haha but need heads up got to book a plane from Australia

Two pipes means servicing the bike is more complex and more expensive. Aftermarket or replacement pipes are going to be more expensive. Moreover the chance of getting burnt by the pipe increases in an event of a fall. And on the 250R it's even worse. I don't know why Honda is doing this. Well, actually I know. Their offroad department is very much influenced by their street department. Have had Honda's in the past, don't see me buying it again for this reason.

I think the new crf 450 is the best bike bye far.I dont get how you think the Yamaha was the best,my lap times were way faster on the Honda than the Yamaha

Can I be your friend?

Who’s this bloke with no hair man you look 10 years younger

Man what happened to your hair????? :)

Can I have your life plz