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

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.

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.

Looking very fast on the Yami during those sprint laps!

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.

Day 109 of Cheering on Jeff: GO JEFF!

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

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

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

My favorite mx RU-vidr by far!!! Love the vids Jeff

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

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.

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

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!

i love the track routed that way.

You look really comfy cozy on that thing man!

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.

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

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

So good with the hydro clutch!

you looked good on it out there forsure

The YZ450F engine is heavily detuned to make it's power much more controllable , if you want faster than just play with the maps but don't be surprised when you go flying off the back unable to hold on. That bike is scary fast and good luck keeping the front end down.

Yooo quads, love to see it.

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

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

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

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

Dam Jeff gets with it

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

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!

What are your thoughts on the 2024 CRF 250 or 450

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

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

Hell yeah blu cru

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?

Fast on any color!!

KYB "stock suspension" looks like it has some mods/upgrades. Do you know what has been done to his suspension? Would like to know as I have a beta 300rx with kyb too. Thanks Jeff Looking great rooting for you 96 more days till motocross starts!

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!

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?

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.

Tm Moto also comes with kyb on stock bike

yoo where did you get your graphics ?

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

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

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

nicks bars catching strays lmao

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

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

Another day of Jeff blowing out ruts

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

Good to know what it looks like to ride Fast.

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

GO JEFF BABY GURLLL

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

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

Let’s Go!

Is there an hour meter?

When are the Twitch streams coming back Jeff?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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)

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

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I could really picture you and Honda

What track is this??

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!

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

Yamaha on top baby

look 10x faster on that thing

When are you going to try Supercross again?

The Yamaha seems like it revs more free

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

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

Chase that club mx contract

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

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.

Damn quad riders 😂

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

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

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

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 ✊🤯

Try out kawi

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.

Bro you’re 5x smoother on the Yamaha

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

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

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

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.

Come on man join the blu cru

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

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.

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

Kawasaki comes with kyb too

BluCru

Almost like riding a Honda