The 2021 KTM 450 SX-F orange brigade is an amazing machine to ride! It only gets better with some modifications and some tweaks. The KTM 450 SX-F responds well to a few mods and with that makes for one hell of a fun motorcycle to ride/race. Here are few things that you can do to…
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Here are two of my favorite maps that I have tried for the 2021 YZ250F. Both give a distinct different feel, but each offer something that I feel the YZ250F needs. Yes, you can also try these in your 2020 YZ250F as well.
Less engine braking.
More mid range and top end pulling power.
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It started with a text message. Steve Matthes sent a photo to Kris and me Sunday evening, November 1, of a freshly installed MICHELIN® StarCross® 5 Soft front tire along with the comment “World Vet prep”. Ever being the jokester, my quick reply was; “When do I need to fly in?”From there, things escalated really…
My son Aden and I have been riding/racing the 2020 Honda CRF250R for over a year now and since Honda left the 2021 Honda CRF250R unchanged, I decided to get you some notes on some baseline stock settings, as well as some mods that you can do to improve your CRF250R. Some of these settings/mods…
It's off-road season out on the west coast and Keefer breaks down the 2021 Yamaha YZ125X for you right here. What are the differences of the YZ125/ YZ215X, can a bigger vet rider adapt to the YZ125X, does this two-stroke Yamaha fit the 50/50 hybrid type of rider, as well as more of your questions…
The stock KTM/Husqvarna clamps are too stiff for me! What about you? Well, if you’re here reading this, chances are they might be too rigid for you as well! It’s odd because most other manufacturers OEM clamps are on the soft side, but the Austrians had something more rigid in mind when making these stock…
The 2020 and 2021 Yamaha YZ450F’s are identical minus some different graphics, so this gave me a chance to experiment more with standard settings as well as other aftermarket mods for this machine. For a bike that may get some flak thrown its way in the professional motocross racing world, this Yamaha YZ450F machine has…
The average shootout format seems to be an outdated model to me. Don’t get me wrong, I like doing shootouts, as well as viewing their rankings after all is said and done, but is it really telling you, the potential consumer, what you want to know or is it more of a scene on the…
What's it like to ride a factory Yamaha? In this episode Keefer breaks down what it's like to ride a Monster Energy Factory Yamaha YZ450F, what it entails, how much better it really is than a stock machine, where it's better on the track and why he still gets excited about testing factory machines.
http://media.blubrry.com/keefer_tested/pulpmx.com/podcasts/201102_keefer.mp3
Yamaha completely changed their YZ250F for 2021 and in this episode Keefer dissects the changes made as well as how those changes are perceived on the track.
http://media.blubrry.com/keefer_tested/pulpmx.com/podcasts/201026_keefer.mp3