<br />
ELECTRONICALLY REpRINTEd fROm fEbRuARY 2013<br />
2 0 1 3 4 5 0 < KawaSaKi KX450F<br />
MotocroSS<br />
Shootout<br />
Five Bikes, Four Fork Designs,<br />
Three exhausT seTups, Two Frame<br />
Types anD one winner<br />
Story By Chris Denison And The Dirt Rider Test Crew · Photos By Drew Ruiz And Adam Booth<br />
A<br />
450cc motocross bike is the ultimate<br />
toy. To the casual enthusiast, this big<br />
four-stroke is a nonstop ticket to exciting<br />
pulling power and heart-pounding<br />
acceleration. To the serious racer, a<br />
450 is a wickedly effective way to put massive amounts<br />
of power to the ground while tackling jump combinations<br />
that might never be possible aboard a smaller bike. But<br />
not all 450s are created equal—each bike has <a title="95844_elite2[1] page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc7faeef?page=1"> ELECTRONICALLY REpRINTEd fROm fEbRuARY 2013 2 </a>
<a title="95844_elite2[1] page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc7faeef?page=2"> 2013 4 5 0 MotocroSS Shootout </a>
<a title="95844_elite2[1] page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cc7faeef?page=3"> 2013 Dirt riDer 450cc MX Shootout winner: KawaSaK</a>