2019 Kawasaki KX450 Bike Build

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so I'm sure most you out there know by now that for 2019 kawasaki that came out they're all new KX 450 this year this thing was all new they say from the ground up so you got a new frame new swing arm new motor new spring forks which I love and I have to say that Kawasaki they did a very impressive job for a first year bike it's won a couple two shootout if you've been watching those it's placing really really high so overall just incredible bike stock if you want to see the first ride review that we did with this bike you can watch that video when you're done here where I just get my thoughts and impressions on the bike bone stock but as you can see in front of me I've got about 25 hours on this bike now so we've been riding it a lot and we've just been slowly piecing it together putting on some parts and we should want to show you some parts that for me make the bike more comfortable a little bit easier to ride also some parts for performance and also just some bling factor you know parts that we like to put on the bike just to give it a cool look and make it your own now we know that when it comes to these bike builds we don't expect you guys to just go out and get everything all at once for these bikes but we want to show you what's available so you guys have a great understanding of you know what parts gonna be beneficial for you and to help you get the most out of your bike so first thing we'll cover suspensions so for 2019 Kawasaki thank you they went back to a spring fork now I've ridden all the 2019 450s this year back-to-back on the same day and I will admit that I think that this is the best production force that I've ever ridden it absorbs a small choppy stuff extremely well just a very plush comfortable fork to ride so what you need to know about this bike is that the shock spring is actually stiffer doesn't really match up that well to the fork Springs I'm about 175 pounds dry the shock spring was too stiff for me so what we did is we put a lighter shock spring on there we sent the suspension off to mx1 at st. George Utah and the fork what we really wanted there was just a little bit more hold up in the mid stroke and a little bit more bottoming resistance but to maintain obviously that plush suppleness at the top and overall they did a really good job I couldn't be happier you know since they've done that I add a little bit more oil for a little bit more bottoming and I haven't touched anything so if you're looking to get your suspension re valve just that you know according to your weight your riding style you know your skill level and next one's a great option for that as far as the motor goes you know for 2019 this motor is a very lively free feeling engine the incredible job so very snappy really quick throttle respond but it's not so much that I want to risk it wants to rip out of your arms but the bike just pulls in revs for a long time and that's what gives it that free revving that light feeling to the bike so with this motor the only spot that we felt they could use a little bit of help was actually just in the mid-range of the motor so it has good hit at the bottom but we feel like there's a little bit of that mid where it needs some help so we want the 4.1 titanium exhaust from FMF and that just helped clean it up a little bit so you still had that good snap off the bottom a lot of usable power but it just cleaned up through the middle so overall though if you're picking up a nineteen kicks for 50 the motor is not going to disappoint you there is plenty of power that comes with three different couplers I'm running the white coupler we're up here to about 6,500 feet of elevation so it's the more aggressive couplers so I still want to maintain someone that hit off the bottom especially I've heard this altitude so that's the motor again they did an incredible job now what I want to talk about it or just some parts that I've put on this bike that for me I think are by our parts that any rider should put on their bike if you're gonna go invest extra money in your bike here are some parts that I think you should put on first first one make sure the bike is comfortable for you when I mean by that is handlebar setup so this bike come with stock seven eights handlebars I wit and upgraded to the 101 eights CFT handlebars from ODI but one part that I think is a must-have is this one-piece handlebar clamp some bikes do come stock with those like a Suzuki but if your bike just comes with your standard two-piece handlebar clamps this one piece has a lot more torsional rigidity so if you have a crash or some of these simple as a tip over it's much more difficult for your handlebars to twist so if you've had that happen before and you don't like to deal with getting off your bike trying to straighten out your bars this will help solve that problem so awesome accessory to have and also on top of that if you look down here radiator braces so radiators okay they're not that sturdy on just a stock bike you know and if you do bend or break them they are not cheap to replace so if you want to give some added reinforcement to your radiators I have these radiator braces from works connection so just come with everything you need really easy to install they just mount right up to the frame in the back of the radiator and it just gives a lot of extra support so for me a really important exertion to have to help protect your radiators from there we work down we get to the foot pegs so for 2019 the Kawasaki actually comes with oversized flip page which is nice there's still foot pegs so they're good but they are kind of heavy and they're just not that sharp like to have as much grip as I can as on the boots as possible so I went with the Tusk billet race foot pegs on here so with these oversized foot peg the cleats on these are nice and sharp so just give a lot of grip to my boots but one thing with those I don't want to point out what this bike especially is these are chair b's foot peg covers this is one accessory that I would recommend for this bike specifically this bike because of the geometry when you come into a corner if you have a deep rut and you really lay the bike over it's really easy to get mud packed in the foot peg so the foot peg stays stuck up and that's really annoying to try and ride with the foot peg up so by having these foot peg covers on there they're inexpensive you just slide them right over the top of your foot peg it will just prevent mud from packing in there so you don't have to worry about that happening to you now another accessory on this bike that I definitely recommend is a skid plate so this bike doesn't come with one stock so the one I actually have on here is made by Kawasaki what's nice about it is it has a nice sleek look to it it's inexpensive they're about 20 bucks so to get some added protection for your undercarriage a skid plate I think as a must have from there you've got a disc guard we've got the Tusk disc guard on here protect your rotors the discard this bike does come with them stock but it's kind of thin plastic kind of flimsy so that's definitely a nice upgrade to have now let's talk about some of the parts that aren't must-haves for the bike but if you want they're nice to have on the bike for some added performance and longevity the first one is this recluse clutch so we actually didn't do the full core manual torque Drive clutch in here and you know there's a lot of riders that want to get more longevity performance from their clutch but it's a big investment you know sometimes you can be upwards of a thousand bucks for a full clutch kit so we actually did this did their torque Drive clutch pack so you get all the benefits of their clutch pack they have in their premium clutch kit but you're not gonna pay that premium price what I love about it though my favorite part about it is that you have steel sleeves that go between the fingers on your clutch basket so the friction discs they don't notch out your clutch basket so adds performance is also an also longevity to your clutch and then we also did do the recluse clutch cover on here not something you have to have but they are gonna be stronger than OEM another nice accessory to have is this brake caliper from ride engineering now brakes on for 50s and to 50s nowadays they're they're really good brakes plenty of stopping power but a complaint that a lot of riders have is how their brakes you know they're real sticky or real grabbing other words it's just kind of it's either on or it's off you don't have a really good modulation so with this brake caliper from I didn't Nina's got oversized piston so it just helps give a little bit more modulation to the front brake amazing stopping power just a little bit more feel so if you're not really happy with your front brake right now this will be a really good upgrade to have and the last part we want to talk about that is nice to have is a wheel set so on this bike we've got the Tusk impact wheel set black rims blue hubs awesome look to the bike I've ran the Tusk impact wheels for years and I'm telling you that value wise bang for your buck this is the best wheel set you're gonna find they're very strong like I said awesome looks and on top of that we've got the new Dunlop and x-33 tires and then drive components we've got the new MX race chain from primary drive we've got that primary drive sprocket on there as well now to cap it all off obviously with any bike you want to have a cool look to it customize it and make your own so that's what we have done so we've got some cool anodized component from Tuscon here you can see full graphics kit from attack graphics this is probably my favorite kits of all time we call it the zebra kit so if you're looking to get some graphics on there with your name and number your sponsors you know value wise attack graphics to do a great job a nice affordable price point and that is it that is our bike built for the 2019 KX 450 so if you guys have any questions about any of the products that we talked about today feel free to leave your comments below we'll get those answered to pick up your parts for your bike and see everything that would carry for the 19 kicks 450 just click on the link at the end this video if you guys like this bike build you want to see more just like it our first ride reviews our product spotlight all the videos that we're doing at Rocky Mountain we'll make sure to click subscribe to our YouTube channel and that's gonna keep you up to date I'm chase we'll see on the trails [Music] [Music]

Channel: Rocky Mountain ATV MC

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Id: _wdmVN78_2o

Length: 9min 8sec (548 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 30 2018