Hunter Lawrence continues to put on a clinic during this year's AMA Pro Motocross Championship, securing another dominant 1-1 moto sweep at Round 7 at Minnesota's Spring Creek aboard his factory Honda HRC Progressive CRF450R Works Edition. Grabbing a flag-to-flag victory in Moto 1 and comfortably cruising home to win Moto 2 by over 15 seconds, the Australian racer reclaimed the 450MX championship red plate while extending his impressive streak of finishing every career premier-class moto inside the top five. It seems the only thing smoother than the throttle response on his CRF450RWE is Lawrence's ability to turn race day into a Sunday walk in the park.
Five-time world champion Jeffrey Herlings delivered another spectacular performance at the MXGP of Great Britain at Foxhills, throwing roost aboard his RS-12-equipped 2027 Honda HRC CRF450RW to pull off a dominant 1–1 race sweep. Racking up two holeshots and leading every single lap on race day, Herlings proved his high-profile jump to Big Red was the ultimate power move—taking his sixth Grand Prix victory of the season and slicing his title deficit down to a razor-thin 11 points. If anyone questioned whether the Dutch legend could adapt to Japan's CRF, "The Bullet" answers them at full throttle.
Yoshimura R&D of America has dropped Episode 9 of its Pivotable Pod, and this time they’ve cornered Honda HRC Progressive Team Manager Lars Lindstrom for a two-hour dive into factory racing folklore. Lindstrom dishes on everything from wrenching on team bikes back in the day and surviving red-leather-pant gear trends to managing the unstoppable Lawrence brothers—proving that while Yoshimura knows how to tune a header, it can also chime in on some elite motocross banter.
If your Yoshimura RS-12 exhaust is looking a little battle-scarred, our tutorial video details how to remove old decals and lay down fresh graphics like a factory mechanic. Armed with a heat gun, a razor blade, a splash of acetone, and an abundance of patience, the step-by-step guide walks riders through scraping off stubborn leftover glue and aligning aluminum-backed decals so they sit flush without a single crinkle. Watch the full instructional video and make your muffler look showroom-ready before your next moto.
The team over at Vital MX recently put our updated-spec Yoshimura RS-12 exhaust system through its paces on the 2026 Kawasaki KX450, and the results speak for themselves. Engineered alongside our factory race program to extract every bit of usable power from Kawasaki’s flagship 450, the latest RS-12 spec delivers tangible performance gains—bumping peak horsepower by up to 4.4% and torque by 4.8%. Out on the track, Vital MX highlighted the system’s immediate bottom-end response, cleaner roll-on power out of corners, and signature asymmetrical muffler design that optimizes internal volume with a sound you have to hear to believe.