Suzuki is the king, but much, much more $$$$. Honda and Kawasaki are about neck and neck now that Honda upgraded the suspension. Either are great, so shop around and realise you are benefiting because of REAL market competition, and BOTH bikes are better because of it. Can't go wrong with either.
The CRF is the old model. The ‘25 has updated suspension and other updates. The KLX is also the old model. The ‘24 is massively updated in the bodywork and other small updates.
The suzuki is a pile no idea why people would buy everyone asked when they updated to add a 6 speed all they did was meet government requirements said f the customer base and made it over 9k to me the best value for the money is the klx