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Dear Kawasaki,
I love the KX450F, and my new bike slush fund is doing fine. I could have easily bought a new 450. Instead I searched around on craigslist for a while until this gem popped up- a very low hour , nicely accessorized 12 model-a spring fork equipped 12 model. Good luck blowing out those air fork bikes at cost in the fall
I love the KX450F, and my new bike slush fund is doing fine. I could have easily bought a new 450. Instead I searched around on craigslist for a while until this gem popped up- a very low hour , nicely accessorized 12 model-a spring fork equipped 12 model. Good luck blowing out those air fork bikes at cost in the fall
The Shop
I'm not sure what your point is. Are you mad because new Kawasaki's have air forks? Do you want Kawasaki to revert to the 2012 specs for the next model year?
You bought a 5 year old bike that has the tech from the last generation of that model. If it suits your needs then it's the perfect bike and you'll be very happy.
As far as dealers having to blow out bikes at cost. It happens every year when the new models come out not because they have air forks.
Nice bike by the way and it looks very clean.
I'm changing out spring forks on a '17 CRF for PSF1 Kit Forks. I guess I didn't get the memo on Air Forks sucking.
But, that's just me.
BUT....congrats on the " new to me"......pay to much mind on what I wrote above , the 12' is an awesome bike. I just liked the 16' quite a bit better.
Pit Row
Sure, the new one is lighter. great. certainly the 12 will hold me back- how could it not, it is so outdated LOL Just look at Jerry Robin - proof positive that any bike over 6 months old is totally obsolete . or not
I already have a 13 and 14 in the garage and have spent time and effort sourcing spring forks for them, which worked out fine- but I am not jumping through that hoop again.
The WP air fork sounds like something I can live with but these japanese air forks (especially the first gen air forks) are total bullshit.
Edit: You'll still save money over the other mfg's since you can get them for cost price blowout! lol
I have no actual input to this thread. I just wanted to "trump" it up a little.
but is the 15 better than the 12? not really
even at blowout prices it is way over twice what the 12 cost
had 12, 13, 14, and 15 kawis, I liked the air fork over the spring fork, and had 1 blown fork seal in all that time, which did not end my day riding,
i have gone to a spring conversion in the 15 when i turned it into a motard bike, as i could not get any settings for air fork in motard, and its pretty hard to test for motard over here,
My suspension guy tells me that in addition to the potential for catastrophic seal failure (lol), as the track deteriorates an hour and a half into a race, the air fork is actually gaining pressure due to heat buildup. he swears that in a two hour race the pressure can increase the equivalent of two spring rates. That is a beating waiting to happen.
I run my bars in the third most forward position. There is no physical way to remove the plug, thread in the adapter, attach the pump and etc to check pressure without removing the bars or popping for aftermarket stuff. It's a Total clusterfuck, made even more amusing by the fact that Kawasaki did not even include the pump with the bike in 2013. lol what a joke
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