This week's Classic Steel is a look back at the 1990 Kawasaki KX250

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Classic Steel #71- The 1990 Kawasaki KX250
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Ramrod 11/7/2013 7:30am
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I had this bike and wish I would have kept it to start a collection.
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davistld01 11/7/2013 8:49am
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Always thought that was a great looking bike.
Kyle@DeCalWorks 11/7/2013 9:19am
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Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.
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RedRum666 11/7/2013 9:42am
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I remember seeing one of those at the track for the first time...Dirt Rider was doing a test on it it.....definitley caught peoples eye.....I rode 80's then and thought that bike was killer.....

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ddog558 11/7/2013 9:53am
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Had a decent motor, hated the 1st gen. perimeter frame. Way too stiff for my liking.
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Typical KX250 motor, barky bastard from the bottom-mid but signed off a little sooner than I like.
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Manbearpig 11/7/2013 10:05am
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I always wished I could have had the handling of my 89 with this body style.. Badass bikes
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scott_nz 11/7/2013 11:05am
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Kyle@DeCalWorks wrote:
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him...
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.
thats the 1992 design, still very cool tho,
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tblazier 11/7/2013 11:21am
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Kyle@DeCalWorks wrote:
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him...
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.
scott_nz wrote:
thats the 1992 design, still very cool tho,
Yup 1992
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OSJ 11/7/2013 12:20pm
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i raced that bike in 90 for a bit, loved it.
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TankSlapper 11/7/2013 1:23pm
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I got one of Chicken's bikes after the 1990 season. I still have the original number plate (#20) and back fender with all the stickers on it. I traded an old CZ to a buddy at Kawi and got some works bits (skid plate, footpegs, pipe,etc). That thing did have a monster mid range hit. I sold it to a friend and it has been sitting in his garage for years. I have been seriously been thinking of buying it back....
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Lightning78 11/7/2013 1:31pm
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TankSlapper wrote:
I got one of Chicken's bikes after the 1990 season. I still have the original number plate (#20) and back fender with all the stickers on...
I got one of Chicken's bikes after the 1990 season. I still have the original number plate (#20) and back fender with all the stickers on it. I traded an old CZ to a buddy at Kawi and got some works bits (skid plate, footpegs, pipe,etc). That thing did have a monster mid range hit. I sold it to a friend and it has been sitting in his garage for years. I have been seriously been thinking of buying it back....
According to chicken this bike wasnt made or raced until 91 hahahah
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ChingLongBing 11/7/2013 1:36pm
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Kyle@DeCalWorks wrote:
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him...
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.






I had you guys make some up for me also, not with the camel logos and all but still loved it. You guys do great work over there!

Now if only I could get the right color blue seat cover to pull it all together
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GrapeApe 11/7/2013 2:37pm
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I HAD to have that bike in '90 (the 125 version). I didn't GAF about handling, motor, ergos, anything. It was that stunning to look at.
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Ewan 11/7/2013 3:46pm
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I still have my '91 125, it's the bike in my avatar to the left.

Fully restored in '09 and only ridden sparingly since, it makes me feel 15 every time I swing a leg over it.

I lustest after this bike as a kid, remember the day me and my old man picked it up from the dealer, I couldn't speak and couldn't stop my legs from shaking. Haha
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swizcore 11/7/2013 6:23pm
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Kyle@DeCalWorks wrote:
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him...
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.
If he sends you a pic, I'd LOVE to see it.
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user760a 11/7/2013 7:13pm
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I believe super/motocross magazine had a cover shot of Jeff Matiasevitch jumping up some gnarly looking cliff on the 90 KX. so cool, need to find that pic
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Tarz483 11/7/2013 7:19pm
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Ewan wrote:
I still have my '91 125, it's the bike in my avatar to the left. Fully restored in '09 and only ridden sparingly since, it makes...
I still have my '91 125, it's the bike in my avatar to the left.

Fully restored in '09 and only ridden sparingly since, it makes me feel 15 every time I swing a leg over it.

I lustest after this bike as a kid, remember the day me and my old man picked it up from the dealer, I couldn't speak and couldn't stop my legs from shaking. Haha
My first 125 was a 1991 kx I was a little small for it but
I loved it and still do . I wish I still had it
I'd love to start a collection with 1

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docweedon 11/7/2013 10:00pm
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I remember when the 1990 KX250 came out. I was racing at Kahuku MX park on the North Shore of Oahu and a few of the local Japanese pros had them. Everyone was in awe of the bike.

I had a '92 KX250 and it's still one of my favorite looking bikes. Unfortuantly, I grew to hate the bike and eventually stopped riding it because I had too many issues with the frame cracking.
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CamP 11/7/2013 11:07pm
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I sold my 89 KX250 to get the first 90 KX250 in town. That was a mistake.
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Travis_Hudson 11/7/2013 11:16pm
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The 1990 cr250 had handling woes......but was still a better choice at the time.
Vecchia Scuola 11/8/2013 12:21am
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I had this bike too,
I remember a good frame for fast tracks but not really good at turning.
Great mid range power.
Great rear sospension but a fork not to flowing with its original set up.
However a good bike with a really beautiful design.
Vote:B+

Ps:
I broke the steel frame in a couple of spots..
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rossi46 11/8/2013 1:49am
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i had the 125.. and it was the biggest pile of shit ive ever owned.. that shitbox broke down and fucked up so many times its not funny
looked good though
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wwp 11/8/2013 3:10am
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I have a 1990 KX 250 in the shop right now that we are building for a customer, once finished I will post up some pics. Love the decal graphics
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catatonic 11/8/2013 3:29am
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I remember the ad for it.
The bike was sitting in a corral and the ad said " Holy Kaw"
Knew I had to have one
Sold my '89 for one....... Not the best move.
Sure looked good though.
dannyryan@ausbarge.com 10/1/2015 3:03am
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Kyle@DeCalWorks wrote:
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him...
Had a guy that loved the look of the 1992 KX250 so much that he wanted his new KXF to look like it. We made him a full kit right down to vintage Camel Supercross logos. Decals came out awesome, asked him to send me a pic of it all mounted up on his bike.
Gday Kyle. Those decals look amazing and in saying that I am restoring a 1992 KX125,ground up, and was wondering if it is possible to do a kit like these to fit a 1992 model. They look better than factory. I came across this picture in a random web image search. You can contact me directly at dannyryan@ausbarge.com. I really look forward to your reply.

Cheers
Danny
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mxracer239 10/1/2015 4:56pm
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I just bought a 1990 kx 250 to fix up to ride/race!!
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Matthes 10/1/2015 5:07pm
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Here's #project90 I built up that Chicken rode. It was fun, loved the way this bike looks.

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