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So you're right, my bad! Just so used to hearing frame issues in the 80's...must have gotten my decades mixed up! ...kinda like MXA every now and then! I like Jody's mag though, been a subscriber off and on for a lonnnnnggg time.
Never had a problem except for maybe crushing pipes or bending handlebars against fellow competitors bikes.
I'll try those suggestions, I'll see how they compare to what I have written down somewhere
Cya Sun on Feb 8th, unless I'm too sore from Sat's practice!
BTW.....how you doing? Plan on doing some racing down south here this spring / summer? I " plan " too.....bu I also planned too last year as well until I got hurt in June. Kind of ruined my whole summer. Putting in the work in the gym right now and hopefully have a good spring and come out swinging at some races this year. Hope you and Sharkey are good!
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
I found that the bike ate through pipe springs and o-rings, footpeg si jprings and pins, and the levers, brake pedal and kickstart lever got sloppy quickly.
Some guys had trouble with the side panels catching their boots, but it wasn't an issue for me.
I'll take some of those maintenance issues over my first experience on a 4-stroke any day. At the 30 hour mark, lost the lower rod bearing on my '06 RMZ 450 (great bike and had good results on it) and it basically took everything with it. Oil pump(s)?, crank, cylinder. We're able save the camshafts. End result is I sold the bike for a little more than I paid to repair it....it sat in the garage for a while, but sold in '09 to a friend of mine.
Replaced with a new leftover '06 RM250 in 09 and an '05 YZ125 in '11 and an '01 CR500 in '13. No regrets. Will I get another 4-stroke someday? Absolutely, but it'll probably be a dual sport. But, before that a 300SX KTM is next on the shopping list....sometime in the next 3 years!
Also, not a big fan of setting the idle too high. My bike will idle (when fully warm) for about 5-7 seconds, then die on it's own. It's a 2-smoke thing.
One other tidbit...
Turns out about 5 years later I sold the '01 too him anyway, so he got his forks back!
So you hear that NorCal? Don't leave your like bike at my house!!!
My buddy's 01 CR was a nice bike, we had many chances to ride and compare the two but I always liked the KX a lot better.
Spent some time at Clark County until it closed, it's Horn now for us until spring.
Hit me up on FB, I'm almost never on here any more. Maybe we can meet up and burn some laps!
Aaron Bailey
What you describe the aqua & white would look nice.. kind of like the early 90's WRs.
Pit Row
During the 90s pro bikes got gusseted frames....my 92 cracked in quite a few places along the swingarm/shock link area...but honestly it was a good bike. Big, roomy, powerful and steady as a trial lawyer. You could cruise the desert or the whoops section and still out run a Honda in the rough. The front brake did suck and the suspension was soft and very plush stock, along with the "slopy after a couple months" foot pegs. I cut the stockers off and welded aftermarkets on. I thought the 92 KX was a very handsome machine.
The 95 125 was a similiar chassis, though I made the forks awesome with just a spring change and fluid tweaks. It had, however, the most pathetic engine I've ever owned...even after Tom Morgan got done with it. My buddy's RM had top end to another zip code compared. Just as it got going like a 125 should it hit the wall. I didn't have the cracking with it that I did on the 92, so maybe they got better at building them as the years went on. I trashed that bike for 10 years and never replaced much of anything. Sure it got a couple mod parts but really, original clutch, frame/subframe, seat, suspension, bearings, trans, tripples, hubs....it had the original rims, but they weren't perfectly round anymore; the desert will do that.
Despite some quality issues they were better than some others out there and always worthy of winning. I really have a soft spot for old KXs.
I have no clue what he is talking about regarding the rod bearings I got 2 seasons out of mine, with 4 top ends and 1 clutch and chains and sprockets!
I still wish I had my 2000 KX250, it was an awesome bike stock.... tons of torque and midrange hit was phenomenal!
I am actually looking for a clean 2000 right now.... shhhhhhh don't tell the wife
If you are interested, I have access to lots of brand new, still in packaging Flo Green plastic, specifically "Acerbis" for Kx 125/250 2003-2007.
- Shrouds
- Front Fender
- Rear Fender
- Side Panels
I have shipped to various buyers in the U.S., so not a problem.
Let me know
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