1996 Kawasaki KX125 Review

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My latest video is a look back at Kawasaki's 1996 KX125. 

 

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BossWool2800
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7/29/2026 10:29am

^^Not sure why someone would downvote this. Excellent review 👍

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7/29/2026 10:40am

My first brand new MX bike (at 30 years old). Had a lot of fun & it was pretty good to me for a few seasons.

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7/29/2026 11:14am

^^Not sure why someone would downvote this. Excellent review 👍

Because there is a whole of fucktard dumbasses that downvote anything....

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7/29/2026 11:15am

I'm partial to the earlier model blue & green KX's but the '96 models were nothing short of beautiful. Gotta love all that purple

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7/29/2026 11:17am

I wish someone still made purple fork guards for this model, and purple plastic too. I have a lonely NOS right hand fork guard holder if anyone is looking

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Tyler D
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7/29/2026 11:20am Edited Date/Time 7/29/2026 11:21am

man that susuzki dyno is off the pace. yamaha looks the most timeless and power wise looks the easiest to ride. 

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Nairb#70
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7/29/2026 11:29am
Tyler D wrote:

man that susuzki dyno is off the pace. yamaha looks the most timeless and power wise looks the easiest to ride. 

1996 was the first year for the "square bore" 125 from Yamaha and it was all over 'cept for the cryin' for the other mans. 

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7/29/2026 12:33pm
Tyler D wrote:

man that susuzki dyno is off the pace. yamaha looks the most timeless and power wise looks the easiest to ride. 

Nairb#70 wrote:

1996 was the first year for the "square bore" 125 from Yamaha and it was all over 'cept for the cryin' for the other mans. 

Nope - 1994 was the first year for the 'square bore' YZ125.   They only refined it every year until the 2005 model came out.

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BossWool2800
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7/29/2026 12:55pm
Tyler D wrote:

man that susuzki dyno is off the pace. yamaha looks the most timeless and power wise looks the easiest to ride. 

Nairb#70 wrote:

1996 was the first year for the "square bore" 125 from Yamaha and it was all over 'cept for the cryin' for the other mans. 

You beat me to it. ‘96 was the start of the YZ125 dominance. 

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FroDiddy
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7/29/2026 1:08pm

Kawasaki used to take chances.  '96 was my second year racing.

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7/30/2026 10:11am
FroDiddy wrote:

Kawasaki used to take chances.  '96 was my second year racing.

KX327 in both Moto and off-road packages? They are definitely taking some chances dude

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My 1996 KX125 at the ISDE in Finland. No purple for me...

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7/31/2026 12:11am

Not watched the video yet but my 96 KX125 became my favourite that I’ve now owned for c.5 years now. It’s just so nice to ride!


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7/31/2026 4:53am

Nice review, as always ✌️

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