KX250 History Part 2: The 1980s

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Here is part 2 of my KX250 History Vid covering the green machines of the 1980s. 

 

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tblazier 8/26/2026 8:31am
8/26/2026 8:31am

Here is Part 1 covering the seventies if you missed it. 

 

 

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queen of spodes 8/26/2026 9:14am
8/26/2026 9:14am
tblazier wrote:

Here is part 2 of my KX250 History Vid covering the green machines of the 1980s. 

 

Absolutely wild how quick bike tech changed from 1980 to 1989.. air cooled, drum brakes at one end, water cooled, powervalved, huge 46mm cartridge forks at the other. 

 

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queen of spodes 8/26/2026 9:32am
8/26/2026 9:32am

Late 80's Kawies are some of my favorite looking bikes of all time. Even though it had dated plastic and ergos, I like the 88's looks best.. 87 is second, then 89, 86, 85... didn't really care so much for the black and green earlier models! 

Not in this vid, the '90-93 KX's were also very sharp.. and the '96 purple tanked KX's were to die for

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tblazier 8/26/2026 10:01am
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queen of spodes wrote:
Late 80's Kawies are some of my favorite looking bikes of all time. Even though it had dated plastic and ergos, I like the 88's looks...

Late 80's Kawies are some of my favorite looking bikes of all time. Even though it had dated plastic and ergos, I like the 88's looks best.. 87 is second, then 89, 86, 85... didn't really care so much for the black and green earlier models! 

Not in this vid, the '90-93 KX's were also very sharp.. and the '96 purple tanked KX's were to die for

I am working on the 1990s right now. 

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