1990 Kawasaki KX250 Classic Bike review

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I've never been a fan of Kawi's, one of the few bikes I never owned, maybe something about hating the color green. That being said, there are two models that just do it for me, the 1979 KX125/250 (the ones with the gold rims) and the 1990. The 90' looked so other-worldly with the perimeter frame and the space-age bodywork. It was a damn looker, for sure.

I just remember the '90 KX models as being the first bike with more than two color graphics. Right after that, we got Pink Yamahas and multi-color Suzukis. Love that trend or hate it, Kawasaki was the catalyst.

Loved mine. Not as fast as the Honda but WAY better suspension.

I miss being able to read these.

Cant watch a video at work.

I had a '90 KX and my friend had a CR. We were at a practice track one day and swapped bikes, and the first sections of the course were twisty corners and the CR felt way more planted and turned better. Then we got to a fast chopped-out straight and I nailed it through the bumps like I would on my KX and the CR shook it's head so bad I thought the bars would come out of my hands.

Both great bikes but for completely different reasons. I remember the KX needing a lot of Loctite to keep everything tight though lol..

I bought one of these brand new in late 89' after coming off a 89' CR250. I fell in love with the looks of this bike the first time I saw it. I thought the engine was pretty close to the CR, but the CR handled better. The KX just felt like a big long bike to me coming off of the nimble handling CR.
Suspension was better on the KX, but I could tell the bike just wasn't built as well as the CR. Footpegs were sagging badly after less than one season of racing - seen this on other KX's that year too. Not a bad bike, but I felt I took a step backwards from the 89' CR.
This taught me an important lesson: Don't buy a bike for its looks.