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I apologize if this needs to be starting in a another section of the form but just thought I'd ask what some of your guys's thoughts are if you don't mind please.
Ive got a chance to buy a SUPER low hour 2003 KX250 for a dam good price thats got an FMF Fatty, V-Force reed block, brand new tires, bars, chain and sprockets. The rest of the bike is bone stock just the way I like it....being tall is something to consider and ive read in numerous places that the 06 KX250 chassis was a real mess but had a beast of an engine and my limited knowledge of KX250's from this timeframe is that the 03 had a dufferent frame I just dont know how drastically different and ive always thought the last gen KX 2 strokes were great looking bikes.
Im 6'3 195 and novice/intermediate skill level ...just a little rusty since its been almost 2 years since i last rode but ive been riding my whole life starting at age 5 and im 39 and know itll come back quickly. Ive generally always had a good "feel" for the bikes ive owned/ridden so that i could fugure out what the bike was doing and what needed to be done to fix or adjust it out.
Ive searched all over the Google machine with very few legitimately qualified reviews. Ive never owned or ridden a KX250 2 stroke but have owned and ridden the crap out of every last generation 250 2 stroke long enough to appreciate all of them. Loved the YZ250's engine, by far best handling bike I ever rode was my 2002 CR250, had an 01 and 06 RM250 and they were good bikes that fell in the middle of the CR and YZ. Btw I cant afford a 'GOOD' KTM250sx i.e. a 2012 or newer otherwise this post wouldnt exist.
If anyone can give me their idea on where a 2003 KX250 would rate against these bikes that would be helpful:
2000-2001 CR250
2002-2003 CR250
1999-2001YZ250
2003-2004 YZ250
I realize the KX250 didn't win any shootouts around this time but I can't really get a good feel for how it fared against the bikes above was it way too far off or just a tick off? That's kind of what I'm trying to understand