KX250 - how good is this stock 16 years old 2 Stroke?!
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2020
- Hey guys, I had a chance to ride Kawasaki KX250 for a first time in my life, this oldchsool 2 stroke dirt bike is 2006 KX 250 that is completely stock except for the pipe. I was very curious to see how it handles the track I usually ride on much never bikes. Check it out and let me know your thoughts, cheers!
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KX250 2 stroke dirt bike - Авто та транспорт
I love these bikes! The looks, the feel, the smell, the sound... probably taste good too!
haha, sounds good brother!
If you can find a bike like this, yes, please build it on the channel. 🙂🤙
I ride a 2000 kx250 and its the most reliable and most powerful 2 stroke I've ever had
I also have one.Nice machines !Im just rebulding mine
i too have one :D glad to see these girls are still out there
Iva had an 05 with the same mods for a couple months, she is for sure an old beast
Yes to getting an older 2 stroke 250 and building it up some for MX....I like the Honda.
Great bikes, I own an '03. I would highly suggest getting ahold one of these gems. 💎
I totally agree! thanks Chris!
What is a 03 kx 250 brand new never ridden worth do you think
I have an 2005 kx250 all done up. Absolutely love it! Great bike! 👍
Right on!
Man now that brought back some memories! I rode kx 250's from 1989 through 2005. Had a great dealer here in my home town. The older ones around 95 had killer motors.
cool Scott, glad you like it!
That would be an awesome build. You don’t see any builds on them hardly. Would be very excited to see a kx250 build.
cool!
Almost finished building my 98’ KX 125!
cool!
Own one myself, love that beast
Of all the 2 stroke 250cc mx bikes the Suzuki RM250 hit the hardest in my experience. Most fun to ride. Would love to see you do a build on one of those
Same here find a 93-95
Agreed and the handling is great.
Sounds good! I would like to build 250rm for the track one day
Finally, i cant wait to see what you do with this bike
this one is not mine.. working in ktm300 now
Awsome bike i had one and i can say i loved it in my opinion best 250 in that year
when you get used to it keep it on the pipe and you will love it.
Definitely get a kx 250 2 stroke.... I got an 04 kx 250 and she’s a beast!! So fun to ride!!! Always puts a smile on your face no matter what
thanks for sharing Christopher!
The old Kawasaki kx 250 rips, I always loved Honda, Kawasaki and Ktms they were all awesome.
#TeamGreen! Build it Rado. You know u want to. I can hear it in your voice. Love your builds!
yea, that would be cool! lets see what we can find
I would Love to have that bad boy !! That was a steal in my opinion at 2000 bucks !!
I think so too
I just got one for 1200
Hey thinking about getting a kx250 2t 1998 for 1,100 is that good ?
@@lucidops4565 yea if it runs good for that price I’d be expecting issues I just bought a 2000 kx 250 for 1800
Out of all the 250s I've owned, I really enjoyed the 06 yz250, 01 cr250, and 01 steel frame yz250 for trails. The 02-07 Hondas also can be amazing with a little work. Never owned a rm250 or kx250 (but own a worked up kx500 and she rips). For 500s I still prefer hondas over everything. All the two strokes can be great, with correct jetting and a little suspension work, head work and porting. Some bikes have everything perfect except suspension, other bikes have great suspension but weak motors, while some got a fairly good package in between with good suspension and decent motors.
thanks for sharing man!
This video almost brings tears to my eyes... I miss my 07 kx250. The bike i should of never sold. I now ride a 2018 yz250 and I totally prefer my kx over the yz. Neither bike ever let me down, but the kx was just the bike that felt right for me.
Stupid mistakes we make in life.
yz250 is not bad too ;)
bike sounds crisp!
What a gem and a great find. I highly recommend a KDX 200/220 as well
Yes!!! the KDX is a phenomenal machine and will never let you down.
I hear a lot of good stugg about kdx
damm Rado, you are a pretty good rider, as well. greeting from Hungary!
thanks man, I can have fun at the track, but there is a lot to improve as well
I have an 03 they are gnarly!
thanks for sharing!
Nice bike KX have strong pulling motors
You definitely need to put this bike on your list of builds. 👍
For sure!
Awesome Rado,
A 1989 yz250 build please the first of the upside down forks you will fall in love with one.
Cheers Bad Boy Benny.
thanks Ben, that would be fun!
I have a 1993 kx250 and love it. Have my eye on a kx500
Sweeeeeet bike brother, nothing beats a smoker!!!!!
exactly! thanks bro
That is a sweet KX. I always wanted a Kawi, but I am thinking more of a KX500!
take it easy man!
I love this bike i have one and its my dream bike.
I rebuilt a 2007 RM250 years ago. Boy did that thing rip. Throttle was crisp. I have yet to come across that year bike since.
cool man, rm250 definitely on my list!
I bought a 2003 KX 250 6 years ago for $ 1500. I ride it every season, and I've done nothing to it other than chain, sprockets and breaks. Runs great!
Thanks for sharing
Where are you guys getting these steals from?! Haha
reliable bike replace piston rings each 100 hours
ciao!!!!! la moto gira veramente bene!!!! che carbrazione hai? spillo? getti?
Had a 98 KX250 and it was phenomenal.
98 was badass.. crazy power ..I bought the 99 it was awesome as well.. after that Kawasaki made it to mellow..we both had the best kxs 2003 wasn’t bad but didn’t have as much power as yours did or mine.. I will admit you had the best one brother!
Yes the 98 kx250 was a great bike. It was as good as pretty much anything made today.
Yes a good friend has one and it is a beast..the 06kx250 has one of the most powerful motors of all time some would say top 3
thanks for sharing Craig
Great bike man hope you find one to build
I hope so too
Yeah, this bike is sick, I have one off those but from 2008, runs like a rocket when you hold it on in 3rd gear...
cool man, thanks for sharing!
I got a 2004 2 stroke and it pulls hard!
Hey idk if you still active but you still got that bike does it still run and drive cause i might get one just need to know if their reliable lol
@Jacob Chambaud still got mines i haven't i need to clean the carburetor they will last a long time with good maintenance
@@Da323Guy thanks a lot I’ll get it then and clean the carb and get a new pipe prob and maybe new tires
@Jacob Chambaud if its your first bike be careful the 250 can hurt you. The 2stroke kick hard.
@@Da323Guy word ik I’ve been on one but I’m gunna learn on it and take it easy till I get a feel for her lol
Sweet KX250 ! James “Bubba” Stewart was smoking everybody back in the day on these bikes ! ✊✊✊
glad you like it!
actually he won 3 races on a kx250 in supercross, none outdoors. he only raced the 250 2 stroke one year. he was smoking everyone on a kx125 though
My mate has the LAST EVER KX250 ever made in 2008 with a letter from the boss of Kawasaki, that thing whatever Kawasaki did to the last 20 bikes, but his eats the latest 2020 450s!
Nice I own a 07, owned it since new. On 2010 I raced it to two state championships 250 and 450
right on Thomas, thanks for sharing!
Two stroke guys are always smiling and now you know why.
Doing up a 05 at the moment.... Wow... Stay "K" guys... Go hard or go home bike 💪😆
Currently own a 1993 RM250 and it's a beast
cool man!
Can't Wait to go the track I wanna start a UA-cam channel do you have any recommendations to what I need to start
@@justing505 do it in the way that makes you happy, if you have fun people will see it and will be able to relate.
True true
Mixing gas and kicking ass! Sounds crisp.
I have the 03kx250 and did a full rebuild on it and it's just special. Idk something about that era man. Awesome machines
cool! thanks for sharing Chris!
@@dirtniron u too!! Great vid
Do you think the 05 would be just as good ?
Great bike I had a 2005! Sold it last year
How is the 2005 ? Wanting to buy one now
My last race bike (old guy here: last race was over a decade ago) was a '01, which was not very different from that year, although mine wasn't stock. I always preferred KXs back in the day: great motors and stable handling. The latter was more important to me than really quick turning because I also did some cross country and desert racing. Man, this video brought back some great memories!
thanks for sharing David, glad the video brought some good memories ;)
Yep that's how we did it back in the day!! Don't need no stinking camshaft, chain, overhead valves nonsense to make real lightweight power!
great bikes for sure!
This bike is only a stones throw away from my '02 kx250 which I got for $2000 CANADIAN! These bikes are tremendously underrated
great bikes for sure
Yes please !! Find one and build it up to a MX bike and to your standards , change also all bolts , don't leave the old rusty.......go all the way with it. Thanks your videos are great man and like your riding too..
thanks man, appreciate it! lets see what we can do!
Just got my hand on a kx 250 (2007) last year in production. It will be a longterm project, but i will go as close as factory i can (mix of Carmichaels factory chevy 2001) and Stewarts last in line kx 250 sr in 05. A tribute to that era of factory two strokes.
right on, that so cool! have fun with your project
@@dirtniron Will you do anything with that kawi in the video? I would love to see you make a project of it aswell!
Yep, they’re powerful. The only issue these bikes had was pushing the front end a little in turns. Solid and stable bike though.
thanks for sharing Mark!
@@dirtniron 👍The positive part of these perimeter framed KXs was landing from jumps. If you were sideways or out of shape, the frame would straighten the bike out in landings. Also they helped stability on whoops, stutter, and braking bumps :)
Apparently you can change the rear shock linkage and drop the front end a smidge to clear that up. I have this exact bike and am just trying to adapt to it.
@@franklinwilkerson2061 There’s a reason JS was super competitive on this bike all season in ‘05
Best ever
I think a enduro build on one of those would be cool. I have one too. :)
I want to do MX 2 stroke next
I’m 5’7 what would be the ideal size for a bike in 2023
Mate wish we could find something like that at that price in New Zealand, miss having a 2 smoker
What's a realistic price you would have to pay in NZ/AU for that bike? I think he said $2K for it which is crazy cheap, probably more like 3K where I'm from. Thanks.
@@peterp.6249 about $7k Australian dollars at the moment, sometimes more. That’s around $5k USD.
Build build build build!!!!
I had one and shoulda never sold it, was mint and loaded with all the goodies. Was nothing but a blast, but i agree on the rough/stiff even with kayaba front and reactive rear mine was stiff
thanks for sharing!
kx 250 is a on off engine a pure animal my best bike
I have been wanting a 2 stroke for awhile. I usually will come across great deals on bikes but over the years I only come across 4 strokes. Also I have a repair shop and we end up getting bikes left in the shop every year. This year we had 4-5 4 strokes abandoned but zero 2 strokes.
2 strokes are gaining on their value for sure
@@dirtniron we did have a late 90s CR250 come in recently that was in bad shape. I was hoping the customer would abandon it since he was not trying to spend any serious money to fix it. It needed a full rebuild he wanted to put a band aid on it which we do not do...either fix it right or get it out my shop! He chose to take it :(
I would have restored it for sure!
Dope ass bike
cool bike for sure!
Def pick up a KX250 if you can one, that’s mint, be sick to see on channel.
Just one tip bud, ride a gear higher, plus if you feel you are going to light up the rear tire esp in the corners, work on clutch and throttle control.
You need to be the pilot on the bike not the bike, you need to find a spot where you can drill / practice corners, picking lines, inside, outside, on your own without others on the track at the time, there’s a tone on ways to corner a 250 2t esp, for each corner and esp for passing traffic, it’s the best thing gs a 4t, you can put it anywhere, anytime if you have the techniques dialled, practice this and you won’t need allot of time on a new bike you haven’t ridden before and you’ll be allot safer esp in traffic 🤙
Good vid Rado 🤙
what if I want rear wheel to light up ;)
@@dirtniron stab the clutch 👻
We want! Build it we will watch
sounds good!
Just finished my 2000kx 250 complete Ground up rebuild with throw back Ricky Carmichael chevy truck graphics 👌
Right on! share some pics
Just uploaded 2 quick walk-arounds of my 2 bikes.. just picked up a 89cr 250 thats next when the budget allows lol
Nice
I miss my 96 kx
Sick bike man I’ve got a kx85
cool man!
Yep
Yes old skool 2 smokers r awesome .
thanks Joey
Yes get a bike like that
I have an 06 kx250 and love it. Rode it back to back with a 19 yz250 and actually like the kx better
interesting.. what did you like more compare to yz?
@@dirtniron I felt like the kx had a little more bottom end and it felt softer than the yz and tracked straighter and handled better in my opinion. Might possibly be because I'm shorter and it seems like the kx is better for shorter riders but im not too sure.
So much blast lol
exactly! ;)
Ha I got a 07' KX 250... only could find the 06' graphics so pretty much looks like that!
cool man, is it for sale? ;)
Bike sounds dangerously fun they don’t make them like that any more it seem like the old school bike are made to last
it sure is fun bike to ride! ;)
Ive fully dismantled a 2001 kx250. And customising it for a woods bike. Wish i could add some pics on this thread.lol
that would be cool to see!
Heck yes build one & build a Honda 06 cr250,do a compare to. That be a sick build & videos bud
lets see what we can do! thanks
Nice! I got an 02 with around 20 original hours on it. Insane power!
I also have 99-02 model !Nice machine man !
Sweet ride, love the green frame
@@frankiemarchese2978 yes man i just splited my cases for second time in 60 hours bcs of crank seal.First time didn’t put original one and she blow it after 20 hours.also my gearshift(4-5th gear) stoped to work suddenly.than i found some piece stuck in gears which i have no clue from where it comes.except that is bone stock and have some power man.You did some extra work on yours?
Damn, did it mess your transmission up at all? Mine is all stock, just added a couple graphics. Shroud graphics are still oem and barely have any marks on them 👍
Theres a video of it up on my channel
Wow, 2006 for $2000? You could never find a gem like that in NY, not for that price. No way!!!!
$3,000 winter price, $3,700 springtime if you can find one. That bike is clean. Rochester, NY.
that was a good find for CA too
Hi Rado, I am currently running a 1999 KX250 with Moto Tassinari V-Force 3 reeds and a Doma Racing pipe, she rips...
Sounds great!
You are very lucky to have a track like this. The tracks on LI are very small and constantly under fire from the powers that might hear and complain about the noise 😟
Sorry to hear that
Did you do anything with this ?
Do a cr250 build 😁
Got kx 250 93 all taken apart to rebuild it to make it fresh again over £800 needs doing to engine before thinking of anything else love to 2 bangers hehe
sounds good Thomas, have fun!
06? That KX250 finished last in every shootout that year. They went with a strange Shoyaba fork, a Showa fork filled with KYB internal parts. Nobody ever got those to work well. The stinkbug rear suspension sat so high that it turned like a cruise ship. Pro Circuit made a fortune selling a long lowering link that dropped the rear end nearly 2 inches. That's probably another reason why you were sliding forward. Part of the reason that the power is so raw is that Kawasaki always used cheap reeds, with some VForce reeds and a PC pipe you have a motor that can do it all.
The fastest and best handling late model KX250 was the 1998.
thanks for sharing, appreciate it! I heard similar info from more guys.. 2006 wasnt very good year I guess..
My daughter's husband just gave me a 1998 kx 250 with after market front suspension it has a bad coil and missing some plastics I just ordered everything it needs and it's all out for delivery today 😮 hope it has spark and don't have to purchase a magneto plus it looks brand new doesn't look like it's ever been down I ordered black plastics because that's what it had can't wait to rip😮
Just bought my second 98 last year the 97-98 are powerhouses. They detained them 99 onwards. Congrats my first one was all black plastics
Wow. nice bike.
Can you do a rebuild of this bike? make it look like KX450😉
maybe :)
These old 2 strokes are becoming very difficult to find for reasonable prices, and that bike is beautiful let alone for that pricw
Found a 05 for 800 needs a piston job on it...think I'll get it.
Which is why you just buy a new one for not much more. People have lost their minds with what they are asking for old clapped out track bikes lol
Should I get one for 2k ?
I love my 2003 kx250 it's the last year of their 2stroke and mine is in great condition I paid 900$ for it from my uncle..it literally sat barely ridden in the last 15 years he had it..its a gnarly bike for sure
is it for sale? ;)
Well I can tell you this much maybe not right at the moment because I have myself in fighting whether or not I want to keep it for a while and then sell it after I saved up a little bit of money to get a KX 250 XC or keep it and just save my money up for a little longer and get one of these newer style four-stroke Enduro Motocross style bike however that being said I can guarantee you if I do decide to sell it I can let you know sir lol
i have a 2006 its amazing
03 was definitely not the last year.. Try 07..
@@reedgalbraith6508Correct.
Hard to beat the feel power and smoke of a 2 stroke
exactly!
Is it for sale?
have it and I much prefer it. I do not change it with any other
cool, thanks for sharing!
nice
Two grand is a hell of a deal on that bike! Especially with Corona pricing.
it sure is!
If say that the 2002 KTM 250sx is the most powerful 250 they make rn, they actually made it so powerful that they had to dial it down in 2003. The suspension was also better in 2002, IMO. I would think it’d be cool if you tried to get one, you definitely won’t regret it.
thanks Michael, appreciate it!
@@dirtniron yeah man np
So much peoples dont undertanding this bike is the better because kawa engine other the excellent performance give also all the heart in only bike 2stroke i mean.
Good evening sir. May i ask about the price of second hand racing machine?
check out craigslist.org
Awesome I had mentioned last week you shouldn't rebuild one of these I have a 98 model amazingly powerful bike
Right on! Hope I can find one. Thanks Kyle
Yeah get a yz 250 from mid 90s try make it competitive 🤔
Im a honda fan ive only ever had Kawasaki 2 strokes I love there powerband it's violent as I say yzs 250 is up there but honda stopped doing 2 strokes in 07 fcking shame
thanks for sharing