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More important, he needs to feel warm radiators before he takes off. With water cooled bikes, the cylinder won't expands with the piston as the piston gets hot and the cylinder is still cold. I bet his piston has scuff marks on it, but it can also seize if you take off too fast, (but he did not take off very hard). It was called a "cold seizure".
Had a 98 , has alot of power! I hope to find another some day along with a 500!! Very nice bike, dont sell it!! Also, learn to quick shift. Keep throttle pinned and just change gears. Great vid!! Beautiful bike
I remember an old MXA article about shifting for starts. There are 4 ways. Some are faster, some need more parts replaced, (the fastest way of course). 1) Shift normal: Let off the gas, pull in the clutch, shift, and back on the gas as you let out the clutch. (slowest) 2) Leave the throttle pinned, fan the clutch and shift. Called "speed shifting" 3) Don't use the clutch at all, let off the gas a tad and shift, back on the gas. (the one I adopted and got great starts with.) 4) Leave it pinned, and just jam the shift with out the clutch. Newer bikes may do this better, they shift so nice. But I bet it is still hard on tranny parts. 1-4 is the order of speed too. I tested 1-3 on a moist dirt road back in 84, and picked the one with the shortest coasting patch between gears. That was number 3. MXA back in 84 said the same thing would happen also. 2021 MXA recommends #2, and I stopped buying that mag because of stuff like that. They are not nearly as sharp as the generation before. But then again, nobody is. I can't even find a Doctor with a good brain today.
Does your carburetor emulsion tube/ dump tube that your main jet screws in does that come unscrewed? I know on the Mikuni TMX carb they come stock with the number 9. If you put a number 7 in it it cleans up the loading up problem altogether
I wasn't either, until I bought a 97 KX250. A bit big and heavy compared to the Honda maybe, and pumped my arms up on a track, (monster mid-range power, and I was not in the best shape.). But man did I get fast on that bike in whooped out sand trails in Michigan. I never felt that good on a bike before. Using very little energy and one with the bike, it was the only time I felt like I could push it as hard as I can. So,---I liked it. Not a fan now, since they would not let our 2 national champs ride the MXofN a few years back. Too "anti-American" for me.
I had a 2001 KX125 and it had more than enough power for trail riding, jumping, messing around etc plus it was super light and nimble. When I sold it I put a new clutch lever on it and literally 30 seconds after paying me the kid that bought it dropped the bike as he was loading it and broke the lever. lol
Thanks for another great video them kx250s have power our good friend Stephen has a 1999 kx250 I have road it a few times abd I love it I just got my first big bike it is a klx300 and I love it our friend Stephen gave it to me it is basically brand new he hardly ever road it
Jourdon Gulick oh yeah they are a tank for sure my klx is an 2004 and I love it our very good friend Stephen gave me my first bike which was a crf100f I have road it about 8 months then he just gave me his klx300 and I love having that power he rides his kx250 all the time and he never really ride the klx300 so he just gave it to me since he hardly rides it
Hey man hope your foots feeling better im abiut to pick up my first bike im 24 y/o 6'6 160 pds and i found a 2001 kx250 for 1100 its mint should i buy it for my first bike?
Aye that's a nice bike like..a prefer the Banshee 350cc,twin turbo..I think they are all quick as shit, lol..a would say the Banshee, would kill this do you agree? But cool vlog Bro, good job.
Healthiest bike I’ve ever seen. MY 2002 CR125R is looks just as nice as that and it even has a VFORCE3 carburetor and I have a estimate guess that it’ll go 76.5 mph since it’s not a mess up
See how you can touch the ground with both toes (min 3:24). You can't do that with the new YZ250 2-strokes. I have no idea what they were thinking. stupid tall. Taller than a 2022 KX450 and YZ250f. I just finished lowering the suspension today. Perfect. :)
I thought it was going to be fast but then again My last bike was a YZ426F so my expectations were too high lol. M83 midnight city for the win though!!
Beautiful bike and era of 2-strokes. Hard to beat a 2-stroke Yamaha or Kawasaki from the late 90s to about 2006/07 or so. I never cared much for Honda's or Suzuki's as much as Kawasaki KXs and Yamaha YZs.
Damn just realized I did buy tbis bike from a younger kid haha its currently tore apart waiting for the cylinder to get done started smoking bad after a ywar and a half fouling plug. Crank seal went out getting a full rebuild
Oooohh. It hurts me to rip my good tire edges down on a pavement road, (or even a really hard dirt road). Yea, they get slippery when the edges are eroded. :)
Yes he did and i bought it from the kid he sold it to back in June of 2019. Its still very clean even after being on the track but is currently tore apart for a full rebuild crank seal went out started smoking bad and fouling plug so parked it to rebuild
The reason it's smoking is because it has been sat for a few weeks & the petrol evaporates but the oil doesn't, so it will be running with the wrong mix. Always mix a fresh tank, you are going to clog the power valve & foul the plug.
That bike is lazy on the start. Either you got the clip all the way at the bottom or I'm not sure if those new keihin carbs have emotion tubes in them that are interchangeable if so you need a shrink that to a smaller one. That bike should be really crispy on the start every time you come to a stop you have to clean the bike out to take off that's not right
