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Thinking about buying one, dont know much about them. What do you all think? Used Kawasaki KX250

Ya that would be good...but if you buy one make sure to pop the radiator cap to see if theres any antifrease because you dont want water in the oil

Im trying to understand. Its 2 stroke, maybe your talking about the trans oil. How would the antifreeze mix?

Its a 98 btw, little tore up but runs good and and is under $1200. Good value?

2-stroke means it has only two wheels, right?

ROFL

your a regular comedian there austin. the real joke is on the people who took you seriously

yeah, you gotta remember there IS people that would really think thats what 2 stroke is haha

true. back on topic - good value?

I think i no the bike your talking about.. is it mising the back fender? if thats it thats a good deal.

correct, I didnt want to draw attention to it. I think Im gunna buy it

thanks

all my bikes have been two strokes, ive ridden a few new four strokes and i would never tade mine for a four stroke.

gotta love the 2 strokes. got my 01 KX125 for 1400.00 with gear and extras

just make sure it starts EASY that tells ya the top end is tight

 

ya 1200 is such a good deal

would cold weather affect its starting? like below 50 degrees

good, getting it for a little cheaper only because I have a limited amount of money right now. I have BARELY enough for the bike and gas to get there and back. Once I get back I will have no gas or money and I dont get paid till the end of the month. Wont even have enough money to ride it. Ill figure somthing out  2:L

ya hope you have fun

Start it ride it. Check fluids after warm up. Coolant should be clean. Trans oil should look like oil not choc milk. Shocks should not be blown out.(read pogo stick) (shocks are $$$). No start, no buy...

How do you check your shocks

Ok, I will do that. Just curious, whats the top speed gunna be like?

im not sure but my 85 goes like 60-65 but its not stock.....a 250 i think will go like 90 or somewhere close to that

hot damn thats fast

the water pump will be bad and leak coolant into the case and make the oil look like milk. we bought a honda 80 once and that happened to it and it cost 800 to fix it.


really fast. they haul. and get there even faster. be careful.


i dont think they will go 90 unless the gearin is custom but id say 70-75 maybe 80. we had a full race 85 (custom built engine, suspension, all the bolt on parts and stuff) and it only went like 50 maybe 55.

i just looked on a website and it says that a stock kx250 hits 76mph

No, old school 2 stroke bikes will do over 80mph. If the oil is milky you can fix it yourself for less than 50$. Just have to buy a few seals. Mostly the water pump seal goes bad and coolant is getting into the crankcase. To check the top end just kick it slowly to feel the compression on the up and downstroke. Depending on how long its been since the last overbore chances are it would need one. Compress the forks as much as possible then visibly check if the forks have any oil on them. If not then, the shocks are good. Be careful, even though its a 2 stroke, 250's have some low end and once the powerband hits you better hold on.  -Mark

check the radiator cuz if it is dry that means a seal went out and if its the ceank seal that means that the crank shaft sezed up ant thats a lot of work and its expensive. thats what happened to eric5555's RM 85 and it was not funn

hahaha ya it cost allot I had to replace my crank and all the seals and waterpump.....and it had soo little compression that I could start it with my hand.

if it has been messed up it will cost more. when mine did that, it fried the top end cause it was not cooling. and it messed the clutch up.

Bought it last night and rode it today with my friend that has a new suzuki 450 dirtbike. You all wernt kidding about that powerband, bout threw me off the back first time I got on it. I cant keep the front end down on pavement through the first 3 gears on pavement at full throttle no matter how hard I try. This thing is scary fast, maybe because the last dirtbike I had was an xr100. Not used to 2 wheels yet but Im getting it. Kick starting it is a biotch because it sits up so high and Im 6-1". Its fun though, lot different than my atv.

Little rough shape but the motor runs good, Im getting some new plastics for it from my friend that has a kx250 and gets new plastics all the time because he is sponserd. Even if it needs a rebuild soon its still worth the $900 I payed for it, Ill do the rebuild myself, gotta be easier than the 4-stroke I just did. fun

if u get a nice new pipe it will be even faster, u could also put a reed spacer in and bring up the low end more , if it starts to foul plugs and they look all wet with fuel , check ur reeds there probably bad, and then replace them with a set of boysen power reeds that will give ya a lil more umph ,  nice deal on the bike

Thanks. Its already got a Pro Circuit Pipe with a C.35 Carbon Fiber Silencer and a performance air filter. I dont plan on making it go any faster right now because it allready goes more than fast enough for me.

those 250 2 strokes race with the 450 4 strokes so your bound to go fast!

my neighbor just got an oooooold 250. its a yamaha from back when they raced black and yellow.but its in real clean condition.he totally ruined me in a drag race across my dunes lol