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[QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 126613, member: 16276"] OK, so at this point you are backtracking Hammer from your previous statements and throwing in a little name calling with your doofus reference. Guess what - being new to the sport does not automatically qualify one as a dufus. The XR250 is an entry level bike and attracks new riders. Many a KDX kickstand was lost because the rider assumed it would stay on as attached by the factory. The folks here at DRN like Canadian Dave are nice enough to provide bike-specific info to help our new riders who buy attractive entry level bikes like the KDX as well as experienced riders who don't know the bike's specific bugaboos. No name calling required or appreciated, thank you very much. Those accustomed to wet sump 4 strokes may not know that the oil-in-frame dry sump systems are hard on steering bearing grease. Should we label them as dufuses too? That would make for a pretty large community of XR and YZ/WFR owners. [B] What I am saying that anytime a rider gets a new bike, the rider should actually ride the bike as it is in stock form, and see what changes they feel are appropriate, before doing a bunch of mods on it. [/B] "Stock Bike" is a pretty broad term, Hammer. Looking at a closed course bike or a offroad prepped bike like a KTM vs. an enduro-type Jap bike that is street legal in other countries, your comments don't hold true. Many bikes that hit our shores have compromises in them as they come out of the crate as a least cost means for the manufacturer to broaden his market for a specific configuration of the bike. The KDX and the XRs are perfect examples. Insurance regs, noise regs, emission regs, etc. that have nothing to do with our US market effect the bikes as they come out of the crate. Max compression damping dialed in may help an XR250 on the streets of Melbourne, but does nothing for the tight trails on the US east coast or mountains. The dual wall pipe on a KDX may make the Italian government happy but has no place on a US-market offroad bike. [B] To simply take a brand new bike and throw hundreds of dollars of modifications on it, before the bike is ever ridden, is down-right stupid. You guys can follow the advice of every Tom, ****, & Harry out there if you want, but I'll always call it foolish. Some of the advice on out there makes me wonder if the advice-givers work for the aftermark parts suppliers. [/B][/QUOTE] Gee, I guess you would not be referring to me with that statement, Hammer, seeing as all the suggestions I had for the XR250 cost NOTHING to implement. Guess if I worked for one of these "aftermark parts suppliers" as you call it I would not work there very long if all I sold were free stuff. If we are all missing your point as you say, then maybe you should try a little harder at MAKING your point, other than telling the rest of us we don't get it. Your lack of command of the english language and the keyboard is not a reflection of any lack of comprehension of those who have responded to this thread, besides yourself of course. [/QUOTE]
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