2008 Klx450r !!!

[2 strokes for life]

Kwakasaki, it might take awhile befor it hits or a matter of if it will every hit. It has not quite hit me yet. Congrates on the new bike.

 

[muddertrucker]

I think you made the right choice with the yz. The new KLX just hasn't made its name the same way the KDX has. People shouldn't beleive everything a magazine says about a bike.

 

[krazyinski]

KDX with 2 gal of gas,heavy duty tubes,and 8oz slime in the front 16 oz in the rear. 243lbs I will give the KLX a year then I will give er a shot.

 

[Timpo]

So close but so far....

The UK website of Kwak says it has rear brake lights, yet yesterday I had a look at a machine in the dealers and couldn't find any switches and only two wires in the loom to the rear led light unit.
It looked a great machine and felt easy enough to lift, but if i buy one, fitting a road legal kit is going to put another £150 on it, which makes it £5550 on the road. ie, very expensive.
Think I may wait a little and see what the BMW 450 enduro looks like.

Timpo.

 

[ridejunky]

[QUOTE Think I may wait a little and see what the BMW 450 enduro looks like.[/QUOTE]
m-o-n-e-y looking street bike that can go off road.

 

[Sandman 2.0]

278 lbs! I am sure that is dry weight, and dry weight on the KDX is 229 lbs. The XR650 is only 20 lbs. more. That 30 lbs. makes a huge difference in the woods. As far as e-start goes, is anyone having that much difficulty starting their 200cc 2-stroke? I went for the hype on the new 4 strokes this last year and sold my KDX. Now my 4 stroke is 4 sale and I am looking for another KDX! But, I like to be old school and not follow the crowd. I just hope all of those guys I ride with on their new 4 strokes like the smell of premix.

I agree about the weight........at least too riders of dwarf like stature as myself........20-30 lbs is a lot when wrestling a bike through tight woods...... My KDX seems like a tank compared to my CR250........ Just my 2 cents but if I were to buy a four stroke, I'd get a KXF250 motocrosser (204 lbs dry) modify it for woods riding.....skids, lower gearing........simpler....no battery, less wiring.......... again, it's whatever floats your boat......... I like as light and as thin a profile as possible...... some people ride KLR 650's in the woods and think it's wonderful.......... if I were a bigger guy, I probably wouldn't mind a 275 lb dirt bike.........or if I rode in wide open spaces or fire roads.........I'd most likely feel different........