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[QUOTE="reepicheep, post: 1361881, member: 104942"]
What has suprised me is how good the bike feels relative to my neighbors state of the art Honda CRF-450.

When I started this project, I was expecting a cheaper and lighter, but less powerful bike relative to his.

I haven't gotten a real dirt ride on the KDX big bore yet, but the "up the street and around the yard" feel is that it is just as over powered as his bike is.  Both bikes seem to be "dial a wheelie" bikes... meaning that at full power under most conditions either bike will simply flip or loose traction.  So the power of both is "more then enough".

And the KDX feels (and is) lighter, and will certainly be far cheaper to maintain over time... and even at my "high end of the spectrum" $2000 total investment, its still $5000 cheaper.

The Honda has a better suspension for sure... but $5000 would buy a lot of trick little suspension bits ;)  And the fours stroke Honda would make a much better dual sport if you really want to do a lot of road riding... but having been there and done that, riding a dirt bike on the street now just seems to me to be an expensive way to ruin a dirt bike in order to create a lousy street bike... (where is my ducking icon? ;) )
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