Off topic a bit
Sorry to barge into your thread here Joe, but thought some of you guys might be interested/humoured to hear this.
New Zealand hosted the Australian four day enduro earlier this year (don't ask, long story). Anyway, we've got a young guy in our club who rode a KDX and was the New Zealand under 200cc enduro champ (he's now on a KX250). He turned up at the enduro with his trusty KDX and the Australians looked at him & laughed & asked if he'd ever competed in an enduro before - they were riding KTM, Husabergs, Huskys, TMs, Gas Gas, basically everything European - maybe one Japanese bike in sight for them.
The first day Chris won the class, but the next day he was coming second. He finished 2nd in his class against whatever bikes and shocked the heck out of the Aussies. In a review of the whole event, they commented that Chris had shown them that the KDX shouldn't be totally written off as a crap bike, it still could move with the right person onboard and they can't wait to see what he's going to be like on a "real" bike. (some of the competitors commented they "were glad he wasn't on a real bike, because imagine what he could do then").
As for Chris' KDX, stock engine, removed snorkel, after market pipe, sorted out suspension (the lad can ride), but that's it.