KX-250 Mods for Woods Riding.

[teamgrizzly]

I have a friend who recently purchased a 2003 KX-250. I have read up on the addition of a flywheel weight. I was curious if there were other mods that could be useful?

The owner plans to do mostly gravel road riding, but I am trying to convince the guy to do a little trail riding too. (It's would be easier if the guy has a bike that can handle the trails up here in British Columbia. (Tight woods similar to east coast US.)

Mike

 

[NWMyers#5]

Getting the suspension set up properly is key to enjoying riding only trails. Unless he's really light you can get a MX bike to ride decent in the woods but if he's really serious about a plush ride he might consider a revalve. Other good woods mods are Handguards and a skidplate for protection. An O-ring chain will last longer in a trail environment and gearing down a tad will help as well for putting around the trails. Hope he enjoys his 03. I just bought an 04 and haven't even had a chance to start it yet.

 

[joereitman]

Pipe guard, 12t front sprocket.

 

[RACINRAY]

mods for woods weapon

i cant help you with specs for the kx but i have a 01 rm 250 woods weapon of choice some of the things i did to mine was spring it for my body weight including revalve , fmf gnarly pipe . fmf q silencer , boysen reeds ,fine tune jetting , 12 oz flywheel weight good intermediate terrain tires , ims fuel tank, moose tall seat, 13 / 50 gearing dont forget the bashplate i have been bitten at chipmunk once or twice , and it never hurts to get some porting done to get rid of that mx whiplash .'' and thats all folks '' :aj:

 

[dirt bike dave]

If you can get your hands on the March 24, 2004 edition of Cycle News, there is a 'Bike of the Stars' page on Steve Hatch's '04 KX250. Looks like he's using Factory Connection suspension, FMF pipe and silencer, Moto-Tassarini reed block, Scott's damper, and a few goodies from e-line www.elineaccessories.com and zip-ty.

 

[KaTooMer]

Here's what I did to mine:

2003 KX 250 Woods Conversion

 

[Mazderati]

Here's what I did to mine:

2003 KX 250 Woods Conversion

Great write up.

How do you like the 11 oz. flywheel now that you have ridden with it?

 

[KaTooMer]

It's good, I think I'll stick with 11 oz. Still revs quicker than my KTM 300 but not as stall-prone. Not that you can't stall it...guys who come off KTM 4-strokes and ride my KX tend to get a little annoyed with it. It's a good woods bike if you like to be aggressive.