New Guy With KDX 220

Congrats, sweet bike I love mine, I have a UNI filter, I run them on all of my bikes, it is a two stage foam filter and you can take the two layers apart and clean them really easily, they last forever, way better quality than stock, my stocker had started spliting. I run Castrol Activa 20w 50 part synthetic oil very good stuff. Do you know if the stock piston has been swapped out? If not I highly recommend changing over to a forged Wiseco. Piston skirts have been known to snap off destroying the motor on some of the 220's, 140 bucks with a topend gasket kit shipped. I rebuilt mine just for safety sake and piece of mind and feels like it makes a little better power to boot. :cool:

140 psi is good, but not great.

If it hasn't already been done, you may want to look into changing from the stock piston to a Wiseco piston. For some reason, the stock 220 pistons have craked on a few people, causing major engine damage.

Gear oil is measured differently than motor oil. 80 weight gear oil is about the same as 10w-40.

Uni, Twin Air, No Toil and others make aftermarket air filters for it.

I suggest you clean and lubricate the swingarm, steering and linkage bearings.

If you are unsure of the pistons history or it's origin, I would back everyone else up by advising you to swap out to a new Wiseco. Cheap insurance and if taken care of, will last you a long long time on the bike.