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Message: [QUOTE="19Brendan81, post: 921409, member: 59625"] Gday Mate, I own a 1991 KDX so it is very similar to yours, mine however does not have the upside down forks. I dont know exactly why they are better, but I think it has something to do with weight distribution....anyway all new bikes use them now cos they offer much better handling than regular forks. I am not a good enough rider to notice this yet but a good mate of mine reckons they are the best innovation to the biking scene ever! I have seen 5 or 6 KDX's first hand and none of them use the auto mix oil feature, mostly because this is inferior to premixing youself. What ratio to use is a hotly contested debate, personally I use 40:1 and have had no probs so far! As for Low end power, I too have been dissapointed with the KDX. I came off an 86 IT200 into my KDX and so far the IT had far, far more low end torque than the KDX. They’re not even comparable. I pulled my bike apart and found out the entire KIPS setup was missing, so I replaced it all with brand new stuff and it was still too sluggish below power band. Last night I gutted my stock pipe as per the instructions on the KDX home page (easy job) and its currently getting pickled before I weld it back together and tune the bike for it. Im expecting a significant boost in power, but seeing as your bike has an FMF pipe on it I am now a little concerned, the bike should pop mono’s easily in first and second in my opinion (My stock IT did). [/QUOTE]