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Test: Kawasaki KX2S0-Fl
. t's not·easy
I
being~mean
By Kit Pal m er
Every year Kaw asaki 's KX250 keeps getting
better and better, an d every year it falls short
of being th e very best 250cc MXer from
Japan. L as t year it was extremely close to
being number one, but wimpy
forks kept it from excelling
over the Honda CR250.
.
.
About ~he on ly dung ~hat the 1987
~X had m com mon . with -the 198
.6
KX ,:"a~ th e color , and. the same IS
true in 88. The latest KX IS a ll-ne w
fro~ th e 1Sro und up: new eng-me
cas ti ng . different frame geom ~try ,
mor e progressive rear sus pe ns io n,
a ll-n ew fork s, carb u re to r a nd a
red esigri ed ex ha u st power -valv e
(KIPS).
.
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T he two biggest cha nges to the
mo to r is th e new 391I? m Keihin
carbu retor a nd th e redesigned KIPS
po wer- valve.
T ? e Keihin car.b rep.lace~ l a~t
year s R-bot tom slide Mikuni, It s
ca lled a ~W~39 a nd features a new
conce p t in a ir flow design. A new
. flu sh a i r i nta ke tr a ct a ll o ws
turbulent-free airflow Ih roug~ t~e
carb, and a crescent-shaped slide IS
now used ena bling th e slo w-speed jet .
~o be -po siti oned closer t
