PROJECT BIKE
1997 FMF Kawasaki KX125
By Cameron Coatney
Photos by Matt Freeman and Coatney
W
hen the crew here at the
Cycle News offices got our
.
1997 Kawasaki KX125 test
bike, we thought we had a pretty solidperforming and handling eighth-liter
motocrosser.
It had pretty good suspension, and
the motor felt like it had decent power.
Bu t none of us really felt too strongly
about the bike one way or the other, and
we had nothing to compare it against at
the time - it just felt okay. As soon as we
threw a leg over the rest of the '97 125s,
we knew why the I
