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When the 30-second board turns sideways, your heart pounds and your breath is shart. You tap the KX125 shift lever, lean forward, and get the revs sky-high. Fan the clutch as the gate drops. Then you and the KX125 smoke 'em with a holeshot, blasting berms, launching triples, and getting huge air at the Aag. Fantasy? Hardly. Because for 2002, Kawasaki's R&D team attacked the KX125 to make it accelerate harder and stranger an the top end, with sharper handling and greater durability - to help o you dominate the 125 class. They started by lightening the crankshaft, modifying the combustion chamber, adding new I- porting and a big new Mikuni TMX38 carb for extreme topend power. Plus a new KIPS power valve and expansion chamber to boast low-and mid-range torque. To sharpen handling they added a massive new 48mm inverted cartridge fork, a revised seat and tank, plus new footpegs and handlebars for better ergonomics. The competition calls the new Kawasaki KX125 trouble. We call it a real winner. -In addition to a boast in compression ratio, revisions to the squish band around the edges of the cylinder head help reduce detonation for a complete burn and a harder hitting mid-range punch. -The Kawasaki integrated Power-valve System (KIPS) is now a simpler 2-piece slide-type exhaust valve and features a smaller frontal area facing the piston to help reduce resistance for the exhaust. • -The Aat-slide Mikuni carburetor jumps to a huge TMX38. Advantages include crisper acceleration and a strong boast to power everywhere - low, middle and especially top. -New, shorter stroke governor arm with a lighter spring cantrols the new KIPS valve while a new breather hose vents the KIPS cover. -New front inverted fork features massive 48mm tubes with thinner walls. Internally, a rubber bladder acts as an extra damping chamber to soften the impact of sudden hard jolts. A straight'rate spring complements the progressive action Midtown Kawasaki 1864 Silos Deane Hwy. 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Glenwood Ave. Dolton, GA 30721 (706) 226-5269 50 NOVEMBER 14,2001 • KENTUCKY Town & Country Kawasaki 1915 St. Rl. 94 East Murray, KY 42071 (270) 753-8078 LOUISIANA Motion Cycle Sports 19189 Lake Charres Hwy. DeRidder, LA 70634 (337) 463-8110 RL Kawasaki D&1 Powersports 2 1/2 miles t'#V 32/33 Ellingham, IL 62401 1440 westbonk Expswy. Harvey, LA 70058 (504) 227-2272 (217) 868-2550 Seminole Powerspor1s 3401 N. Hwy. 17-92 Lang Wood, ~L 32750 (407) 322-3253 Lake City Kawasaki 3426 US 30 E. Warsaw, IN 46580 1219) 269-4199 Woodfield Motorsports 85 E. Golf Rd. Hoffman Eslotes, IL 60 173 (847] 885-7525 Watson Motorsport 147th & Pulaski Midlothian, IL 60445 (7081 385-0700 Ron & Brian's Motorsports 1550 Grand Wauk~an, IL 60085 (8471 623-2004 www.ron-briansmotorsports.com INDIANA Bloomington Power Sports 1006 S. 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Hwy. 163, Jd. 63 S. and 163 Columbia, MO 65201 (877) 722-4645 Gay\ord Kawasaki 1829 S. 0tseQ0 Gaylord, MI 49'735 (866) 74-GREEN Team Highland, liC 19917 M-115 Marion (Cadilloc), MI 49665 (231) 743-2768 Recker Motor Sports Inc. 1604 W. High St. MI. Pleasant, MI 48858 (989) 772-9286 Pilgrim Motorspor1s 2100 W. Ann Arbor Rd. Plymouth, MI48170 (800) 258-5473 www.pilgrimmatorsports.cam Cycle And Morine Land 3482 Lapeer Rd. Port Huron, MI 48060 (810) 987-3963 Michigan Pawersports 1196 Ecorse Ro. Ypsilonti, MI 48198 (877) 678-7666 MINNESOTA Cities Edge Sports Inc. 972 Hwy. 212 E. Chaska, MN 55318 (952) 368-3323 Northstor Sports 1455 County Rood 5 NE Isanti, MN 55040 (763) 444-7899 MISSISSIPPI Toylor & Sons Kawasaki 2622 N. Frontage Rd. Meridian, MS 39301 (601) 483-0714 Midwest Kawasaki 235 S. Florissant Rd. Fergusan, MO 63135 (3141524-3141 McBrann Cycle Shed 303 N.E. 72nd St. Gladstone, MO 64118 (816) 436-6446 NEVADA One Wheel Drive Inc. 772 East Conway Rd. Center Conway, NH 03813 (603) 356-3522 Hudson Cycle Center, Inc. 2 Flagstone Drive Hudson, NH 03051 (603) 882-1573