2003 Perl'oNTlance Factory Kawasaki KX250
alternative to spending fifty or a
dred dollars (or more) on com
aftermarket pegs - especially
the stock pegs are still basically
units and aren't drooping or 0
wise working poorly.
Meanwhile, Performance
went about revalving the susp
sion and increasing the oil height in
the forks (for a stiffer feel 'fl.'
re-springing), then got to
the engine. Hanes set abou
cylinder and head mods,
the power valves and splitting, lapping and matching the cases.
he says he can do it all for jus
$1200 total, with all of the aftermarket parts included, so you don't
have to go out and get them your·
self ahead of time.
Once I got all of the piece back
from Texas and got the bik~ an put
together, we trucked it out tc) Race·
town 395 (formerly Sunrise) in
Adelanto, California, to put it
through its paces and snap some
stills of the beast.
I found that the new KX (and it
really is just that) kept all Of its good
old traits, such as its awes
handling and overall light feel, but the
motor is just something else. (t hits
hard right of the bottom- aj1d.. pull!
- right thro':;9h rh~ top - wher
stocker excelled as well.lr::doesn't
fall on-iJs face on top; whis:
-"'90ne. I got a
hol~of
some-other new
,dblu: The stock steel-bars had to
y... 0, sO'i cal(ecL..op ~enthal, who
_. oltecf!TIe wp ~ith as~t of Ricky
""<:armidia. .beiicn:w·nWaIl bars and
f!:W sPlO£kets I was at1er. And.
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