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(Above) Color and the sh8pe of the radiator shrouds mark the main visual
difference be_n the Kawasaki KX250F and the Suzuki RM-Z250.
(Below) While Suzuki designed the motor, Kawasaki designed the chassis and
manufactured everything (including both bikes) at its plant in Japan. Both the
Kawasaki and Suzuki use Kawasaki's Kayaba suspension components.
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formed an alliance and got
together as a team to develop the
KX250F and the RM-Z250. each
company will fend for itself once the
bikes roll off the assembly line
(which, by the way, happens to be at
the Kawasaki plant in Japan). The
two companies will be battling both
on the track and in the marketing
arenas. And that means we get twice
the information we normally get
abou} the 'one" bike. So, what follows below is pretty much the same
information about the new KX250F
as the Suzuki RM-Z250 found on the
previous page, the only difference
being, the info here is pretty much
straight from Kawasaki's lips. For the
sake of fairness, we decided to print,
nearly word for word, what Kawasaki
has to say about its all-new 250cc
four-stroke MX bike. Okay, so things
E
might be getting a little redundant,
but you can't deny the fact that this
bike, the KX250F, is Kawasaki's first
effort in the four-stroke MX market,
which in itself is pretty big news that
perhaps bears repeating.
But the new thumper isn't the only
news from the green team. The 2004
Kawasaki KX125 and KX250 have
been unveiled and, like most of the
other new two-stroke models we've
seen so far, feature mostly refinements, though some are fairly signifi-
10<65 .......•..............N/A
10<85 ......•••...•.•••.....N/A
KX100 ...•••.••...•••••....N/A
KX125 ...•.•......•..••....N/A
KX250 ....•••••.•••••••....N/A
KX250F ..••••.••......•....N/A
KX500 .....••••••••..••....N/A
