if you didn 't already know,
Kawasaki's James "Bubba"
Stewart is nat out dominating
this year's 125cc Outdoor
otocross Series, and with the
class being saturated with four-strokes this
year, it's somewhat surprising t hat he's
doing it on one of the few two-strokes left
in the field, Obviously, he feels that the
125cc two-stroke (more specifically the
KX125) still has what it takes to beat the
four-strokes. So far, he's proving that it
does. Afte all, it's a given that everyone
is raelng for second place wheD he
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but instead went through the already good
green machine with a fine-toothed comb,
making many smaller refinements, most of
those with the intentions of increasing
durability.
Visually, the '05 doesn't look too much different than the '04 - it mainly just has BNGs
("bold new graphics"), slighdy brighter-colored plasticand the new gripper seat.
Internally, Kawasaki made just a few
refinements to the KX's two-stroke
motor, again, mainly to aid in reliability,
such as providing better oil lubrication
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