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Cycle News 2004 08 18

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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 een number-25 A 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 .through the left crankcase to the inl14 ing waterprOGfin

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