1250F avoid the sophomore slump;ยป
By THE CYCLE NEWS STAFF
PHOTOS BY BLAKE CONNER
with any brand-new product or
model, there's always a certain
risk you ta ke when buying the
A
first one, as there's a good
hance that you'll discover some
teething problems down the road. When the
KX250F first rolled onto showroom floors
last year, howeve r, nobody seemed to worry
about that too much, and they snatched up
the all-new and highly ant icipated KX250F
rather quickly
,
While the bike proved to be quite good ,
especially for a first-year effort, a few minor
bugs did begin surfacing as more and more
people began riding and started putt ing time
on the green bikes , and , as a result,
40th Anniversary
Kawasaki concentrated on ironing out t hese wrinkles,
not to mention sneaking in some performanceenhancing mods as well, rather than making drastic
changes .
The updates Kawasaki made to the second-year
KX250F are not extensive , but they are important
ones. For starters, some KX250F owners soon discovered that the bike had a tendency to overheat when
ridden hard and aggressively, especially over a long
period of time. 50 for 2005 , the KXF has been fitted
with larger-capacity radiators to allow it to run at a
cooler temperature. Each radiator is 40mm longer
than before.
Ne xt , there was the pesky problem of having to
completely drain the coolant every time you had to
change the oil - what a pain! Kawasaki's remedy was
