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K
awasaki has long been
associated with off-road
racing, nothing new there.
But what is new is Kawasaki finally
offering honest-to-goodness, seri-
ous off-road bikes designed to be
race-ridden right off the showroom
floor. Enter the all-new KX250X
and KX450X.
As you probably already know,
Kawasaki has a rich history in off-
road racing, and the green team
has been quite successful at it for
decades. You're probably familiar
with names like Roeseler (as in
Larry), Davis (as in Ty), Abbott (as
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DREW RUIZ
ON THE NEW
KX450X OFF-ROADERS
in Destry), Strang (as in Josh),
and Bell (as in Zach and Robbie),
who are all successful racers who
have, over the years, chalked up
many big-time off-road race vic-
tories, and even championships,
while aboard green machinery.
The list of famous ultra-fast Ka-
wasaki off-roaders is very, very
long. And they all had something
in common, besides winning,
that their race bikes often started
out as KX motocrossers and then
modified for off-road use. Strange-
ly enough, despite Kawasaki's
success on the trail, the company
tra
