VOLUME 59 ISSUE 38 SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 P87
BY RYAN NITZEN I PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
WE GET OUR FIRST TASTE OF THE
2023 KAWASAKI KX250
GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN
IN THE
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ew bike season is officially here, and
the 2023 Kawasaki KX250 returns
with several key updates. This bike was
completely redesigned in 2021 and now enters
the third year of its current generation.
For 2023, the Team Green engineers focused
on the engine. As a result, the '23 KX250
receives a whole host of internal changes to
increase power and improve overall rideability.
Highlighting some of the engine changes are
a longer exhaust header, a new and straighter
downdraft intake duct and a repositioned injector
in the throttle valve. The KX uses a dual injector
system, and the second upstream injector (the
one closest to the airbox) has been relocated
from the top of the air intake to the bottom for
a more efficient shot of fuel into the engine.
