2015 KAWASAKI KX250F
FIRST RIDE
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
W
e grabbed our gearbags
and headed to nearby
Milestone Raceway in
Riverside, California, where we
got the chance to grind out a few
laps on the new 2015 Kawasaki
KX250F. Our friends at Kawa-
saki let us have our way with the
bike for a quick, one-day riding
impression before we get to con-
duct more extensive testing and
comparisons later on.
The new KX250F isn't radically
different from the 2014 model but
did get quite a few smaller but
welcomed changes. For one,
the KX now has more adjustabil-
ity. Like its bigger brother, the
KX450F, the 250 finally gets its
own two-position adjustable foot-
pegs (they can be lowered 5mm)
and new upper triple clamp ad-
justable bar clamps. The bars
can now be moved fore and aft
within a 35mm range, which is
quite significant.
Motor-wise, the KX now has
what Kawasaki calls a bridged-
OUR FIRST RIDE ON THE 2015 KAWASAKI
KX250F LEAVES US SMILING
FIRST DATE
