2007 Klx300r

[Atomic]

THinking about getting a new KLX300R and would like to hear any reviews people have on em. Cheers

[T.W.R]

Sell roughly one per week :yes: Good allround, reliable package straight out of the crate. Slightly strangled performance, weak front fork seals, and average chain & sprockets as stock items.

Buy new run it in, expect a blown fork seal (usually R/H stanchion 1st)replace both seals, service onto synthetic oil, ditch the airbox cover & fit a decent filter, fit an aftermarket muffler, tension spokes, fit decent chain & sprockets, dial in the suspension.

And go have a ball

:done:

P.S keep an eye on the kickstart & gear levers, they loosen off initially & can go awol if not checked.

[FlangMasterJ]

End of thread.:gob:

[T.W.R]

Or just wait till April 7th when the KLX450R is open for purchase :yes:

[Danger]

What sort of riding are you wanting to do on this bike?

[cowpoos]

Sell roughly one per week :yes: Good allround, reliable package straight out of the crate. Slightly strangled performance, weak front fork seals, and average chain & sprockets as stock items.

Buy new run it in, expect a blown fork seal (usually R/H stanchion 1st)replace both seals, service onto synthetic oil, ditch the airbox cover & fit a decent filter, fit an aftermarket muffler, tension spokes, fit decent chain & sprockets, dial in the suspension.

And go have a ball

:done:

P.S keep an eye on the kickstart & gear levers, they loosen off initially & can go awol if not checked.
so you sell these and admit they hav shit fork seals.....and yet I have had mine replaced under warrenty 9 times [warrenty just run out] and they [kawasaki NZ and the local shop]hav the cheek to tell me that its something I'm doing???? fuckers!!!!

just aswell its a bloody exellent bike dispite this....in every way. buy one...nothing else on the market gives you the value for money!!!!

[Atomic]

Sell roughly one per week :yes: Good allround, reliable package straight out of the crate. Slightly strangled performance, weak front fork seals, and average chain & sprockets as stock items.

Buy new run it in, expect a blown fork seal (usually R/H stanchion 1st)replace both seals, service onto synthetic oil, ditch the airbox cover & fit a decent filter, fit an aftermarket muffler, tension spokes, fit decent chain & sprockets, dial in the suspension.

And go have a ball

:done:

P.S keep an eye on the kickstart & gear levers, they loosen off initially & can go awol if not checked.

Cheers for your advice!

I am a little concered about the fork seals issue, Cowpoos seems to have had this happen alot, does going to aftermarket seals fix the problem? If Kawasaki know about this issue, are they doing anything to fix it?

[Atomic]

Or just wait till April 7th when the KLX450R is open for purchase :yes:

What will the 450 RRP for? $$$???

[T.W.R]

so you sell these and admit they hav shit fork seals.....and yet I have had mine replaced under warrenty 9 times [warrenty just run out] and they [kawasaki NZ and the local shop]hav the cheek to tell me that its something I'm doing???? fuckers!!!!

nothing else on the market gives you the value for money!!!!

:shutup: The stock item fork seals are crap!. As a percentage, 60% at least of the new KLXs we sell come back for the 1st service with a blown fork seal :yes: it's common and isn't confined to harder riders, just like the chains :yes: We replace them with better quality items, flush & change the oil, set the oil level & hardly have any return with the same issues.

9 replacements under warrenty :shit: they must love you :shutup:

Only the KDX comes close for value for money:Punk:

[Atomic]

What sort of riding are you wanting to do on this bike?

Backflips, supermans, double backflips...

BS aside, just a bit of trail riding and get a little air but nothing extreme enough that warrants spending $10k on a high maintenance MX bike. Probably do most of my riding at Thunderpark valley and Woodhill.

[T.W.R]

What will the 450 RRP for? $$$???

:shutup: Not sure sorry :dodge: The notification leaflet arrived at work a couple of weeks ago from Lyntech, I read it took note of the date etc but can't remember the price. It isn't going to be much more than the KX450 though.
I'll check at work tomorrow & let you know :yes:

[Ghost Lemur]

Still pisses me off that Kawasaki NZ refuses to sell the 250 here. Considering our learner laws and the lack of quality new DS 250's it'd be as popular here as it is in Aus and US. Add to that the fact that you can drop in the 300 kit (Kwaka Aus was giving away the 300 kit with all 250's sold for a while there).

There's a 115-odd page thread on Advrider.com forums on the 250. Damn easy bike to tweak a bit more power out of.

The GasGas' seem to be selling damn well at the moment. Linton @ DAS has had to sell his personal bike twice in the past month because a customers wanted one and they've run out. They had a couple of 6 day machines when I was last visting, both had already been snapped up.

Have you considered something road legal (saves trailering)? The DT230 is a good machine.

[telliman]

THinking about getting a new KLX300R and would like to hear any reviews people have on em. Cheers

just ride it and enjoy dude, kawi all the way mate

[Buddy L]

My dad has one, was riding it the other day on the beach makes about the same power as my 125, but a lot more ridable then mine.
He has never had to change the fork seals yet and he has had it for 3 years still on the same chain and sprockets from factory.
He does just trail rides on it and has racked up alot of kays on it,
hard to start if you fall off or stall the bike, but other then that a realy cheap bike i think about 7.5 grand new or the 6.9 grand for the KDX.
The only thing that went wrong was the stearing head bearing, kacked out on it, water just goes straight in from the top, he replaced it and pluged up the top with some silycone and a bung

[takitimu]

hard to start if you fall off or stall the bike, but other then that a realy cheap bike i think about 7.5 grand new or the 6.9 grand for the KDX.

I got mine 6 weeks back, so far it's real nice, really good hill climber, nice torque. A bit rough to start as Buddy said after a stall/fall, the dealer reckons try absolutely no throttle, so next time I'll try that. I did the Purua Trail Ride weekend before last, two loops @ 30+km each, without a hassle (I'm 40 ) & I had not really ridden for 10 years, the handling ( I find anyway ), is pretty neutral & any issues I'd be wary of commenting on as it's likely rider technique :), it jumps real nice & doesn't do anything nasty, which is good given I'd never really jumped before a few weekends back :).

Back to T.W.R.'s comments, what forks seals/air filter do you recommend & would removing the air box lid be an issue in wet conditions ? ( Northland has been known to experience rain :) ), I'm thinking a 3rd party muffler once I start ringing it hard, so far, it's better than me :).

One last thing, I got some pretty rough headshake opening it up on 90 mile beach, I guess past 80kph or so, not sure if that's normal, I was going to ask at the first service.

[T.W.R]

Back to T.W.R.'s comments, what forks seals/air filter do you recommend & would removing the air box lid be an issue in wet conditions ? ( Northland has been known to experience rain :) ), I'm thinking a 3rd party muffler once I start ringing it hard, so far, it's better than me :).

One last thing, I got some pretty rough headshake opening it up on 90 mile beach, I guess past 80kph or so, not sure if that's normal, I was going to ask at the first service.

Only because we stock them, we replace the stock seals with Versrah fork seals (there are better brands to be had) & Filters we usually fit RamAir or Moose. Slip on Mufflers are usually Procircuit.
Unless your planning on turning the KLX into a submarine removing the airbox lid wont be an issue, as it is the stock lid only deminishes air flow & stops bugger all water anyhow, and as a whole the airbox is pretty well protected by the seat & side-panels.
A muffler, filter,& ditching the airbox lid are worth about 4kw & mostly in the mid-range. Getting into a big-bore header pipe, jetting the carb etc unleashes a few more ponys, but it starts to detract from the allrounder style of the bike.

The head shaking could be a number of things, but most likely the steering head bearings have bedded in & need to be retorqued.

[Buddy L]

On the beach i had the front shaking a bit at high speeds, and for the handling, dad hasen't done anything to the setup of the shocks, he just changed the tyres and that made the biggest differance, the front stoped washing out, and alot more grip in the rear. i had to try alot harder to keep infront of him when he got the tryers "perellie's" over the factory ones.

With starting never use throttle and try and all ways use the kill switch, makes life easy to start next time. Once started let bike run for a couple of seconds first before blimping the throttle.

[takitimu]

With starting never use throttle and try and all ways use the kill switch, makes life easy to start next time. Once started let bike run for a couple of seconds first before blimping the throttle.

It's an awefully hard habit to beak :), twisting the throttle a little while kicking it over, I'll get there. The other trick I got told was to just push the kick start down a bit after you stop ( when hot ), which flips the decompression & let's some air in making it easier to restart, I haven't had a chance to try that yet though.

[cowpoos]

if its hot and ya drop it....full throttle and a healthy kick....same with flooded bike....

KLX300's are the easyiest bikes i've ever had to start with a kick start!!!!!!

[scott411]

KLX300 are good bikes, fork seal issues must be regional as we sell shit loads of KLX300's and do not have issues with fork seals, try running fork skins they help a lot with upside forks, thier a a few easy tricks to get a bit more HP out of them, easy way is a header pipe, cheaper than a muffler and not as loud

[Danger]

You guys with the problem seals need to try high performance Synergy Seals. These seals are springless. They have an advanced design and an advanced compound. The seals are designed to float and move with the tube during deflection, in other words, they retain a constant consistant seal unlike OEM seals. The difference between the two is OEM's are metal cased with rubber moulded around it and a spring or two. Well think about this. You have a tetter-totter effect in the forks. At the tetter point you have a good seal, but on the opposite side the spring will not create equal pressure, in other words, the seal is stuck in position when it really needs to move back and forward with the fork leg. Plus with the Synergy Seals the bridging affect is nil, bridging meaning, mud getting stuck inbetween the seal lips. That is one of the major issues with OEMs. Bridging allows oil and water to pass back and forth, Synergy Seals do not. And they will not leak. Any other seal is just not worth the trouble.
Synergy Seals are only available in New Zealand at ProRide Suspension Service.
Phone 09 832 0153. :Punk:

[Atomic]

We are very close to buying.
The retail on these bikes is $7495, what would you consider to be a fair deal per bike based on the fact that we are potentially going to purchase x3 of these? $7k? $6.5k? $6k? ???

[Atomic]

O well, scrap that idea!
Mike just bought a 2006 KX450 and im doing the same. The KLX would of got real boring real fast (but very slowly cause there only 30 odd horsepower).

Best deal we could get on x3 KLX300Rs was $6900 each for anyone interested in buying one.