"detuning" KDX220

[marks]

If any bike feels peaky then wouldn't a flywheel weight help?

sounds logical to me...

steahly weight for kdx

[SK1TZ]

Sorry for the Thread Hi-Jack, but I am looking at getting a Trail Bike again (have been off bikes since I was about 17) and way back then all the cool trail riders my age had Daddy buy them a KDX and I always wanted one. I rode a 220 when they first came out, and although it was cool and new, it felt very "Broad" in the power band delivery, not so "Ning-niiiing" of a YZ I once had a try on.

I ahve always ridden ER185s, and xt550s (GrrrRROOOWLL) in the forests etc and on the school rides in Blenheim and i now have the opportunity to maybe get a 1999 KDX220 which is an "R" model, are these not equipped with lights etc standard or what is the "R" meaning. I am yet to view the bike, it has just come to my attention that a family member has it and really just wants it gone, so I may be in for a Bargain.

Pro's? Cons? sorry, I know I am new here, but didnt see the point in starting a new thread just for my measly rantings...

Cheers

Sam

PS, Do they Wheelie easily? I spent a lot of time on my back at 25kmh on the roads around Seddon and Blenheim as a kid, hehe, good times

[Buddy L]

Ive never heard of their being an "R" model of the KDX range but i could be wrong. If their is no lights on the bike i would say the lights have been changed for a KX number board.
If anything the "R" will most likely be a go fast sticker.
Like Dad's KLX300R
R might stand for relibale

[flyingcr250]

Ive never heard of their being an "R" model of the KDX range but i could be wrong. If their is no lights on the bike i would say the lights have been changed for a KX number board.

If their is an "R" model then maybe this is the ultamite Man made machine.

i had a KDX 250SR

[SK1TZ]

I did find a few pics on Google Images of Said 220 R's but I was just really wondering, shouldnt ALL KDX's have at least a Trail Light? I was hoping to fit an aftermarket Hi Output set up later on down the track...for when I cant be assed going home when the wife wanted me to...hahaha

[scott411]

the KDX220's that were sold in NZ were all R's, infact all the off raod KDX200's are R's, there were street models sold in come countries, and they were oil injected rahter than premix, plus alot of other mods,

KLX300's are the same, the road legal model's were not sold in NZ,

[theblacksmith]

Yeah, don't confuse oil ratio with Petrol to air ratio.

However putting in less oil will make it slightly richer.

I wouldn't go less than 40:1. Kawasaki's electrofusion isn't as robust as other manufacturers.

A properly jetted kdx will potter around for ages without fouling up.

Kawasaki s usually run on 30-1.I find that the best and cheapest engine detuner is the next gear up.