Is the Kawasaki KDX200 a good dirt bike?
This 1988 Kawasaki KDX200 was the subject of a Dirt Bike Magazine project in 2016. Oddly enough, good, used KDX200s are hard to find on the used-bike market. They tend to stay within families, passed from father to son or husband to wife. That’s the true miracle of the KDX; its demographic is everyone.
When did the Kawasaki KDX200 C1 come out?
The next 200 in the series was the 1986 KDX200 C1; there was no “B1.” The C1 KDX was an interesting machine. The engine remained air-cooled, but the finned cylinder grew a power valve, the common name for a variable-height exhaust port.
When did Jeff Fredette ride the Kawasaki KDX200?
Kawasaki’s Jeff Fredette, long time champion of the KDX200, at a National Enduro in New Jersey in 1986. Photo by Paul Clipper/Trail Rider Magazine. Displacement gain is through longer stroke, same bore diameter as the 175 Chassis based on 1983 KX125; steel tubing, box-section aluminum swingarm
What kind of engine does a Kawasaki KDX have?
The 200cc engine delivered ample power off the bottom to make the bike easy to ride, but when the KDX “came on the pipe” it delivered a huge midrange hit that impressed testers from every magazine. “The best word is “violent,” Dirt Bike magazine said.
What kind of bike is the Kawasaki KDX 200?
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The 200cc engine delivered ample power off the bottom to make the bike easy to ride, but when the KDX “came on the pipe” it delivered a huge midrange hit that impressed testers from every magazine. “The best word is “violent,” Dirt Bike magazine said.
When did true sport start racing The KDX200?
“Our primary focus while racing in 1980 and ’81 was the development of the KDX200.” So yes, the bikes True Sport raced at all the nationals were 200cc prototypes.
What was the effect of the KIPS on The KDX200?
The net effect of the KIPS was to increase mid-range and low-end power slightly. Magazine testers of the time noted that the KDX200 C1 was “better suited for faster riders,” acknowledging the increase in power as another step forward as a racing bike rather than a beginner’s trail bike.