MXA VIDEO: WE RIDE JO SHIMODA’S FACTORY PRO CIRCUIT KAWASAKI KX250

With multiple Pro Circuit riders injured during the AMA 250 Nationals, MXA had been nudging Mitch Payton to let us ride one of the team’s unused race bikes. The answer from Mitch was always, “Yes,” but scheduling was the difficult part. At one point Pro Circuit had lost multiple engines while shipping them between the race shop and Nationals, which didn’t help our cause. Finally, when the season was over, we met the team at Glen Helen ready to experience heaven on earth in the form of a full-race Pro Circuit Kawasaki KX250. At the end of the day, the MXA wrecking crew was more than satisfied with the amount of time we were able to get on the factory Pro Circuit KX250. It didn’t make us Jo Shimoda fast, but MXA’s Josh Mosiman was able to log a lap time 3.5 seconds faster than he was on a stock 2021 KX250 after going all out on both bikes back to back.