Kawasaki tests

Given that Kawasaki has announced that they have plans for two-strokes in 2026, here is MXA's test of the last Kawasaki KX250 two-stroke. It is from 2007.
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The whys and wherefores of 2015 quarter-liter thumpers. What brand were you racing in 2015?
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It was hard to do an 85cc shootout over the last 10 years because most of the 85cc minicycles were pushing 20 years old. Now, the R&D departments have updated them
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Interested in the 1999 Kawasaki KX125? Don’t know anything about it? Here is everything you needed to know from 26 years ago
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Yes, the 2025 KX450SR is much better than the 2025 Kawasaki KX450, but it’s not as exciting for us as the 2022 and 2023 KX450SRs were
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Back in 2014 the Kawasaki KX450F was a BNG bike that didn't even get BNG, but the KX450F engine was a thing of beauty. It was smooth down low, rolled on with authority and was the best all-around race engine of 2014.
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Why Carson didn't use an KX250F aluminum frame or a 144cc kit, but did use Showa air forks and an Lectron carb
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Let's get together and go comparison shopping for a 250cc, 350cc or 450cc four-stroke motocross bike
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One important caveat in the dream-bike scenario is that the bike cannot have a 450cc four-stroke engine. Why would it? Four-strokes are readily available and thus not dreamy enough.
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This year, Kawasaki took two steps forward in the chassis department and one step backward in the engine department. On last year’s KX250, the engine was the highlight and our complaints focused on the chassis; now our opinion has…
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You seen all the videos, now is the time to read what they should have told you
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We ride the bike that James Stewart rode to a perfect season in 2008 —perfect means 24 straight moto wins
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Would we want to race Ricky's KX125? Who wouldn’t? But; we’d need a few months to get in shape to be able use it to its fullest potential
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Mark Chilson is a dreamer with the patience and talent to build one-of-a-kind bikes that are super detailed
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We race-test bikes because that’s when the pros and cons of a motorcycle stand out the most. No matter how hard you try in practice, it’ll never replicate the intensity that comes out on race day
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We ride the bike that Ricky raced at the 1999 Motocross des Nations in England
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CRF450 vs. YZ450F vs. KX450F vs. 450SXF vs. FC450 vs. RM-Z450
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It makes 58.01 horsepower, which is a respectable number, but no where near the class leading class-leading 60.1 horsepower of the Husqvarna FC450. The problem wasn’t the actual horsepower number but the fact that the bike felt slow and…
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You may have owned one of these in your youth because the 2004 CR250, KX250, YZ250, 250SX & RM250 were in their glory 20 years ago
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Surprise it was a marvelously smooth Glen Helen track—we don't get many of these days
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Sometimes you love a bike in spite of its flaws—that is what defines the 2014 Kawasaki KX250F
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Three uniquely different two-stroke for uniquely different riders— a full-race Kawasaki KX112 for a future star, a well thought out Yamaha YZ250 & a full-on, one-off Kawasaki KX315 big bore
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We list 15 updates to the Kawasaki KX250 for the 2025 model year. It was very fast in 2024 and promises to be even faster in 2025
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We had the two top 500cc two-stroke builders make the wildest CR500 and KX500 known to man—with video of both bikes
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If you can feel the issues with the 2024-'25 Kawasaki KX450, here are a few clues and tips to make the most your issues go away
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For 2025, the KX250 ditched the KYB suspenders for Showa and followed many of the footsteps of its big brother (but not all)
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