New 97 kx250 owner

[Jerry Kimm]

Hey fellow KX riders. New to the site, but I am looking forward to learning much from you all in the future. I recently bought a 97 kx250. It had the engine rebuilt just before I purchased it, it also had a new FMF Gnarly Gold Series pipe and a Powercore 2 muffler. Since I've owned it I've rebuilt the carb, put newer tires on it and installed a UNI 3 stage air filter. Oh yeah, I also repaired the rear fender that the previous owner tried to customize by twisting the throttle too much while riding a wheelie. That's been about it so far, but next winter I plan to take it all apart and do a full restore. For now though, I'm going to spend the summer riding the hell out of it. I owned a 2000 kx 500 a few years back, it was a lot of fun, but it was a bit too much for trail riding in my opinion. This seems much more contollable. I will post some pics soon, but for now, I'm going to bed. Gotta work in the morning... Talk to you all later

[big green]

Congrats on the new bike!

[Jerry Kimm]

Thanks, yeah it's not perfect but I only paid 1500.00 for it and he gave me the reciepts for the rebuild and other stuff he had done right before I bought it, and he spent over 1100.00. I checked it over real good and the frame hasn't been bent and all the welds are original and solid. It's amazine that you can get old 2 strokes in greay shape so cheap now.

[big green]

Yes I agree. However I think we will start to see a resurgence in popularity with the amount of r&d ktm is putting into them. Not sure if you heard but km's 200xc will have fuel injection for 2018 in the u.s.a.  Yamaha is now offering a trail version of the yz250 again so it is exciting to see 2 strokes getting some  new life. Don't know if we'll ever see the hay day again but still alive a making power twice as often as there counterparts

[Jerry Kimm]

Yeah, I also heard that the US will be able to buy 250's, but the 300's will only be sold in Europe initially. GO KTM! I think they will sell well, I don't really have anything against 4 strokes, but all I have ever owned with dirt bikes is 2 strokes. I'm sure they both have their pros and cons, but I just love the simplicity and power of 2 strokes.

[Jerry Kimm]

Also,I think it would be exciting to see 2 strokes get back into televised motocross again. It will probably happen if they come back like I think and hope they will.

[sandblaster]

If you can get the big four involved and put pressure on the AMA to change the rules it could happen...
But don't hold your breath waiting...
The last thing the manufactures want is bike you can race all season and only clean the air filter, adjust the chain, and slap some new rubber on 

[Jerry Kimm]

True, its like a lot of things, if things are made too well or work too well then the ones standing to lose money because of it will either change it or won't let it happen in the first place. A prime example is Chevrolet, one of the most successful engines they ever made; the 5.7l 350 c.i. engine was sold to Toyota partially because they were too reliable. They sold all of the patents and rights to it lock, stock and barrel. Also it gave Toyota a way of getting into Nascar.