something you guys might find interesting

[AJ]

just in its infancy..
but you can guess what it will grow upo to be?

[AJ]

[Good]

brrrraaAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAPPPP!!!

[KXcam22]

AJ,
  IS that the KX125 they never built??  Nice, keep us posted. Cam.

[The Flyin Hawaiian]

250F or 450F frame?

[AJ]

new KX250 engine, new KXF250 frame

[gwcrim]

How about a KDX engine in a 250F frame?

[The Flyin Hawaiian]

If this is offered, will you design a lighting coil ignition similar to the one you have for the CR500AFX? Will you offer a KX250AFX? Approximately when will it be released? Sorry for the questions, its probably way to early to answer them, but this bike really piques my interest!

[AJ]

gwcrim- yes! absolutely , that is for sure in the works.
(availibilty of the engine parts, in quantity , is what i'm going over with kaw)

flyin hawaiian (desoto that you?lol)

Glad you have questions and interest,,
and that's a very good question!!
my first thoughts on building this bike, was to introduce it as a KX300AFX
(a 285 kit) with lighted off-road trail version (KLX 450 lights)

so that concept is what "started" the bike initially.

at the moment I havn't decided its ultimate finished displacement or trim...
(it may simply stay stock 250cc)
but I do intend to release both, an mx version and an off road version


hopefully by jan or feb 09

[The Flyin Hawaiian]

KX300AFX! I was considering the new for 09 Husky WR300 but I bleed green and the euro bikes scare me! Do you have to build the engines, like the 500s? Or are you able to by them as a crate motor. Oh, not DeSoto, its a nickname I picked up in the 80's.

[AJ]

We have to hand build the engines up,
from new parts

but we are quite used to it,,
and i enjoy it actually

[don46]

I was under the impression you could buy a complete 250 motor already assembled. I bought one off ebay a year or so ago, new and complete (06 motor), with the intention of doing what AJ's is doing, but not enough time and to many projects.

[AJ]

Don,
very true that Kaw, may have sold a crated engine to a dealership here or there..(and somone bought it and then sold it on ebay)

but (like many engines) they are not readily availible in any quantity.
 (for example  i can't call up kaw and order 15 KX250 engines, they simply won't have them, but they might have one or two..)

for that matter i cant call up Honda and order 15 CRF250 (or 450)  engines either.. they might have 2 or 3.. but none in any real quantity.

as a dealership I check the OEMs wharehouse inventories often..
and its funny , i likey  have far more new engines in stock ,
than honda or kaw combined ,have in thier parts wharehouses
that are availible to sell to a dealer(or customer)
(as far as CR/CRF KX/KXF engines go--     example i have about 140 08 CRF250R engines ,Honda has 4)

for me when i release a new model ,i typically need to be able to have a minimum of 20 engines in stock ,
and normally more like 100 to 200 per year(on 500's),, so I have to plan accordingly.. knowing they dont have more than  couple , i need to develope and cost the bike with building engines from scratch in mind.

[AJ]

Don.. if you are interested in either selling the KX250 engine, or having me build a bike for you with your engine,,give me a shout?

ajwaggoner@servicehonda.com