I had both 95 and 98 kx 250 from new , and were great bikes but when I think back I like the 95 a bit more only because I liked were the power was placed I liked the low and mid power of the 95 more , I did more tight going riding back then too so I lean towards that model more. the kx250 models 05 6 7 8 in stock form are a handful to ride , can be made the best of them all , takes lots of money , work and time , we have develop one that is far from stock only to see how much better it could get , I will do a list of mods of what works in due course so other owners of this model can improve there bikes as well.