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Title: simon healys kx 250
Post by: paul on October 22, 2009, 01:57:25 pm: (http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/P9290479.jpg)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/P9290484.jpg)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: mxmaniac on October 22, 2009, 02:25:22 pm: That the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuggin hell i want one bad. :(
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: All Things 414 on October 22, 2009, 02:33:07 pm: I was wondering how he pays for all this nice stuff and then I noticed the crop in the back-ground...... :-X
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: VMX247 on October 22, 2009, 02:55:23 pm: lov'n the black rims---sweet bike---- :-*
get it out and play with it :P
relatively small engine.
cheers
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: kaw440 on October 22, 2009, 03:14:53 pm: Thats right ross i make my money from the crops of peanuts i have so i can sell them to monkeys like you ;D
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: Hoony on October 22, 2009, 03:33:36 pm: Nice Bike Kaw440, but then again its what we expect from you as ALL your bikes are extremely well presented.
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: All Things 414 on October 22, 2009, 03:59:21 pm: Quote from: kaw440 on October 22, 2009, 03:14:53 pm
Thats right ross i make my money from the crops of peanuts i have so i can sell them to monkeys like you ;D

You must be that same guy that sold me a packet of tic-tacs under the guise that they were ecstasy all those years ago. (250 bucks!) :(
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: kaw440 on October 22, 2009, 04:20:21 pm: They werent tictacs that was coated mouse shit good profit in them
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: All Things 414 on October 22, 2009, 04:30:28 pm: :D
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: 090 on October 22, 2009, 11:13:28 pm: Quote from: albrid-3 on October 22, 2009, 10:53:45 pm
why do your nuts over bike that looks the same every year
Because for one, its keeping the 2stroke dream alive.
Two, its looks fantastic,
and three, the kx250 2 stroke never came with an alloy frame.
Was it a 250f originally Simon?
Is the front end standard with nitrided staunchings? ( Is it an '09 roller)
I see it has a big'O' on the back.
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: kaw440 on October 23, 2009, 08:05:16 am: quote author=albrid-3 link=topic=10198.msg100431#msg100431 date=1256212425]
why do your nuts over bike that looks the same every year
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Well albrid its like crankin over 6in travel and down pipes hey every one has different likes but we dont have to make our dislikes so public.
Brad yes 2009 250f ohlins front and rear pro circuit triples pipe the forks are nitrate from kawasaki excel wheels and hub and is shit hot fun and starts every time aswell as being reliable get that in 1975
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: TM BILL on October 23, 2009, 08:45:49 am: Quote from: kaw440 on October 23, 2009, 08:05:16 am
quote author=albrid-3 link=topic=10198.msg100431#msg100431 date=1256212425]
why do your nuts over bike that looks the same every year

Well albrid its like crankin over 6in travel and down pipes hey every one has different likes but we dont have to make our dislikes so public.
Brad yes 2009 250f ohlins front and rear pro circuit triples pipe the forks are nitrate from kawasaki excel wheels and hub and is shit hot fun and starts every time aswell as being reliable get that in 1975
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Fair comment and nice bike :)

But whats it got to do with vintage ??? I thought this site was about unrealiable vintage bikes ;)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: GMC on October 23, 2009, 09:06:57 am: You'll have to excuse my ignorance as I haven't paid much attention to moderns for a while, but I was going to ask what makes it different too.

I think it's the busy graphics that make the moderns all look the same.

So the 2 stroke didn't get the alloy frame, I guess that makes the bike an older design? How far back does the standard KX 250 date back to in it's current design?
Is the alloy frame that much better
or
have they changed the ergonomics of it as well
or
is it just the suspension that makes it better?
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: SLAWESY on October 23, 2009, 09:10:20 am: Quote
But whats it got to do with vintage I thought this site was about unrealiable vintage bikes

It doesnt matter TMbill, The banter regarding the coated mouse shit has just had me in stitches..
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: TM BILL on October 23, 2009, 09:26:03 am: Quote from: Wasp on October 23, 2009, 09:19:04 am
Quote from: SLAWESY on October 23, 2009, 09:10:20 am

Quote
But whats it got to do with vintage I thought this site was about unrealiable vintage bikes

Its a pre 90 , using the follow on rule :)
:D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: kaw440 on October 23, 2009, 09:29:56 am: No its pre 2035 just havent got around to sumitting the regs yet
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: mxmaniac on October 23, 2009, 10:48:21 am: Quote from: GMC on October 23, 2009, 09:06:57 am
You'll have to excuse my ignorance as I haven't paid much attention to moderns for a while, but I was going to ask what makes it different too.

I think it's the busy graphics that make the moderns all look the same.

So the 2 stroke didn't get the alloy frame, I guess that makes the bike an older design? How far back does the standard KX 250 date back to in it's current design?
Is the alloy frame that much better
or
have they changed the ergonomics of it as well
or
is it just the suspension that makes it better?

The last 250 steel frame was a 2008 i think? And the that was the last model made and was the same back to 2003 when they redisigned it. The kx250 never had an alloy frame model on dealer floors. The frame simon has used is a 2009 kxf250 frame.. Not sure how much better the kx250 would of been with alloy frame, but i would think it would be lighter and flex more. They weren't known to be the best 250 out there from 03 to 07/8 or whenever they stopped them.
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: TM BILL on October 23, 2009, 11:37:08 am: All the same it is a very nice bike :) its good to see blokes like Simon building what the factories should have built. MX needs real bikes ie 2 strokes, for all there supposed technology those modern 4 stroke shitters will be the death of the sport ::)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: zorroz on October 23, 2009, 12:21:16 pm: I think its great they are keeping the 2 strokes alive and its handy for the valve muncher riders who need new complete engines so win win for everyone! MPS do the same coversion for the RM250

(http://www.mps500af.com/Images/suzuki1.jpg)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: ba-02-xr on October 23, 2009, 01:07:27 pm: That motor looks soooo right in that frame :). Maybe Kawa should tack a step foward & use 2/ power again ;).
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: TM BILL on October 23, 2009, 03:51:21 pm: Quote from: zorroz on October 23, 2009, 12:21:16 pm
I think its great they are keeping the 2 strokes alive and its handy for the valve muncher riders who need new complete engines so win win for everyone! MPS do the same coversion for the RM250

(http://www.mps500af.com/Images/suzuki1.jpg)

Thats nice :) i want one ;D
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: VMX247 on October 23, 2009, 05:00:59 pm: Zorroz,does that model RM have Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan stamped on the head stem/main frame area. ???

Cause our 06 model does.It's great 8) cause the Kawasaki shop is 30 minutes away and parts are interchangeable.
cheers
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: mxmaniac on October 23, 2009, 05:47:46 pm: Quote from: VMX247 on October 23, 2009, 05:00:59 pm
Zorroz,does that model RM have Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan stamped on the head stem/main frame area. ???

Cause our 06 model does.It's great 8) cause the Kawasaki shop is 30 minutes away and parts are interchangeable.
cheers

Thats a 450 rmz rolling chassis, and they weren't the same as Kawy from memory..
The RMZ250 06 is the same as 04-05 kxf250. The 06 kxf250 was a new kawy only bike.
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: maicostu on October 23, 2009, 06:18:22 pm: Do you know what i like about albrid-3

Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maico stu
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: paul on October 23, 2009, 06:19:45 pm: Quote from: maicostu on October 23, 2009, 06:18:22 pm
Do you know what i like about albrid-3

Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maico stu
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: VMX247 on October 23, 2009, 07:33:03 pm: Quote from: mxmaniac on October 23, 2009, 05:47:46 pm
Quote from: VMX247 on October 23, 2009, 05:00:59 pm
Zorroz,does that model RM have Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan stamped on the head stem/main frame area. ???
Cause our 06 model does.It's great 8) cause the Kawasaki shop is 30 minutes away and parts are interchangeable.
cheers
Thats a 450 rmz rolling chassis, and they weren't the same as Kawy from memory..
The RMZ250 06 is the same as 04-05 kxf250. The 06 kxf250 was a new kawy only bike.

Thanks for that 8)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: 090 on October 24, 2009, 09:38:18 pm: Quote
But whats it got to do with vintage Huh I thought this site was about unrealiable vintage bikes
Two strokes in general are considered dinosaurs, so he is keeping the dream alive! Long live the two stroke!
Looks like an excuse to show mine.
I had a guy ask me if it was an '86 model!
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-5/1259377/hybrid%20500%20Bailey%20011.JPG)
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: JohnnyO on October 24, 2009, 09:57:17 pm: Quote from: 090 on October 24, 2009, 09:38:18 pm

I had a guy ask me if it was an '86 model!
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-5/1259377/hybrid%20500%20Bailey%20011.JPG)
And the alloy frame isn't a give away??
Title: Re: simon healys kx 250
Post by: 090 on October 24, 2009, 10:02:04 pm: Quote from: Hornet on October 24, 2009, 09:42:46 pm
I am not so familiar with classics , is that 85 or 86 ?

Modern classic , 86 replica.