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Offline holeshot buddy

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kawasaki kt 250
« on: December 08, 2009, 10:07:29 pm »
just found an original complete 1 owner kt 250 kawasaki
kinda like it
might keep this one
anyone know contacts for guards
the rest is pretty good
are they a good model
it looks a good thing
would make a nice resto or i could leave it as found ;)
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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 10:11:16 pm »
There no good Russell, I'll take it off your hands if you like and save you all the heartache.
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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2009, 10:13:09 pm »
They're a piece of junk Rusty.. i'll swap you a good RL250 for it.

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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2009, 10:22:57 pm »
i cant post photos here so i will post one on
my page of the bike

i would swap it for a 77 ktm 400 ;D ;)
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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 10:46:59 pm »


i would swap it for a 77 ktm 400 ;D ;)
You'll have to catch up with some guy in perth who apparently paid 4 grand for it..

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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2009, 11:03:09 pm »
Fred and Deb Carter in NZ make lots of replica bits for the KT. The only replica KT guards I know of are fibreglass and Fred and Deb sell them.
Plastic universal trials guards by Gonelli look good on KTs and fit well.
If you are going to ride it I would recommend the Gonelli rear and the fibreglass replica front.
If you want to see what a KT looks like with both Gonellis I can email you photos.

http://kawasakikt.tripod.com/FREDKT.html
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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 08:27:28 am »
I owned a KT for awhile. Found the power good but its clutch was a bit abrupt and the bike wanted to plow the front compared to a 247 Cota. A great special interest bike though - nicer than a TY. The clutch action on that particular bike may have been atypical as I hadn't ridden another example.
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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 09:12:27 am »
I still have the KT250 that I bought new in 1975. It is much the worst for wear and I want to restore it when I get done with some of the other projects that are in the shed. I rode it solo in club competition and did quite well on it. I fitted a sidecar to it in 1979 and won the SA B grade title on it in 1980, before upgrading to a 350 Bultaco Sherpa on which I won the 1982 SA B grade title. The sherpa is in bit in the shed as well. My young brother and the brothers of my passenger campained the KT for a few more years before it was consigned to the back of the shed whare it has remaind for near on 30 years.

Definitely a keeper and well worth doing up.

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Re: kawasaki kt 250
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 05:48:32 pm »
Get a real bike OSSA!!