Did these things grow on trees?

[Tahitian_Red]

1979 KX250's are coming out of the woodwork here.  (Three for sale in the last 5 days.  All within 50 miles of me.)

I thought they were kind of low production. How many KX250 A5's did Kawasaki make? 

[Maico31]

Wish they grew on trees here, i'd go outside and pick one.

[Tahitian_Red]

Well,

I couldn't resist and bought one of them. 

One seller had two and he only wanted to sell them as a set. ($1200 US)  The third one came with a California Ownership Title, runs and shifts through all gears.  The swingarm and pipe are in great shape, so I bought it. ($500 US)

I always say this, but that should end my buying for a long time. 

[Maico31]

I had one and sold it about 5 years ago, there were a few around then. Doesn't seem to be any around these days. It was a good bike and i wish i would've kept it... but isn't that always the case when you sell something! I didn't think the A5 was all that rare in the US... Unlike the A4.

[Tahitian_Red]

I've only seen a few (Two) at any AHRMA Nationals or western regionals.  I know the A4 is the rare one, but I thought someone told me once there were less than 5K A5's sold worldwide. ?  Maybe all 5K went to California. 

[DJRacing]

Over here I know of 5-A5 250's and a couple of A5 125's but only 1 A4. All the guys who own the A5's pedal them really quickly.