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2012 Racing season...
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Just got a game changer!
'12 KX450F... No more will I be disadvantaged 50+lbs to little bastards on equal or lesser equipment. Also we wanted another supermoto so why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone. |
Nice.
Why the Kawi? |
Must like green
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I liked the CRF's weight and size(lightest 450 in class). Chris and Chad both have CRFs in both setups, and I liked them in the way I could live with. But I liked the features of the KX in the motor dept. And adjusting the bars and pegs to fit my height/size usually required aftermarket parts, in this case they come adjustable from the factory. What really gets me is the simple plug-in-go tuning. 3 OEM couplers come with the bike. A general stock plug, a mild one for slick track conditions, and an aggressive one which I think would work great for supermoto trim. And if I wanted to get really crazy, I can get a USB cable from Kawasaki take the bike to AF1 or any other reputable tuner and get a custom tune on each plug if I so choose. Now if it could stop raining one weekend, I could go ride it! |
Cool options. Dirt has come a long way.
We need the rain, don't complain too much about it. |
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It's hard to get mid-week options to ride. Only 1 track in our area is open Weds night, everyone else is sat/sun. But this weekend is looking good and I CANNOT wait to go break it in! |
Just broke it in at my local track today... Beat on it as much as I could considering the muddy/rutty conditions.
This this is stupid. I mean it's just dumb. I ran it through the gears after some heat cycles, and even sitting on the tank it pulled up in 4th. Stock tune coupler too. Once ON the track, it had 0 hesitation in clearing anything I gave it gas for. Even the "big" quadzilla felt like a little double today. The power is just everywhere and honestly, it could stand to be toned down a bit. Either that or I just have a really strong throttle hand from wringing the 250Fs neck for over a year and a half. The negatives of the bike are the brakes. I don't know that they suck that bad, as they just aren't as good as everything else. The bike is 25lbs heavier than my YZ that has a weak lever pull, both bikes take as much time to really stop. The downside is that this bike hauls so much ass, it takes a similar braking zone going into turns which kinda hinders having all that power on tap. The other thing is weight, but that only was a factor when trying to load the bike or lift it onto a stationary center stand. I use a pop-up stand 99% of the time. The only thing it really needs currently is suspension setup. I didn't wanna screw with that today, as much as getting the motor broken in. Thankfully I know this track very well and the stock settings were "ok" in the average conditions. Where it got rutted up and choppy, the bike bounced around worse than a basketball. But that'll be an easy fix with some better valving and springs for my weight. http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMAG0352.jpg |
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Well after tax returns and waiting on one of the only and worst Supermoto parts websites in existence to finally get my wheels to me...
Here it is with a test fit. Needs thinner front pads or front rotor(too tight) and the correct sprockets, a little trimming and re-adjusting and it will be ready to ride! http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...b512/Front.jpg http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...ub512/Side.jpg |
That bike looks SICK in supermoto Mode!!!
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