Thanks guys!
Phil, I recall making a statement in some thread about possibly picking up a KX250. I don't think there was much discussion. How's that for some good quality help?
Feel free to ask any questions simple or not. I may not have many answers, but there are others in here who also own KX's.
Now to the first ride impressions. We went out today (my 7 year old and I) to help finish flagging and taping the race course. This is a GP format race so there are many different types of obstacles. There is an EnduroCross section (yep...boulders, logs, tractor tires, and mud holes)
, there are several tight rocky singletrack sections, there are two motocross sections (the whole pee wee track and a section of the National track) and a nice long rock wash section.
Anyway, my son and I decided to take a spin around the sections I knew he could handle. We went back to a nice ST section via jeep road. After looking a the ST, he decided it was too difficult for him and his 50.
There was a small vet style MX track out there, so we rode it for a little while. After about 45 minutes we decided to go back to the parking lot and see what we needed to help with for the race on Sunday. On the way back, we rode some ST and some of the EnduroCross section. I really missed the KDX...I think I stalled the KX about 50 times. The power is different and came on with much more of a hit than I'm use to. My 220 pulls hard right off the bottom and runs strong all the way through to the top (Thanks RB!!) Anyway, the KX will lug, but the power delivery is just way different.
I was a tad frustrated.
After a short meeting, we went to work on the back section where the ST transitions to the sand track (did I forget the sand track in my above list?)
. Also, where the sand track transitions to the freshly build Destry Abbott EnduroCross practice track. This was basically the same place we had been riding earlier. It was very tiring to have to keep looking for somewhere to lean the KX each time we stopped to do some work. We spent an hour or so messing with flagging.
It takes my son about an hour to get comfortable on the bike. Once he's got that confidence back, he wants to ride!
After our official work time was done, we hit the pee wee track and the surrounding ST. After being on the KX for a while, I started to finally feel more comfortable on it. It really liked the track, and It handled the rocky stuff better than the KDX (even with a damper on the KDX!
)
My conclusions for the first ride...the KX needs to be jetted better, it needs a kick stand, and I need to ride it more, and I need to add those personal adjustments to make it just as comfortable to ride as the KDX. I think I'm really going to like it.
