KDX200 First Ride!!!
Posted: 01:35 pm Jun 23 2015
If any of you hav'nt read my "Guidance Needed, Story of my Bike" post yet go ahead and search it, that will explain the condition of my Bike.
So I went for a legit ride with my little brother a couple weeks ago in MiddleKnob Mountains right next to my house in the Mojave Area. As we started for the mountains I've noticed 3/4 of the way there the bike started to come alive like a real 2 stroke should. I was quite excited. What really put a smile on my face was how easily it cruised up the mild hill climbs starting out, last 2 stroke I use to ride was an cr85, then we got into steeper grade and it still coasted up easily as long as you selected the right gear to keep it in the powerband.
There were a couple times the bike started to bog towards the top and I thought forsure it was done for but I kept the throttle open and it lugged right over.
Riding the ridge line was fun but definitely woke me up after the front end giving out and almost eating the dirt hard a few times in the turns, forks need rebuild Bad. I decided to tweek the front and rear suspension to full soft out of curiosity and man does this bike bounce like a trampoline
lol. At those settings I found it extremely comfortable and easy riding the MK10 trail all the way into Tehachapi next to the windmills, a lot of it is just rocks of all conditions.
Every time I go up there with my little brother we run into hikers hiking the PCT - Pacific Crest Trail, this couple started from the Mexico boarder and plan on making it to Canada these people were already extremely tan wonder how they'll look in Canada haha.
On the way back to bike ran completely different it turned into A rocket! I felt bad for my brother after cracking the throttle wide open a couple of times, was having a blast haha. Seems like I just needed to get the Cobwebs out of the system, now this thing scats!
The only thing I didn't like about the bike besides the blown suspension was the kickstand, everytime I would lean back and hit some whoops my boot would get caught on the mounting bracket!! I was scared shitless the first couple times then just got annoying but I guess I'll have to adjust to it.
What I love about the bike is
1. it's a 2 Stroke nothing like one Haha
2. Power - Weight Ratio. It's light and has great power for my weight to be thrown around at 165-170lbs
3.Power Delivery- when the cobs webs finally came out the powerband was like a 4 stroke. A nice gradual pull. It reminded me of my Dads XR650R but with a lot less Thrusty Torque
4. Big Gas tank. long rides is what I like to do so this is just perfect.
At first with all the work it needed I was gona re-sale it but that ride made me reconsider, definitely a keeper. After I do all the repairs and replacing , not much at all, it'll be Diamond
So I went for a legit ride with my little brother a couple weeks ago in MiddleKnob Mountains right next to my house in the Mojave Area. As we started for the mountains I've noticed 3/4 of the way there the bike started to come alive like a real 2 stroke should. I was quite excited. What really put a smile on my face was how easily it cruised up the mild hill climbs starting out, last 2 stroke I use to ride was an cr85, then we got into steeper grade and it still coasted up easily as long as you selected the right gear to keep it in the powerband.
There were a couple times the bike started to bog towards the top and I thought forsure it was done for but I kept the throttle open and it lugged right over.
Riding the ridge line was fun but definitely woke me up after the front end giving out and almost eating the dirt hard a few times in the turns, forks need rebuild Bad. I decided to tweek the front and rear suspension to full soft out of curiosity and man does this bike bounce like a trampoline
lol. At those settings I found it extremely comfortable and easy riding the MK10 trail all the way into Tehachapi next to the windmills, a lot of it is just rocks of all conditions. Every time I go up there with my little brother we run into hikers hiking the PCT - Pacific Crest Trail, this couple started from the Mexico boarder and plan on making it to Canada these people were already extremely tan wonder how they'll look in Canada haha.
On the way back to bike ran completely different it turned into A rocket! I felt bad for my brother after cracking the throttle wide open a couple of times, was having a blast haha. Seems like I just needed to get the Cobwebs out of the system, now this thing scats!
The only thing I didn't like about the bike besides the blown suspension was the kickstand, everytime I would lean back and hit some whoops my boot would get caught on the mounting bracket!! I was scared shitless the first couple times then just got annoying but I guess I'll have to adjust to it.
What I love about the bike is
1. it's a 2 Stroke nothing like one Haha
2. Power - Weight Ratio. It's light and has great power for my weight to be thrown around at 165-170lbs
3.Power Delivery- when the cobs webs finally came out the powerband was like a 4 stroke. A nice gradual pull. It reminded me of my Dads XR650R but with a lot less Thrusty Torque
4. Big Gas tank. long rides is what I like to do so this is just perfect.
At first with all the work it needed I was gona re-sale it but that ride made me reconsider, definitely a keeper. After I do all the repairs and replacing , not much at all, it'll be Diamond
