KDX engine swap possible ?
Posted: 06:07 pm Feb 23 2006
I have a 1997 KDX 200 I am wondering if a KX 250 motor will mount right in or if it is possible how ???
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Posted: 06:21 pm Feb 23 2006
I think it would be a bit to tall to really fit well in the KDX chassis.
Posted: 07:12 am Jul 14 2006
i thought the KDX had the KX chassis?
Posted: 09:27 am Jul 14 2006
They are not even close. I've got both. The KX frame is much more stout and has a removable subframe.motorhed220 wrote:i thought the KDX had the KX chassis?
Posted: 02:03 pm Jul 14 2006
Most people go the other way around...
Posted: 02:31 pm Jul 14 2006
RE: 'if a KX 250 motor will mount right in ..'
1. Of course not.
RE: 'if it is possible'
2. Of course it is.
RE: 'how ???'
C. If you have to ask THAT question, forget #2, stick with #1.
The KDX does not have a KX frame..not the 'same'..but styled similarly.
Kind'a like the KDX(200) is 'similar' to the KX(250)...just 50cc smaller!
1. Of course not.
RE: 'if it is possible'
2. Of course it is.
RE: 'how ???'
C. If you have to ask THAT question, forget #2, stick with #1.
The KDX does not have a KX frame..not the 'same'..but styled similarly.
Kind'a like the KDX(200) is 'similar' to the KX(250)...just 50cc smaller!
Posted: 12:03 pm Jul 17 2006
First off, i rember the Kawi website saying the KDX had the the "award winning" chassis of the KX...and SkiPro, is your KDX and the KX the Same Year?
Posted: 04:03 pm Jul 17 2006
Huh, dang, I missed the Chasis Awards again, I really need TiVo. I once saw a KX500 engine in a KX80 or 85 frame. So, there you go. Should be a piece of toast.
Ok, that was a little sarcastic. Seriously, with the prices of used two stroke race bikes so low, (at least down here in the good ole US of A-holes) I would just get the bike that came with the motor I wanted. I used to think the KDX was somehow more "trail-worthy" than a MX bike. After riding my kid's YZ in the woods, I'm backing off that notion. My opinion might be different if I was back east or something, but there is a lot of merit in a bike that was designed from the ground up with modern technology, and works as a balanced unit.
Ok, that was a little sarcastic. Seriously, with the prices of used two stroke race bikes so low, (at least down here in the good ole US of A-holes) I would just get the bike that came with the motor I wanted. I used to think the KDX was somehow more "trail-worthy" than a MX bike. After riding my kid's YZ in the woods, I'm backing off that notion. My opinion might be different if I was back east or something, but there is a lot of merit in a bike that was designed from the ground up with modern technology, and works as a balanced unit.