Got my son a KX/KDX80. Neat little woods bike.

[firffighter]

Well I've been looking for a nice little woods bike for my 12 yr. old for the past 8 months or so. He has been on a XR100 for 2 years now and was ready to move up.

I wanted to get him a 2-stroke, but was afraid he would have trouble with the hit and I also wanted a bigger bike that he could spend more than a year on.

So, I found a '93 KX80 bigwheel that has all of the off-road mods already done to it. It has a headlight/taillight (not currently hooked up), kickstand, Moose FWW, reed block spacer and aluminum bars with brushguards. I went through the entire bike and it needs nothing except some new tires. Got it all for $600 and even has cool '90's purple graphics just like the KDX's.

Kinda looks like a mini KDX and should make a great woods bike for him for a number of years.
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[saddletramp]

Nice find!

[firffighter]

I actually saw the bike on craigslist last fall, but it just said KX80, and we wanted a bigwheel version of KX100.

Well, it came up again and I noticed this time that it had the kickstand, FMF pipe/silencer and headlights, so I called and asked what size tires it had on it and low and behold it was a bigwheel. Previous owner had no idea that all of the off-road mods were not stock.

We are headed out on Sunday to test her out.

[m0rie]

Awesome! I'd love to find something like that to have for when Ana's ready to step up from the TTR50.

[saddletramp]

Let us know how far a tank of fuel will go..

[fuzzy]

Sweet!

The young-buck can always carry a couple quart sized nalgene (lexan) bottles if'n fuel becomes an issue.

[firffighter]

Well, we did a good ride on Sunday. We did 43 miles of desert terrain in Central Oregon.

My son did great on the bike and said he never wanted to ride a 4-stroke again.

I topped him of once and had to put in about a 1/3 of a tank. I think he could put on about 50 miles with reserve.