Hello, I'm Ricardo Giacom and I'd like to introduce myself.

[Ricardo.Giacom]

Gracias, Ricardo. My KDX has a translucent plastic fuel tank that has a capacity of 13.6 L. I also carry a red plastic auxiliary tank that has a capacity of 3.7 L. Shown here:

viewtopic.php?f=86&t=26398

I need this much fuel because I ride off-road far into remote mountains. If I do not carry this much fuel, then I do not make it home.

Hello Billie dear! How are you!!!
With a capacity of 12L and with normal factory carburettor, your motorcycle should have an effective range of approximately 250 km.

The motorcycle usually consumes a lot of fuel when it is stopped, idling and when you start applying a lot of gas (brap brap braaappp).

A test syringe with a volume of 100cc and fuel is devoured by the motorcycle in a couple of minutes.

[Ricardo.Giacom]

Welcome aboard. Thanks for joining kdxrider. Congratulations on the E6!

Thank you very much, dear friend!!!
I send you a big hug from Cerrillos - Argentina

[Ricardo.Giacom]

I couldn't get the Instagram ones to show, but the Youtube one did. That is a nice looking KDX250. Keep at it. Congratulations!

It's a 1994 KDX 200E6

[Ricardo.Giacom]

I couldn't get the Instagram ones to show, but the Youtube one did. That is a nice looking KDX250. Keep at it. Congratulations!

It is a KDX 200E6 from the year 1994. It is not a KDX 250

[Ricardo.Giacom]

I would like to post the step-by-step instructions for assembling the motorcycle. Can you tell me where I should post it?

[billie_morini]

Gracias, Ricardo. My KDX has a translucent plastic fuel tank that has a capacity of 13.6 L. I also carry a red plastic auxiliary tank that has a capacity of 3.7 L. Shown here:

viewtopic.php?f=86&t=26398

I need this much fuel because I ride off-road far into remote mountains. If I do not carry this much fuel, then I do not make it home.

Hello Billie dear! How are you!!!
With a capacity of 12L and with normal factory carburettor, your motorcycle should have an effective range of approximately 250 km.

The motorcycle usually consumes a lot of fuel when it is stopped, idling and when you start applying a lot of gas (brap brap braaappp).

A test syringe with a volume of 100cc and fuel is devoured by the motorcycle in a couple of minutes.

Hola, Ricardo. My KDX 220 is the USA dirt model with the stock Keihen PKW 33 mm carburetor. The countershaft and real wheel sprockets are 13 and 47 teeth, respectively. The majority of my riding is in slow to moderate speed technical mountainous areas. The resulting fuel consumption is 20 to 22 miles per gallon (MPG). So, the oversized 3.6 gallon Clarke tank takes me about 70 miles. The auxiliary Rotopax tank that is carried on the luggage rack holds about 1 gallon of fuel. That gets me an additional 20 miles and sometimes is absolutely needed to get home. All in all, I can go about 90 to 100 miles with these tanks. That's 145 to 160 km.

The USA KDX 220 requires pre-mix fuel. Oil injection is not available for these models. There are no gasoline stations where I ride. So, it is necessary to carry all the pre-mix that I can. I ran out of gasoline 2 or 3 times before I started using the auxiliary Rotopax tank.

[KDXGarage]

I couldn't get the Instagram ones to show, but the Youtube one did. That is a nice looking KDX250. Keep at it. Congratulations!

It is a KDX 200E6 from the year 1994. It is not a KDX 250

I think I am getting old in my old age. I must have been sleepy. I have one myself.

Since it is an E6, it should be the same as the USA model, so post it in the "E" group:

viewforum.php?f=115

[Ricardo.Giacom]

Gracias, Ricardo. My KDX has a translucent plastic fuel tank that has a capacity of 13.6 L. I also carry a red plastic auxiliary tank that has a capacity of 3.7 L. Shown here:

viewtopic.php?f=86&t=26398

I need this much fuel because I ride off-road far into remote mountains. If I do not carry this much fuel, then I do not make it home.

Hello Billie dear! How are you!!!
With a capacity of 12L and with normal factory carburettor, your motorcycle should have an effective range of approximately 250 km.

The motorcycle usually consumes a lot of fuel when it is stopped, idling and when you start applying a lot of gas (brap brap braaappp).

A test syringe with a volume of 100cc and fuel is devoured by the motorcycle in a couple of minutes.

Hola, Ricardo. My KDX 220 is the USA dirt model with the stock Keihen PKW 33 mm carburetor. The countershaft and real wheel sprockets are 13 and 47 teeth, respectively. The majority of my riding is in slow to moderate speed technical mountainous areas. The resulting fuel consumption is 20 to 22 miles per gallon (MPG). So, the oversized 3.6 gallon Clarke tank takes me about 70 miles. The auxiliary Rotopax tank that is carried on the luggage rack holds about 1 gallon of fuel. That gets me an additional 20 miles and sometimes is absolutely needed to get home. All in all, I can go about 90 to 100 miles with these tanks. That's 145 to 160 km.

The USA KDX 220 requires pre-mix fuel. Oil injection is not available for these models. There are no gasoline stations where I ride. So, it is necessary to carry all the pre-mix that I can. I ran out of gasoline 2 or 3 times before I started using the auxiliary Rotopax tank.

Hello Billie dear!

I consider 22 miles per gallon to be very little, that is, it consumes a lot of fuel in a very short distance.
It is a small carburetor with good performance, so you should perform a carburettor adjustment to give it greater autonomy.
The bike should do 22 miles Per liter of fuel as a minimum going at a speed of 43 miles/h.

[Ricardo.Giacom]

Gracias, Ricardo. My KDX has a translucent plastic fuel tank that has a capacity of 13.6 L. I also carry a red plastic auxiliary tank that has a capacity of 3.7 L. Shown here:

viewtopic.php?f=86&t=26398

I need this much fuel because I ride off-road far into remote mountains. If I do not carry this much fuel, then I do not make it home.

Hello Billie dear! How are you!!!
With a capacity of 12L and with normal factory carburettor, your motorcycle should have an effective range of approximately 250 km.

The motorcycle usually consumes a lot of fuel when it is stopped, idling and when you start applying a lot of gas (brap brap braaappp).

A test syringe with a volume of 100cc and fuel is devoured by the motorcycle in a couple of minutes.

Hola, Ricardo. My KDX 220 is the USA dirt model with the stock Keihen PKW 33 mm carburetor. The countershaft and real wheel sprockets are 13 and 47 teeth, respectively. The majority of my riding is in slow to moderate speed technical mountainous areas. The resulting fuel consumption is 20 to 22 miles per gallon (MPG). So, the oversized 3.6 gallon Clarke tank takes me about 70 miles. The auxiliary Rotopax tank that is carried on the luggage rack holds about 1 gallon of fuel. That gets me an additional 20 miles and sometimes is absolutely needed to get home. All in all, I can go about 90 to 100 miles with these tanks. That's 145 to 160 km.

The USA KDX 220 requires pre-mix fuel. Oil injection is not available for these models. There are no gasoline stations where I ride. So, it is necessary to carry all the pre-mix that I can. I ran out of gasoline 2 or 3 times before I started using the auxiliary Rotopax tank.

Hello Billie dear!

I consider 22 miles per gallon to be very little, that is, it consumes a lot of fuel in a very short distance.
It is a small carburetor with good performance, so you should perform a carburettor adjustment to give it greater autonomy.
The bike should do 22 miles Per liter of fuel as a minimum going at a speed of 43 miles/h.

[billie_morini]

Ricardo, thank you for your notes. I apologize for using English units of measure. Although I worked in engineering and science in Europe during mid-career, I never mastered metric fuel consumption figures. This is peculiar because all else [distance, speed, piping flow rates, force, pressure, temperature, hardware] came quite easily.

I will disagree with your notes. The typical miles per gallon range for KDX 220R (non-street dirtbike) is 20 to 27.5 mpg.

The largest data concentration for anecdotally reported consumption value is 22 mpg. Riders reporting 80 mile range on stock 2.9 gallon tank are the ones getting 27 to 28 mpg. There are many fewer of these riders than riders that get 22 mpg. Note, 22 mpg on stock tank provides a range of about 65 miles.

Before learning from dedicated forum members that the stock 33 mm carburetor has a sneaky jet block seal (o-ring), the carburetor could not be correctly jetted. Once correctly jetted, spark plug color is "the nice brown," exhaust smoke is minimal, and splooge is limited. Throttle response is very good and there's no stumbling, break-up, or coughing.

My riding areas are rough and have a lot of large and small scale elevation changes. A majority of this terrain is covered in speeds from lugging to 2 to 8 miles per hour (mph). Average speed on the more open trail is 12 mph. Average speed on the public county road to trailheads is 35 mph. Achieving speeds in the range of 45 to 55 mpg occurs for durations of about 10 minutes and only occur on one section of public highway driven to and from one of 4 available trail heads. Short of trying a brand new carburetor that may or may not improve anything, mpg is as good as possible. Additionally, it's quite normal.

I will not buy a new carburetor this year because I m saving money for an electric starter kit.

Back on point, here's just a few links to back up what I'm saying and experiencing.

viewtopic.php?t=19301#:~:text=Re%3A%20T ... 0of%20sand.

https://www.southbayriders.com/forums/threads/58968/

https://www.thumpertalk.com/forums/topi ... 1-kdx-220/

[Ricardo.Giacom]

Ricardo, thank you for your notes. I apologize for using English units of measure. Although I worked in engineering and science in Europe during mid-career, I never mastered metric fuel consumption figures. This is peculiar because all else [distance, speed, piping flow rates, force, pressure, temperature, hardware] came quite easily.

I will disagree with your notes. The typical miles per gallon range for KDX 220R (non-street dirtbike) is 20 to 27.5 mpg.

The largest data concentration for anecdotally reported consumption value is 22 mpg. Riders reporting 80 mile range on stock 2.9 gallon tank are the ones getting 27 to 28 mpg. There are many fewer of these riders than riders that get 22 mpg. Note, 22 mpg on stock tank provides a range of about 65 miles.

Before learning from dedicated forum members that the stock 33 mm carburetor has a sneaky jet block seal (o-ring), the carburetor could not be correctly jetted. Once correctly jetted, spark plug color is "the nice brown," exhaust smoke is minimal, and splooge is limited. Throttle response is very good and there's no stumbling, break-up, or coughing.

My riding areas are rough and have a lot of large and small scale elevation changes. A majority of this terrain is covered in speeds from lugging to 2 to 8 miles per hour (mph). Average speed on the more open trail is 12 mph. Average speed on the public county road to trailheads is 35 mph. Achieving speeds in the range of 45 to 55 mpg occurs for durations of about 10 minutes and only occur on one section of public highway driven to and from one of 4 available trail heads. Short of trying a brand new carburetor that may or may not improve anything, mpg is as good as possible. Additionally, it's quite normal.

I will not buy a new carburetor this year because I m saving money for an electric starter kit.

Back on point, here's just a few links to back up what I'm saying and experiencing.

viewtopic.php?t=19301#:~:text=Re%3A%20T ... 0of%20sand.

https://www.southbayriders.com/forums/threads/58968/

https://www.thumpertalk.com/forums/topi ... 1-kdx-220/

Hello again dear Billie! It's a pleasure to meet you again!

In reality it all depends on the type of condition of the bike, the number of gear changes you apply, the speed, the power you apply in each gear change, etc. etc.
In the previous comment, I specifically referred to calm, moderate driving and trying to keep the bike at a speed as constant as possible. For this purpose, I was referring to traveling along a rural dirt road with very few bumps, that is, one that does not have so many potholes, etc. etc.
My motorcycle is a KDX 200 and going on a road like the one I described above at a speed of 100km/h in 6th gear it travels approximately 18km per liter of fuel.
It also depends a lot on the oil mix you use. I tried Ipone samurai, Ipone 2R red Bull, AMA gold and a super cheap one from a well-known brand in Argentina called bardal.
The ideal mix for my bike is 95 octane premium gasoline and Ipone 2R. The other oils make it slow.
My mixture is that for every 4 liters of gasoline I put 80cc of oil. 4 liters is a little more than a gallon.
Now I'm going to do a new carburetor to make a mixture of 4 liters of gasoline and 60cc of oil. The bike runs very well, it's a rocket.

[billie_morini]

Hi, Ricardo. Thank you for clarifying your notes. It is not possible for me to identify any location that I ride where it is possible to go 100 km/hr in 6th gear for 18km on a dirt or paved road with very few bumps & potholes.

The fuel mixture you described as 4 liters of gasoline and 80cc of oil sounds like the ratio of 50:1. The fuel mixture you are going to use next, 4 liters of gasoline and 60cc of oil, sounds like 67:1. The fuel to oil ratio I use is 100:1. The oil is synthetic oil made by Amsoil. I started using this oil and mixture because my wild neighbor used this mixture for many years in his 500cc 2-stroke Quad. If this mixture worked for this wildman who drives this big bore 2-stroke like a maniac, then it was good enough for me.