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DT200 vs KDX200
Posted: 04:55 pm Feb 19 2007
by kdxquebec
Ok a guy try to tell me that a yamaha dt200 1995 is exaclty the same bike as a stock 89-94 kdx200. I mean same feeling same agility,weight, performance,
torque,power,lowend.........
I think this guy is totally wrong.
Is it a joke?^
What the heck
?
Please give me some anwsers...
Posted: 05:06 pm Feb 19 2007
by 2001kdx
Kawasaki rates the kdx motor at 37hp. We all know that this is a crank rating, and power at the wheel is maybe 27-ish.
Yamaha rates the DT200 engine at 31 hp. Given the good chance this is also not rwhp, the dt200 is underpowered. The rest...well... who knows. If they were the same bike, wouldn't they be somewhat popular?
Posted: 05:15 pm Feb 19 2007
by Indawoods
Posted: 12:49 pm Feb 20 2007
by fuzzy
I wonder if that's the same motor as a WR200?
Posted: 01:04 pm Feb 20 2007
by KDXforlife
no the KDX is lighter and the handleing is better
Posted: 02:22 pm Feb 20 2007
by 2001kdx
The wr200 is aircooled, so I don't think it's the same.
Posted: 12:48 am Feb 21 2007
by KDXer
Maybe the old WR's were aircooled but the newer ones are all water cooled. So are the DT200's. They have a totally different power valve setup in the DT vs WR. The DT is servo controlled from memory. They (DT) are in NO way comparable to a KDX, period. WR200's aren't all that different to a KDX.
WR200
DT200
Posted: 05:20 am Feb 21 2007
by Jeb
Those youngins' from the land from down under take to bikin' at an awful early age, don't they??
Posted: 06:20 am Feb 21 2007
by GS
AND, nothin but one hand on any control.....the throttle!!!
Feet are already off the pegs.........got me there, too.....
Think of the power-to-weight ratio
...compared to what I plop onto the saddle
Posted: 03:33 pm Feb 21 2007
by fuzzy
The newer (US) WR200's had an electric powervalve too, but thanks for confirming what I was thinking. I knew the WR vs KDX motors were comparable, but had no idea about the DT....From the sounds of it, it's NOT a comparison. The WR200 is basically the original 200 EXC type setup...Built from a 125, w/ wide trans.
Posted: 03:48 pm Feb 21 2007
by 2001kdx
Posted: 11:15 pm Feb 21 2007
by KDXer
OK they ARE basically the same engine - with some minor differences. The WR cylinder got the nikasil plating treatment, straight onto the aluminium. The DT scored the steel bore. There is differences in the porting between the bikes as well, yet the DT can be altered to get similar gains.
Both ran different carbs, the DT one had less adjustment options, and some modified DT's ended up with YZ 125 carbs (once the airbox issues were resolved).
The servo powervalve system is the same on both bikes, and a WR200 performance pipe will fit onto a DT200. Basically the DT125, DT200 and WR200 stem from pretty much the same design.
Hope that clears it up.
Posted: 11:17 pm Feb 21 2007
by KDXer
Posted: 11:36 pm Feb 21 2007
by GS
TOLD YA!!!!
Posted: 12:34 am Feb 22 2007
by TWMOODY
KDXQ .........
My neighbor has one and I gave him a pretty good WHOPPIN down the
dirt road here.
Absolutely no contest !
He then had to get out his Yamaha 600 induro
that I was able to walk away from ever so slightly.
Kinda pissed him off
And that was before my bike got RB'ed
