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KDX250 (air-cooled)
249cc2-stroke1 cylAir-cooledKick start
About the KDX250 (air-cooled)
Kawasaki's first KDX250: an air-cooled 250cc two-stroke enduro of the early 1980s, a Cycle World best-enduro winner, unrelated to the liquid-cooled KDX250 of the 1990s.
- Family
- KDX 2-Stroke Enduro
- Model years
- 1980 – 1985
- Also known as
- KDX250, KDX 250
Generations
1982 – 1985
KDX250All-new bike except the hubs: new reed-valve engine, six-speed, semi-double-cradle frame; 1983 changes mostly cosmetic.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 6-speed
- Fuel
- Carburettor
1981
KDX250Restyled with Uni-Trak rear suspension.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 6-speed
- Fuel
- Carburettor
1980
KDX250Reed-valve engine, five-speed, twin-shock era styling.
- Engine
- 249cc
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
Year specs
- Engine
- 249 cc
- Bore × stroke
- 70 × 64.9 mm
- Cooling
- Air-cooled
- Starter
- Kick start
- Gearbox
- 6-speed
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
- Horsepower
- 33 hp
- Torque
- 34.3 N·m
- Dry weight
- 111 kg
- Wet weight
- —
- Seat height
- —
- Ground clearance
- —
- Wheelbase
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 12.5 L
- MSRP
- —
Motorcyclespecs KDX250 sheet (1983-85): 70 x 64.9 mm (249 cc), air-cooled reed-valve two-stroke, 36 mm Mikuni, 33 hp @ 7,000 rpm and 3.5 kgf-m (34.3 Nm) @ 6,500 rpm (not stated as claimed or measured), 111 kg dry, 12.5 L. Motorcyclespecs' seat height (935 mm) and wheelbase (1,475 mm) are identical on its 1981-82, 1983-85 and 1990-92 KDX250R pages, a sign of copied figures, so they are not used. No US MSRP found.
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