09' vs 13'
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09' vs 13'
Wow haven't been on here in a while! Back in August of 08' I bought a new 09 250, I loved that bike like a child! Sold it dec. 24 2011 had 18,000 miles on it burning oil like crazy. I rode her hard and put way wet lol anyway was thinking about how much I miss having a dual sport and want to get another. Would like to have gobs of power so I was looking at the ktm 500exc but it's $10k and high maintenance. Now I'm thinkin how much I loved my klx of just getting another new one. Just from eyeballing one at the dealer they look exactly the same as a 09' just different graphics. If somebody could fill me in on what I've missed in the last few years that would be great! Thanks!
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Yeah, not a fan of the 2014 colors either.
As nice as it would be to be able to hit the starter and go with FI, a carb is easy to rejet when you mod the bike. A simple bike is less likely to fail out on the trail... but yeah FI might be nice. Not a show stopper for me.
As nice as it would be to be able to hit the starter and go with FI, a carb is easy to rejet when you mod the bike. A simple bike is less likely to fail out on the trail... but yeah FI might be nice. Not a show stopper for me.
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Compare to those other colors I think the green/black looks good. Never been a fan of all black. I do agree with you there, cheap to mod and repair on the trail if you had too. Seeing as how these bikes are still on the cheap side of dual sports I don't mind carb. FI would probly tack on another $1k
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Depends on which one, the WR250R is $6,690. The Fuel Injected/Aircooled XT250 is $5,190