2018 KLX250, We're Baa-ack
#1
2018 KLX250, We're Baa-ack
How about the new KLX? Any body got the scoop? Looks like they dropped the "S".
Is the injection system the same as what's been on the Euro model for years?
Can you add a BB 351 cylinder and keep the injection?
https://www.kawasaki.com/Products/2018-KLX250
Is the injection system the same as what's been on the Euro model for years?
Can you add a BB 351 cylinder and keep the injection?
https://www.kawasaki.com/Products/2018-KLX250
Last edited by Oldad; 09-21-2017 at 04:04 PM. Reason: Added link to Kaw website
#2
WOOT!!! Fantastic news! So happy I bought my 2014 and that 4 years later they're making them again. I don't have any feelings of obsolescence now. I am pretty sure I'm going big bore, not sure if I want KK nikasil or BB 351. I DO want Bill Blue's 33/34 flat slide carb though. Regarding the 2018 fuel injection, I would guess it's the same that has been spec'd on the European/Asian bikes.... Did I read on here that it was hard to mod for big bore?
#3
Yeah, I just came here to post this, but you beat me to it. Here's a different one about it.
Same old bike with EFI, that's it.
BTW, They never stopped making them. Just stopped selling them in the US FYI.
Kawasaki Brings Back New and Improved KLX250 Dual Sport - ADV Pulse
Same old bike with EFI, that's it.
BTW, They never stopped making them. Just stopped selling them in the US FYI.
Kawasaki Brings Back New and Improved KLX250 Dual Sport - ADV Pulse
Last edited by Werloc; 09-21-2017 at 10:44 PM.
#5
Yeah, I just came here to post this, but you beat me to it. Here's a different one about it.
Same old bike with EFI, that's it.
BTW, They never stopped making them. Just stopped selling them in the US FYI.
Kawasaki Brings Back New and Improved KLX250 Dual Sport - ADV Pulse
Same old bike with EFI, that's it.
BTW, They never stopped making them. Just stopped selling them in the US FYI.
Kawasaki Brings Back New and Improved KLX250 Dual Sport - ADV Pulse
#7
Well, it's already adjustable from the start. Maybe they're actually setting them up for the average size North Americans and like individuals instead of only light weights... but I doubt it.
I wonder what is so hard for them to cause them to not make the plastic look like the KX motocrosser. They make the sport bikes look like what is racing, why not the dual sports. Another challenge not met. Instead we get a rear fender/tail light that looks like it should be on the back of a 1935 Auburn roadster.
I wonder what is so hard for them to cause them to not make the plastic look like the KX motocrosser. They make the sport bikes look like what is racing, why not the dual sports. Another challenge not met. Instead we get a rear fender/tail light that looks like it should be on the back of a 1935 Auburn roadster.
#8
I've toyed with the idea of fiberglassing a nicer back end for the little guy, but i'd hafta move the exhaust down low (like a flat tracker) and relocate that behemoth of a battery. would be pretty sleek though.
#9
As far as I know there are no known examples of fuel injected KLX351's running.
There are plenty of KLX292 and KLX331 running though.
I used to have a Euro KLX with the 292cc kit and have spoken to several people with KLX331. Most people use use EJK or Powercommander to get a mapping that works.
Not sure if the US is just getting the Euro/Asia KLX or if its an entirely new injection system.
There are plenty of KLX292 and KLX331 running though.
I used to have a Euro KLX with the 292cc kit and have spoken to several people with KLX331. Most people use use EJK or Powercommander to get a mapping that works.
Not sure if the US is just getting the Euro/Asia KLX or if its an entirely new injection system.
Last edited by Nikolaj Lykke; 09-22-2017 at 05:00 PM.
#10
BTW, I'm also toying with fiberglassing a flat track seat & tail piece, classic old school style. But not for my KLX, I'm planning to build a tracker with an XS650 like I raced back in the day but street legal. Be a great local hooligan bike for toying around town. Planning to sell my KLX in a few months for a euro 300 2-stroke, so lookin for a street bike. I prefer buildin my own. I just haven't worked with FG in so long. Thinking of working from a mold so outer layer is gel coat.
Last edited by Werloc; 09-23-2017 at 12:03 AM.