just found this, never seen it before so i thought you guys might want to read. they got 3 bikes, klx, wr, and xt and spent 1000 bucks each modding them and reviewed the bikes, looks like the klx kept up with malcom smith. looks like i picked the right bike.
http://www.dirtrider.com/reviews/dir...250s_mods.html

 

I wonder what he would think if he rejetted and put a pipe on? Thanks for posting it!