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KXcam22:
Sometimes I get to thinking that my faithfull KX may be outdated, but then I shake my head.  A few years ago when I was in the new bike market, I spent a couple of hours in a coffee shop (across the street from a red shop) with $10K in my pocket, sucking back the java and agonizing & analysing (hey I'm an engineer - lots of analysing) whether any bike would give me $10K more fun than the KX. My answer was a resounding NO WAY!!  If I still raced moto I might want something more flickable, but in the off-road single-track world where I ride, the KX reigns suppreme.  As some others have mentioned, I too delight in dusting off the guys on megabuck 4-stroke machines on my trusty 92.  I just tell them it's all the bike (and forget to mention the 35+ years of riding experience).  I also make sure they notice when the KX outstarts the E-start bikes (although they never notice me getting it ready for the 1 kick cold start).

One thing that has made a huge improvement in my KX and got rid of any vestige of "outdatedness" is all the help I have got from this site and all the members.  The tweaks, tuning and advice I have gotten has helped me to finetune the handling and power delivery of my bike a lot closer to my riding style. This has made a unbelievable difference in how fast (and long) I can go on it.  This is the "do-all" bike.  If you look back at the race history of the KX500, it's probably one of the only bikes that has been at the top of every type of race category at some time:
MX
Baja
Hare&hounds
ISDT
Cross Country
Super-moto
Ice racing
Flat track
Drags
Hill-climb
King of the dunes

Three cheers for the KX500 and pitbull racing. Cam.

Timbowe:
Hip Hip....

 Agreed on that Cam!

YUNGGUNNAZ:
outdated-NO.outlooked-NO.outran-HELL NO!around here they they hold up protest signs when they see THE MEAN GREEN.

Spider:
Il stick with mine thanks. I can afford to fix it. Heck for 10K I could buy 2 and have twice as much fun!!!

Dale

Johnniespeed:
After reading all this, I am feeling so brand loyal, I am thinking about buying a second KX500.  It sure is a powerful, dependable fun fast bike.  AND when others realize it is a 500, they usally pay respect to my courage for riding a 500. I like big ball compliments.

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