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KX450F vs. KX500
kayx250:
I guess that is EXACTLY why I originally didnt want to post what happend........
Thats nice stewart has 100+ hp....I didnt race stewart I didnt claim too???? :? Im not afraid to admit that his bike would kill about 99% of anything at the beach including me at any given time but I guess that is what makes me different from the majority of you guys...I can admit when I get beat and trust me i've been beat by bikes and quads both 2-stroke and 4-stroke
also who said I had a quad??? I have a kx450f which has 53 hp stock not 38 and it weighs 220lbs not 355lbs (everybody launches in 2nd in the sand) and I dont know what gear he was in but I was almost at the limiter in 4th when we both let off at the end of the strip... I guess next time I'll just tell the guy screw it lets just plow thru the fence at the end of the strip at 80mph and keep going until we reach bakersfield and THEN see who wins. LLOL
I hope traction wasnt an issue considering he was running a 10 paddle with 2 more hp and I was running an 8 paddle :roll:
and about the 500 not getting traction until 5th gear???? LMFAOROF I can tell you've never ridden in the sand or atleast have never dragged in the sand...see when your picking up a wheelie that means you have an overabundance of traction not a lack of it. you kind of got that backwards LOL
I guess I get it now my bike is a 3 banger geo metro and a kx500 is a NSX that wasnt giving it gas........lol typical ricer response.
k5abuser:
soory i thought you were on a quad . and i wasn't putting you down . just sheading some light on things . as for not hooking in 4 in the sand yea . just 2 weekends ago we were in little sahara . loose sand . had to move to the back of the seat to get the front end up but it was coming on over if i stayed there. now on asphalt . just easy on the gas comes up , to much it spins the tire ( street bike tire).four stroke 2 stroke we are all here to have fun .
tharden:
I like riding my kx500 but it is not about how much power you have. It is how well you can handle it. You can probably ride much better than the other fellow on the kx500 and that alone can win you a race. I am a weekend rider and not a racer so people on cr250s can scream by me on some parts of the trails as I am not experienced enough. We do not have that much sand over here, but there is one trail I ride on that is in a sandy area, and I can say that is some wicked stuff. Once you get use to the sandy trails they are fun to ride.
BDI:
You know It's also hard to say how well the K-5 was running or how well the guy could ride. When I had my gsxr1100 I got embarrassed by a gsxr750 because my carbs were shot. My buddy Joey blew my doors on my cr500 with his crf450 because it was time for a new piston and my bike was down on comp. My CR500 was stock and I was consintantly beating a guy at the hill, his cr500 had every bolt on hop up made. the last time I was at the dunes I was racing a guy on a quad that had an r1 engine in it and I kept beating the guy by a bike length then the guy who owned it hopped on and started beating me by two bike lengths. The new 450s run very well and could easily beat a stock kx500 if the bike was not tuned right, tired or the guy riding it was not that skilled. I have gone from loosing to winning with a main jet change.
dsrtrider:
also depends on the gearing he was running. if he had his geared for desert and not climing and depends on rider skill etc. if everything was geared the same (i mean both for hills) you could ride his bike and check your time to top of a hill then switch bikes and get your bikes time to top and see differnece. i used to do that with my brothers cr500 and my kx500. we would race dumont competition hill and then switch to see if it was the rider or bike. with both stock moto gearing he would pull mine by half a bike length regarles of who was riding it. my bike was faster and more stable however when we were cruising the wide open desert regardless of rider.
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