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I have become quite smitten with this KDX. My 2 bikes before the KDX were a 07 RM125, and a 07 KLX 250s. I liked the speed, and lightness of the RM, the smooth, and fun of the KLX, and spent most of the season on the KLX.
The KDX is both. What an awesome bike!
Since I plan to run hare scrambles, and only the all natural motocross tracks (old school mx) on my club's schedule, I may park my MX bike, and use the KDX instead.
So here is the question. I bought the 2000, 220 because it was street plated, something you can no longer do here. The bike is good, but well used. I want something nicer, and newer, and have found a 05, 220 with pipe, reeds, and Wiseco piston already for only a little more that what I paid for the 00 bike. It is not plate-able, but with very little work, would be the all purpose offroad bike I really want.

Since the 00 bike wasn't very good on the road, I was thinking of buying the 05 bike, and selling the 00. The plate would be nice to have, but I can keep the KLX for street riding.

Thoughts? I think I already know the answer, but typing it out has been therapeutic.

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Sounds like you have it all figured out.

There isn't anything different between the '00 and the '05. You could make the '00 everything the '05 is AND keep the plate.

'Nicer and newer'?

That's a preference and worth that only you can put a value on.

If I had a street plated KDX..I'd keep it. Period. Doesn't matter that it's not the bike my 700SC is on the road..it's that the ability to use it on the road at all would be invaluable. ...to me.
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Buy the other one... swap all the goodies over but keep the frame... sell the 05. :mrgreen:
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Why not just freshen up the one you have? You can get darn near anything you could ever want or need for it. Build it the way you want with all the right touches. Suspension, engine mods, electronics, etc. My motto is "Don't replace. Rebuild!"

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canyncarvr wrote:If I had a street plated KDX..I'd keep it. Period. Doesn't matter that it's not the bike my 700SC is on the road..it's that the ability to use it on the road at all would be invaluable. ...to me.
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Post by Kurt Franz »

I have a street legal 2004 and like it to ride around town on when I want a change of pace. Getting harder and harder to do this these days - I would keep the plated KDX.
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Post by zomby woof »

Thanks.
I bought the 05, and at this point, I'm keeping both. I'll probably use the 05 as my main bike, and keep the 00 just in case I decide that I need a 2 stroke street bike. With the KLX250s (which I really like riding), I'm not sure I'll need it. The other thing too, is that the KLX, and KDX look almost the same, even on paper, if you know what I mean :twisted:

Nonetheless, it's hard to have too many bikes :razz:
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My 2005 KDX220 is Plated in NEW YORK. But, I would not want to ride it for too long or too fast on Macadam.
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Post by BobbyZ »

if you decide to sell the plated bike can I get in line :mrgreen: I would love to be able to trail ride legaly here in Dirty Jersey
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I also have a street legal '04 KDX, here in Massachusetts. I bought the bike specifically because it had a VA street title and already had a (somewhat hacked up) Baja Designs DS kit already installed on it. It sounded like a bargain at $1200, but when my brother delivered it to me, it was in rougher shape than expected. Still, the title and DS kit made it a keeper.
I have a DRZ400S but the bike is so tall and heavy that it is very cumbersome in the tight woods conditions that I normally ride in. I plan to sell the DRZ as soon as I have the KDX ready (another week or so). The DRZ is a better road bike, by far, but when I am on it, I am looking for off road enjoyment. I have a 1996 Triumph Adventurer for a street bike, and I often carry my wife on the back. We sometimes would ride double on the DRZ off to remote fishing spots, and the KDX probably will not be as good for that duty either. All of her clothes are going to smell like Castor 927! :mrgreen:
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