Kpx 250 transmission goes kaboom

[TominMO]

Originally Posted by Adamg

Yeah I will get on the phone later today. Even if I need to buy an engine id like to fix it for a spare bike....so friends can ride with me. It's about one year since purchase but was only 5 months old when it failed. I shouldn't have given up but I just wrote it off as should have bought Japanese to begin with

Did you change the gearing to lower highway revs?

[Adamg]

Originally Posted by TominMO

Did you change the gearing to lower highway revs?

I always carried two sprockets on that bike. a 14 and a 12 if i remember correctly. Its was no highway bike...reason i just decided to get a DR650. It was a good 65mph and under commuter when i ran the 14t and shinko 705s