1996 Kawasaki KX250 Classic Bike Review

This is my look back at Kawasaki's pupletastic 1996 KX250 motocross machine.

[@fromthebottomup3106]

I found a 96 KX250CC bike a guy had in his garage. I seen it in the corner covered with stuff. I was there to buy my grandson a kx65 he had for sale. I gave him my number and told him to call me if he ever wanted to sell it. He called last month. I own it now. A little love and it come alive like a beast. I love it. Low hours and still looks and rides like it's brand new. I'll have to clean it up and do a video of it.

[@laidtorest387]

I loved the purple theme back then, and I miss it now.

[@pc2150]

I grabbed a brand new 96 in 2000 at a dealer, was supposed to be a practice/race bike for one of the riders on the east coast, came with suspension mods pro action and a pro circuit platinum pipe, carb mods, absolutely ripped the fastest...well my 91kx 250 is a different breed kind of fast but the 96 was still very fast and handled very well, I couldn't stand the purple but now it's sought after.

[@darrellcoccagna2055]

1996 125, dynoport pipe&silencer. DOGWALKER !! GOOD OLD DAYS. THANKS FOR APPRECIATING THIS MACHINE & YR!! GLAD TO SEE !!

[@scottpeters8640]

A buddy had a modded 1995 KX 250 that I got to ride a bit. This same bud also bought a 1996 CR 250 that was essentially new, so I rode that too. I actually prefer the Kawi of that era over the Honda, even though it required more maintenance to keep it fresh. What a fun performer and it also looked cool.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

I think the crazy color award goes to Suzuki for their "electric vomit" graphics of '92/'93..

[@skywalkerog632]

Purple power 💪💪 1994 kx 250 💨💨💨💨💨💥🔥

[@reedgalbraith6508]

You mean 96..

[@skywalkerog632]

@@reedgalbraith6508 yeah that’s 96 but that era was 94-98 great bikes ✌🏻

[@l.v.1410]

i got a 94, she sure does run quick. My first and favorite bike.:)

[@Brad-S]

Thanks Tony for another great vedio! I guess at 58 my eyes must be going bad. But as I saw it, some of the bikes looked to be Green, Purple & Blue. Kind of reminds me of when Honda Red was Pink. And I know my eyes were working fine back then. LOL!

[@WanderlustmanC]

I had a '95, '97 and '00. I loved the '95 KX250, added stiffer fork springs and a PC pipe. The '97 was a nice all around bike but slow and the '00 was the same but really, really, really slow. All three had awful clutches and fasteners but that was standard Kawi for the entire 2 stroke era. That '95 is like a favorite ex-girlfriend. Thank you for these Tony.

[@VivaLaDoug1212]

Enjoyed this one. Had a 96 60. I found a mint 97 250 2 years ago I bought.

[@motopunk9516]

my friend has a clapped one and i was very surprised of how good it was when i rode it...i had a 09 yz250 and 2000 cr250 and the kx is the best 250 two stroke motor ive ever ridden

[@chriswesney]

I have a 1994 KX250 with super low hours I am trying to decide what to do with. Thanks for your video!

[@michaelmeykens8825]

Great video, thank you. I had a ‘96 KX 250 with a FMF pipe on it and it really took off from the first blip of the trottle. After that I bought a new ‘99 KX 250 and for me that was a really great bike. Only minor was the too soft forks but other than that an absolute exellent bike! Man, the memories...

[@UpAllNight91]

1996 Rm had twin chamber conventional forks. Great vids BTW

[@EarthSurferUSA]

My last bike was a 97 KX250. Great shock, good handling, forks would spike your hands on a slap down. But I be I could beat a lot of today's MX pros on my favorite whooped out sand 40 mile loop in Baldwin Michigan with it today, (if I were in shape). :)

[@packlifedogtraining1237]

Great info!!!!! We appreciate it

[@rockman49er]

I m about done restoring my 98 kx250 waiting for master cylinder rebuild kits rotors and steel braided brake lines and a fmf fatty thsts supposed to be here today almost done it starts first kick and feels sounds and looks like a new bike of the assembly line 😮 going to be the best in California 😮 all nickel hardware hydraulic clutch lots of bling 😀 and i have all original parts to

[@SOSchangedme]

What beautiful bike! Perfect lines. And you could get the 125 version for your wife... 😂

[@cgreen1599]

First and only brand new bike I ever bought was a 1998 KX250 I was 19 financed it for some crazy ARP didn’t even now what I was signing up for but it was a good education once I figured out that most of my payments were for interest, all bikes from them on I paid for with cash that I saved up for

[@jonruger]

I was a big fan of all the wild purple bikes back then I wanted this bike so bad at the time.

[@AbcAbc-ox6pg]

Me too. Do you still want it?

[@jonruger]

@@AbcAbc-ox6pg I ended up buying the 96 YZ250 at the time my friend had one and I loved it I still had a 92 cr250. If I waited just a month or two the new 97 CR250 came out I really kicked myself at the time for choosing the Yamaha. But I think my 2 stroke race bike days are long behind me now I still cruise the woods on my XR and have thought about maybe buying a new KTM woods bike but my racing days are over.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

That is Ron Lechien 8:15?

[@TopRevs]

please make a video of the 1978 Suzuki Rm 125!

[@TheBuckywheat]

I had a 96 kx 125. I thought it was an absolute snail. Jumped over to a 99 yz 125 after the kwacker and that bike ripped!

[@sambourre9539]

Still really hoping for a spotlight on the 79 rm250. Pllzzzz

[@cxcre]

Just got this bike

[@ls1_cammeroh]

Found one for sale a few weeks ago for fairly cheap what made me not buy it was the idiots painted the frame black don’t understand why people screw up the bikes by painting the frames

[@retroracer6660]

@The Motocross Vault i'm looking for a 125 from the 90s with good bottom end to midrange power what bike's would you suggest? Thanks for the help?

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Any YZ125 from 1996-1999 is your best choice

[@misfit1-3]

bouta buy a 97 kx

[@retroracer6660]

@The Motocross Vault how was the 125 this year compered to the Competition?

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Not great, the suspension was poorly set up and the bike was not very fast stock

[@retroracer6660]

@@TheMotocrossVault Thanks was just wondering because i want to buy a 90s kx 125 and was wondering which bike was a good allrounder, and decently reliable so not the 93 maybe a 94 if you have any sugestions it would be appreciated.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Well, the 1990 model was probably the best performer of all of the 90s KX125s but they are pretty old now. None of them were world beaters when new but I don't think any of that would much matter today. Personally I would go with the newest one you could find that is not beat to death and enjoy it for the nostalgic piece of moto history it is.

[@retroracer6660]

@@TheMotocrossVault Thanks, i'm looking more for a bike with good bottom to midrange power from the 90s maybe a 89-92 RM or 90YZ do you have any suggestions there thanks.

[@emilianotamez4227]

El video de KX100 1996

[@billsmith9610]

I had the 96 and it had a gap from 2nd to 3rd and was weak power stock. It was a great bike after i modded it.

[@kasticmillett3247]

I had a great 94 that was just stolen.

[@mustknowinfo2001]

I do like the purple on the kx's lol i had a 96 80 wish i kept it lol i would like to rebuild some 2 strokes eventually. What model of kx 250 would you recommend? I like 97 and 01 because they were the supercross winners. Were there many changes in those 5 years at all?