From time to time I find a bike I wanted as a kid or just needs some love and I grab it and fix it up. I used to do a bunch of vintage cars but finding these old bikes fun to work on, inexpensive, bring back memories of my childhood and I get to rescue them and pass them on. I am almost done with this one. Was pretty EZ. Runs perfect and a nice little bike. Remember reading the bike mags back in the day about these and the KDX175 and drooling all over them as I rode a XL175 or something like that. These were based on the KX125 of the time and considered exotic with cromo frame, long travel, lay down shocks. Funny to think about these days. Offers great handling for the day, good suspension but a semi slow motor and was aimed squarely at the XR250. Plastic is impossible to find so upgraded that some. Was fun messing with. These old bike are so EZ to work on and simple.
I love those bikes. There was a guy running one in the vintage series I ran the last few years. It looked like it was new, and he did really well with it. I'd like to have one some day.
