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Old 10 April 2011, 05:24 PM
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All the winter grime removed and cleaned up - Good to go!
Old 10 April 2011, 05:25 PM
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Didn't know you had young kids?
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Didn't know you had young kids?
45bhp and 120kgs - i wouldn't lets my kids out on it
Still, could be worse, could be a R/C car

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Old 10 April 2011, 06:56 PM
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Nice one Paul. That sure looks like it would be a lot of fun.
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Originally Posted by The Zohan
45bhp and 120kgs - i wouldn't lets my kids out on it
Still, could be worse, could be a R/C car
120kg **** me that's light, it's the same as a DR-z 400
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Nice quad, you're a nutter driving one on the road though, no chance of cornering at speed! You need to sort out some better road tyres for that thing too!

My brother races them all over the county, complete nutter, but his stable are all honda 450s in various stages of tune and mods, hes currently building a hybrid for his supermoto pursuits that should fly. His main Moto-x bike made 69bhp and 134ftlbs the other week, which is mental when you consider its weight.

Few action shots of how these machines SHOULD be used!







Old 13 April 2011, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by alloy
Nice quad, you're a nutter driving one on the road though, no chance of cornering at speed! You need to sort out some better road tyres for that thing too!

My brother races them all over the county, complete nutter, but his stable are all honda 450s in various stages of tune and mods, hes currently building a hybrid for his supermoto pursuits that should fly. His main Moto-x bike made 69bhp and 134ftlbs the other week, which is mental when you consider its weight.

Few action shots of how these machines SHOULD be used!







I just don't use it and Jenny wants a car so put it up for sale Monday morning, just accepted £1200 for it, i paid £900.00 for it 18 months ago and spent little on it!
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Originally Posted by Andy M3
120kg **** me that's light, it's the same as a DR-z 400
Sorry, 140KGS, still the DRZ is not a light bike by any means, i may get a KDX 220 - whilst less powerful and tourqy makes up by being a hell of a lot lighter for lugging around the lanes
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Originally Posted by The Zohan
I just don't use it and Jenny wants a car so put it up for sale Monday morning, just accepted £1200 for it, i paid £900.00 for it 18 months ago and spent little on it!
Ahh "good to go" means literally its good to go....fair play, nice trade, but these machines are to be abused offroad not pootle around on road
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Originally Posted by alloy
Ahh "good to go" means literally its good to go....fair play, nice trade, but these machines are to be abused offroad not pootle around on road
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Originally Posted by The Zohan
Sorry, 140KGS, still the DRZ is not a light bike by any means, i may get a KDX 220 - whilst less powerful and tourqy makes up by being a hell of a lot lighter for lugging around the lanes
For a road legal bike the DRZ is not too bad. The KDX 200 R is 101kg dry and 28hp (277hp/tonne) the dr-z400 is 113kg dry with 48hp (425hp/tonne) - I doubt you would notice the weight difference I would expect you'd notice the power difference
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Originally Posted by Andy M3
For a road legal bike the DRZ is not too bad. The KDX 200 R is 101kg dry and 28hp (277hp/tonne) the dr-z400 is 113kg dry with 48hp (425hp/tonne) - I doubt you would notice the weight difference I would expect you'd notice the power difference
KDX220 is more powerful (34bhp) and with better torque than the 200 and the main thing is the centre of gravity is lower than the DRZ The KDX also uses the KX frame which is lighter, stiffer and stronger making it a better handling machine on and off the road - IMHO

In fairness the bhp per tonne is slightly irrelevant even though i bought it up, stick a 80-90kg rider on it and the figures tumble. Off road i would rather have a KDX every day of the week.


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I love MX bikes - the only sort I'd consider buying.
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