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whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« on: January 29, 2011, 06:21:40 PM »
Who's the biggest baddest beast? 2000 KX500 vs 2011KX450F

some british magazine guys doin a test i knew it had to be put on here.
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 07:22:10 PM »
put the KX motor in the KXF frame.
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 02:08:16 AM »
Some british magazine??   ???

That is filmed right here in the country of two strokes, Australia. A track just outside Brisbane actually. Was a good test, and I know the guys doing the testing quite well. That KX500 had all of the trick bits it was using back in 2000 missing, as they had been robbed from it over the years as the bike sat in the corner of a storage shed.
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 02:42:27 AM »
"Trying to compeh, a very old boyk to one of the new ones."

Very old?!  If I was alive when it was made, it's not very old (unless it's a computer or food dish).

Kick-ass video though, that 500 was quite literally flying.


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If a pair of 2" brass balls isn't working, I doubt that the 3" model will make much difference.

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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 05:30:16 AM »
The 500 would destroy the 450 in straight line acceleration, with tit in the new chassis?? well let your imagination do the work, personally it's way too much bike for me
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 06:28:01 AM »


http://servicehonda.com/component/content/article/35-kawasaki-kx500af

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Whenever I have the dream that someday I will be finacially well off, I think that I'd like to have one of those in the garage. But I hate riding 500's so I would never ride it, just have it in the collection  :) .
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2011, 07:38:46 PM »
You hate riding 500s?  That's like saying you hate having sex with your wife.  Either way it means you should pack up your things and get the hell out. :P


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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2011, 08:09:26 PM »
I like his response though.

"How did you like the KXF 2011?"  "Oh, it was very quiet compared to the 2010.  Ya, very quiet bike.  Yup, it is a very quiet bike"  Kinda like a XR200 eh bloke?

"How did you like riding the KX 500?"  "OH I knew those bikes had a lot of horse power I just didn't remember how much and how much fun it would be.  Ya, was a lot of fun.  Was great to just twist the throttle on the thing.  Lots of fun and lots of power".  I'd root that bike, mate.

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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2011, 08:14:30 PM »
You hate riding 500s?  That's like saying you hate having sex with your wife.  Either way it means you should pack up your things and get the hell out. :P

When my wife flips me over and lands on top of me it doesn't hurt as much as a 500 doing the same thing  ;)
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2011, 08:18:19 PM »
When my wife flips me over and lands on top of me it doesn't hurt as much as a 500 doing the same thing  ;)

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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2011, 04:01:21 AM »
You hate riding 500s?  That's like saying you hate having sex with your wife.  Either way it means you should pack up your things and get the hell out. :P

Nah spend some time on a 500, on the extremely tight trails we ride, trying to ride it fast.  No fun at all. If I had more open areas to ride, or I liked to just put around like I see some guys on here doing maybe I would feel differently about them.
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2011, 08:00:41 AM »
Ive rode just about every bike/size out there from 94 on up, but I have never rode a 500......always wanted to. When I started racing in 1995 nobody I knew ever had one and you hardly ever seen them at the track.

Judging by how hast a 250 is compared to a 125 I bet a 500 would be crazy fast.
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Re: whos the biggest baddest beast? 2000 kx500 vs 2011 kx450f
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2011, 09:35:33 AM »
That Groutaone guy has a great channel on youtube,
you should check his other vid's too.  ;)