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How Kawasaki Dirt Bikes Came To Be - Specs On The '08 Range
It was 1878 when Shozo Kawasaki established the company dedicated to ship building. To this day ship building is still its main trade. As with the other major bike manufacturers, Kawasaki never began as a company that produced motorcycles. And the Kawasaki dirt bike range is only the mole on the cows a@$e in comparison to everything else they produce. Under the umbrella of Kawasaki, these companies produce everything from large ships, trains, small engines, tractors, aerospace equipment, industrial robots, aircraft equipment, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles... phew! It was the early 50's that saw Kawasaki Motor Co. producing motorcycles for the Japanese. But they realized they needed the knowledge of an established motorcycle company named Meguro Manufacturing to really expand and grow in the motorcycle market. So, Kawasaki took them over and soon rolled out a number of popular bikes.
They have been pushing the envelope ever since their beginning, which brings us to the full range of Kawasaki dirt bikes as we know them today...
Some '08 Kawasaki Dirt Bikes To Get You Excited
SPECS: Model: KX450F Engine Type: 4-Stroke, liquid-cooled, Single Displacement: 449 cc Bore Stroke: 96.0 x 62.1 mm Compression Ratio: 12.0:1 Fuel System: Keihin FCR40 Ignition: Digital AC-CDI Starting System: Kick Transmission: 5-Speed Frame Type: Perimeter, Aluminium Rake/Trail: 27.1° / 117 mm Suspension Front: 48 mm Inverted AOS telescopic fork Suspension Rear: New Uni-Trak Front Wheel Travel: 315 mm Rear Wheel Travel: 315 mm Front Tire Size: 90/100-21 51M Rear Tire Size: 120/80-19 57M Brakes:Front/Rear: Disc/Disc (Petal Type) Wheelbase: 1,485 mm Fuel Tank Capacity: 7.2 litres Seat Height: 965 mm Dry Weight: 99.8 kg Color: Lime Green
SPECS: Model: KX250F Engine Type: Four-stroke single with DOHC and four valves Displacement: 249cc Bore Stroke: 77.0 x 53.6mm Cooling: Liquid Carburetion: Keihin FCR37 and hot start circuit Compression ratio: 13.5:1 Ignition: Multi-map digital CDI with K-TRIC throttle position sensor Transmission: Five-speed with wet multi-disc manual clutch Frame: Aluminum perimeter Rake / trail: 27.7 degrees / 4.7 in. Front suspension / wheel travel: 47mm inverted twin-chamber telescopic fork with 16-way compression and rebound damping / 12.4 in. Rear suspension / wheel travel: UNI-TRAK® linkage system with 13-way low-speed and 2-turn high-speed compression damping, 17-way rebound damping and fully adjustable spring preload / 12.2 in. Front tire: 80/100-21 51M Rear tire: 100/90-19 57M Front brake: Single semi-floating 250mm petal disc with dual piston caliper Rear brake: Single 240mm petal disc with single-piston caliper Overall length: 85.0 in. Overall width: 32.3 in. Overall height: 50.0 in. Wheelbase: 57.8 in. Ground Clearance: 13.2 in. Seat height: 37.8 in. Dry weight: 204 lbs. Fuel capacity: 1.9 gal. Color: Lime Green
SPECS: Model: KLX300 Engine Type: Four-stroke, DOHC, four-valve single Displacement: 292cc Bore Stroke: 78.0 x 61.2mm Compression ratio: 11.0:1 Cooling: Liquid Carburetion: Keihin CVK34 Ignition: Digital CDI Transmission: Six-speed, manual clutch Frame: High-tensile steel, perimeter design Rake / trail: 26.5 degrees / 4.2 in. Front suspension / wheel travel: 43mm inverted cartridge fork with 20-way compression damping / 11.2 in. Rear suspension / wheel travel: UNI-TRAK® single shock system with 20-way compression damping and 18-way rebounddamping / 11.0 in. Front tire: 80/100x21 Rear tire: 100/100x18 Front brake / rear brake: Hydraulic disc / Disc Overall length: 83.3 in. Overall width: 35.8 in. Overall height: 48.0 in. Seat height: 36.4 in. Wheelbase: 56.5 in. Ground clearance: 12.6 in. Fuel capacity: 2.6 gal. Dry weight: 233.7 lbs. Color: Lime Green / Black
SPECS: Model: KX250 Engine Type: 2-Stroke, liquid-cooled, Single Displacement: 249 cc Bore Stroke: 66.4 x 72.0 mm Compression Ratio: 10.5:1 Induction: 6 Petal Carbon Fibre Reed Fuel System: Keihin PWK38S Ignition: Digital CDI Starting System: Kick Transmission: 5-Speed Frame Type: Perimeter, High-Tensile Steel Rake/Trail: 26°/ 105mm Suspension Front: 48 mm Inverted telescopic fork Suspension Rear: New Uni-Trak Front Wheel Travel: 300 mm Rear Wheel Travel: 310 mm Front Tire Size: 80/100-21 51M Rear Tire Size: 110/90-19 62M Brakes: Front/Rear: Disc/Disc (Petal Type) Wheelbase: 1,480 mm Fuel Tank Capacity: 8.2 litres Seat Height: 965 mm Dry Weight: 97 kg Max Power: 58.2 PS @ 9,000 rpm Max Torque: 50.5 N-m @ 8,000 rpm Color: Lime Green
KIDS KAWASAKI DIRT BIKE
SPECS: Model: KX85 Engine Type: 2-Stroke, liquid-cooled, Single Displacement: 84 cc Bore Stroke: 48.5 x 45.8 mm Compression Ratio: 10:1 Induction: 2 Petal Carbon Fibre Reed Fuel System: Keihin PWK 28 Ignition: Digital CDI Starting System: Kick Transmission: 6-Speed Frame Type: Perimeter, High-Tensile Steel Rake/Trail: 27° / 89mm Suspension Front: 36mm Inverted fork Suspension Rear: Uni-Trak Front Wheel Travel: 275 mm Rear Wheel Travel: 275 mm Front Tyre Size: 70/100-17 40M Rear Tyre Size: 90/100-14 49M Brakes:Front/Rear: Disc/Disc Wheelbase: 1,255mm Fuel Tank Capacity: 5.5 litres Seat Height: 840 mm Dry Weight: 65 kg Max Power: 28.5 PS @ 12,000 rpm Max Torque: 17.2 N-m @ 11,000 rpm Color: Lime Green If you are interested in the full range of Kawasaki dirt bikes then check out
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Today's lineup of Kawasaki Dirt Bikes are the result of the foresight, dedication and commitment of an incredible company.
Around 1963 a 125cc two stroke dirt bike called the ‘B8M’ was born. This quickly became a massive success! From then on good ol' Kawasaki continued to produce and develop a winning range of on-road and off-road motorcycles. 
