Just bought a 01' 250ex yesterday!! Traded my 98' Bayou 220 for it. They allowed $1500 for it, then the 250ex was $3700, BUT, they didn't charge taxes on it. So, we got a good deal, considering the Bayou had cracked front plastic, no brakes, oil leak, new Maxxis tires, poor handeling and power. And the 250ex has less than 20 hours on it, I can tell by the lines on the tires when you buy them new, they were still on there, which means that it has not even been rode enough the wear them off, and too, a woman had it, soo....hehe, you know it had not been rode hard and mistreated. I'll add some pictures to my site when I get them developed! http://communities.msn.com/atvxtreme

 

Thats a good deal,give us info on how it runs and how you like it.

 

Congratulations. My friend had a Bayou 220, it blew up after a about a month of easy use with proper mantinence. Glad you got a better machine.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

KILLER250R,
Any thing you get near blows up don't it. Blaming it on Kawasaki and your proper maintenance friend. The shame of it. J/K

Jeffman who is going to ride the 250EX?

Chet

 

Well I never even rode the thing so I can't figure how I could have done it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

PS I have never blown anything up before (machine wise) so I think you need to put that Indiana homegrow down, if you know what I mean. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

KILLER250R,
I live on Yap Island and Goats are becoming increasingly important in some areas and with limes and tangerines being exported. Yap processes fiber from coconut husks into brooms, brushes, ropes and mats. White pepper is being produced as a cottage industry, and is primarily sold locally to tourists.
As you can see the word homegrown means many things. Here on the islands you can dine on goat meat sprinkled with pepper while drinking goat milk with a side dish of tangerines while for desert baked coconut with a dash of lime is oh so good and for cleanup you take that coconut husk broom and sweep it all out.
As you can tell the homegrown here is the country's most important resource if you know what I mean.
Chet[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]

 

Jeffman-I would strongly recomend replacing the stock tires ASAP. The bike pushes (understeers), and is a bit tippy. I run holeshot XC's (on ITP 9X9 rims in the rear). The holeshots are square rather than round and balooney like the stocks. Plus, the rims are one inch wider than stock, and have a wider offset. So, the bike ends up 3-4" wider. This solves both the problems of pushing and tipiness.