Over the past few years the Kawasaki seems to have been the bike that doesn’t make a fuss over itself, but always pulls through with consistent results in all fields. So, yes, I was pretty keen to get my hands on the Kawasaki 250. When I first saw the bike I liked the black and green plastics, they contrast well. In the past I’ve found some 250 four-strokes hard to start, but the KX really impressed me with how easy it was to kick over. One of the first things I noticed was how light the throttle is, this makes it a lot easier to trail throttle throughout ruts, and also crack it open when needed. The Uni-Track rear suspension felt really good straight out of the box with no tweaking, over the past I haven’t done much riding on linkage suspension but I was really impressed with how it performed. I rode at the Mercer sand track and as the day went on I wound more rebound into both front and rear shocks to slow down the the rebound, which made a huge difference as the track got choppier throughout the day. I am a huge fan of these Renthal bars so a bike coming out with a set on it completely stock is a bonus in my eyes. The Kawasaki 250 handled very well in ruts and when cornering, it is a very stable bike on which I found it easy to get traction out of the corners, this may be a testament to how well they are set up straight out of the box. Another aspect of the bike I noticed was how good the brakes were, this is a huge benefit as they are outstanding straight from the get go. Kawasaki has launch control on the 250F, which