I owned an old 300R for several years and rode it a ton. Loved it. I am happy Kawasaki brought this bike back. I DO wish they gave it enduro lighting like it used to have, just a headlight and tail light.

Kick start is the thing that makes you feel alive when starting a bike . Love this bike.

Welp, you were right. Kawasaki just announced 2021 KLX 300 and a 300 supermoto...both for street and under 6 grand!

I have this bike ,bought it for 4200.00 during the Kawasaki dealer days sale in Virginia , excellent value and super fun to woods \ Trail ride ,plenty of grunt and have no problem keeping up with my buds on bikes costing twice as much .

This bike is very capable. I have done some crazy hill climbs and downhills and never been stuck yet. It's not super powerful but the more I ride it, the better I like it. For the price I can deal with the weight and lack of aftermarket support. It will never be a KTM but it can do pretty much anything an average rider would ever ask of it. Low maintenance, great gas mileage and good performance overall make it a great budget friendly machine that will provide many years of enjoyment. I have a new YZ250X that sits in my garage as me and the green machine hit the trails if that says anything.

Reliable bike at a good price point. Every reviewer would give their height and weight. At 6 3 220 after reading quite a few reviews this might be the best trail bike for me. My kind of trails too.

I have this bike ,I'm a woods\ Trail \single track rider from Virginia ,great bike ! Picked mine up during the Kawasaki dealer days sale for 4200.00 .Added hand guards,skid plate,Twin air system and switched to Motul 300V ,Love it .I ride with guys with high end Beta - KTM Yamaha - Husky ,definitely faster lighter more race oriented bikes and have just as much fun and honestly with a few clicker adjustments I have no problem over logs,rocks,creek beds etc .great video !

The KLX300R is a good Dads bike, it has a tractor like first gear and is pretty reliable with little maintenance needed. The bd, it’s pretty low on power and weighs nearly 300lbs.

Couldn’t agree more with your review. If you are a weekend trail rider, it’s the right bike, hands down. Was happy with the bike until I adjusted the rear shock (6’1”, 195) now I’m in love! Only issue I’ve had was a bad battery. Dealer replaced it, although the 6 series battery is scarce. Added hand guards and a Ricochet Off-road skid plate and hit the woods.

Nice review 👍 I wish Kawasaki would bring back the kdx just modernize it some with a decent price tag and they would sell like crazy.

I bought one two months ago after selling my CRF450X which was becoming a little tiresome at my age (almost 65!) - gotta say it fits my riding style perfectly and I love the easy maintenance. Good call on the spokes - a lot of my riding is mountainous so lots of rocks, and at 5 hrs all of the spokes on the sprocket side of the back wheel needed tightening. I'm not impressed with parts availability - I flopped the bike onto a stump and broke my rear fender on my second ride, and two months later am still waiting for a replacement although I was able to patch up the old one and still ride. I'd like to change my footpads to the more aggressive ones you have and wish you had provided a link for those, too...

I bought one of the from RMATV in Washington 1 year ago , wanted something lighter and more trail oriented ... Love the 6 speed and fuel injection , hated the soft suspension and non adjustable forks. My brother has now bought that bike , I have a DRZ400 and just got a GPX TSE250R with 160 miles on it , love that bike I am an old two stroke guy ! My son also popped a spoke when we had this , they now make a pipe and some mods , there is a baffle in the air box you can take out too . If the shocks where better , a bit more power , I would rock this one again . I hated the factory foot pegs too , not only small but the first tip over and they bent .

Respectfully submit that this bike may be a "replacement", but in no way is equivalent to the KDX200. The KDX200 makes at least 10 more HP and weighs something like 40lbs less. But barring access to a time machine, I'd still love to have this KLX300R.

Recently purchased one 1999 klx 300r the bike is an unsung hero runs perfect does have a lot of exyra work i i bought it from a kawasaki mechanic it really rips keeps up and exceeds in every atea except very top end but still does 75 mph like i said has had great attention its life and is not stock but this bike is fast as any at a bargen price.

Yea my 250l won’t bump start either, tried it one time with no luck. I agree about the kick start, they should have left em on for backup

Spent a good part of the day looking at 300r reviews. Your was the best. Checking out a 2022 and I appriciate what you said about the old KDX's, my 05 still works great. That p.o.v. at the end was the icing on the cake. Dirt bike porn got me all worked up.

AS YOU SAID THEY CAME STREET LEGAL MAN, AND HAS A SUPERMOTO TYPE, I WILL BUY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, GOOD NEWS!

That frame on yours is the EXACT SAME as my 2003 kdx 220r. Which I bought in damn near new condition in 2017. Glad you liking this one. I wished my bike was lighter, and I think that the weight of yours is the main thing putting me off on it.

Good review and video. There is a street legal klx300 already...just not the R model as the R is made for offroad. So if you want this same bike but street legal you can go get that exact bike. Glad to hear it has brought so many smiles and miles. Enjoy.

A correction on my part, a Harley Davidson bike owner I know says, "You don't say you 'drive' a motorcycle, you say you 'RIDE' a motorcycle." I've had dirt bikes all of my life and rode a few liter bikes. That is a different world in itself. I feel safer on dirt bikes.

I'm old school and like the kick starts.

That was a great review Mark. Thank you for all of the information!

Great bike. Got to ride my friends last night. I was really impressed.

Have a 23 on order & can’t wait. I’m in my 50’s & just wanna go slow on my wooded property!

It's a lot more fun to drive a slow bike fast, than to drive a fast bike slow.

I had a klx300r back in 98 I think it started back in 96 through 2008 in some country's . It did have headlights and tail light . its the same bike as the old klx300r except for the fuel injection and electric start and less the lights , same engine The kdx is a completely different frame and plastic and engine You have to compare it to the 2008 klx300r .

I have no where to ride... But I'm getting one of these anyway!

Woooooooo !!! I’m in the car @ the stop light but once I’m home I’m watching for sure !!! #fellowKLXowner !

Your dual sport wish came true today!

A lot of us are wondering if they're not planning on replacing the klx250 with a plated 300. Mechanically, they're not just related, they're pretty much evolutionary of each other. It would be what we've been asking for forever. The 250 is a more important to them because it's a world market bike, but if the only real significant difference is the head and piston, I don't see why they can't be co-produced on a common assembly line. We can only hope.

I have a 2001 KLX 300R I just picked up, sounds exactly like this bike. 👍

Torn between the klx230R and this. I think for the price difference the 300r is the winner, just wish it had a kickstarter and keyed ignition, I see they gave the 2025 230r some updates and a key was one of them.

I’m betting suspension on this is better than WR250R, especially the rear. Likely much more useable low end torque as well.

Just picked up a brand new 2021 today :) Your quality review helped a lot, thank you. Snow here so I only got to run it around the block. It felt tight and not peppy. Can you tell me if the motor will loosen up a little or a lot after broke in? Thanks

Did you remove the evaporation canister? I live in California, mine has the canister and I would like to remove it. I haven’t been able to find much info on removing it. Thanks for the great review.

Excellent review! Thanks!

Great review. I hope you do more content on this bike as like you said there really isnt much good info out there about the bike. I wonder if you could throw an old kdx headlight on it!

comparing a wr250f to a klx 300 in my experience is night and day - the wrf feels like a really well engineered enduro bike the klx feels like a farm bike

bro predicted the 300 dual sport

I ride those trails all the time. Maybe I'll see you out there one day. I like the KLX as a replacement for my aging DRZ. It would be east to plate here in AZ.

Upgrade the muffler with a good slip on. Believe me, it will make the thing a real tractor.

The KLX 300r is basically a dual sport bike because it's built on the KLX 250s frame which is a dual sport bike but nobody was buying the dual sport bike around so they made a 300r

hah ! change the oil once a year ... i have 19 hours on mine and have done atleast 7 oil changes , and the valve adjustment is at 60 hours .

I have one of these too. There are 2 things that I don't like. It's too tall and the wheelbase is too short. It corners entirely too quick.

Nice review man, I have to agree with everything you said!

I was gonna say they make a supermoto one also but maybe it isn't available until the 2021 model? Not sure exactly, but I'm super pumped they made this size and style bike. It's exactly what the market has been missing for quite some time, and trying to ride a motocross bike in the tight trails just gets annoying. And the price is amazing really all things considered with how the market is. I've also been DYING to see the rest of the Japanese company's make 150r models to either replace or compete with the 85cc models

It’s not lean. It’s rich. Unburnt fuel, finishing burning in the exhaust. That’s why it glows. Put a free flowing muffler on it.

Great video. One thing I would disagree with; even if your not looking for more power, a fuel programmer like a $250 EJK is still a good idea, since running lean and hot will shorten the lifespan of the engine.

Great video and review! Riding part was killer. What is your height and weight? I am 6'2 , 210# and looking to upgrade from my TTR230. Wondering how the suspension can handle a bigger rider.

solid reliable machine - great video as always 👍770

When I was a little younger I had a ttr125 but I sold it and got a quad but I rode my friend's Crf250r a lot and I've been looking for a nice powerful yet smooth 4 stroke so I've decided to either get something around a 230 or even a klx300 because I have some really rough trails and I do a little bit of road cruising too

Thanks for the video I just did the same mods and parts as you and it solved the backfire issue. Have you experienced an issues since deleting the pair valve?

thanks for the review, planning to buy one someday

This bike is street legal with the right conversions

Nice review 👍 I would buy this tomorrow if it was Street legal and in Australia

What I wouldnt do to have a lug around motor in a decent frame and suspension bike. Like a yz 250 once the race motor is shot have a drop in old four stroke to lug around the woods with on my decked out old race bike.

I just bought this bike a few months ago and so far I love it! I haven't been able to ride as much as I wanted to though because of the lock Downs and I am a little bummed that the after market isn't there yet. I was curious if you could post where you got those handlebar guards at And what they are called...

They have a Dual sport version now.

nice informative review, thanks

I wonder how it compares to the last generation KDX 200. I'm still riding my 97KDX, motors been gone through several times & its been loads of fun. I hope Kawasaki made this ride like that.

I am getting the 2021 klx 300 street legal cant wait !!!

Awesome video! Helped me decide on the same bike. What hand guards are those? I’m looking to buy the same. Thank you!

I have a honda 250l and im happy with it but i wish it had more low end torque. Im thinking of getting a klx300 and was wondering if its increased power is worth it or should i just stick with the 250l.

Awesome I love mine

So I didn't start riding bikes until I was 23. Now I'm 26 and I have outgrown my ttr230. Im thinking this will be a good trade up. Would anyone agree?

if you like to see all i done go to my Instagram account rockyhernandez2020 if your interested to see all i have done. have fun its a great without paying 10.000 and still have a great time riding out on the trails. stay safe and have fun.

I have the same bike it’s great

Great video! You said you think the WR is a "better bike". Were you referring to the 250r or 250f?

I have the wr250r and really like it, I would like to test the 300r to compare to my wr250r, for $5500 its awesome, if it was me I would get another slipon or gut the pipe you have and richen the fuel to get rid of some heat, the motor would like you for doing that, just saying

Great review. Have you ridden all the bikes you are comparing it to?

Nice review very helpful 👍

Looks like Box Canyon. Go there often.

how would this bike compare i had a 09 klx450r that stupidly i sold 5 years ago will this bike be close to that performance. Iam in Pa lots of hills power lines and trails and coal roads some rocky.

2021 is same as this!?! Can you install aftermarket exhaust? I know you said not much is available but have you come across something in last 2 month?

This may sound like a stupid question but you mentioned these bikes run lean from factory. Would you recommend getting a programmer or new exhaust and programmer?

Can't wait to pickup a 22 soon, wonder how much power is available after removing all those emissions controls.

If you had to pick one, KLX 300r or GPX TSE 250 which would you end up going with? I know it’s four stroke vs two stroke, just curious since you have both.

Where were you riding in this video? Looks awesome 👌 I'm about to pull the trigger on a 2023 KLX300R myself.

May I ask where this is? Utah, Arizona? Beautiful trails.

It would be real nice if dirt bikes had a fuel injection system that doesn't require a battery, similar to snowmobile injection systems.

Would you recommend this bike to a beginner adult rider? 5’10” 175lb

I sold my 2020 KLX300R after 3 months put a few bucks back into my 1990 KDX200 and never looked back. The KLX300R is a tank and it's too tall. Off the showroom floor it looks good for the price but I can't deal with the weight on single track stuff. I purchased it because of the price compared to a KTM. It would make a decent Enduro bike.

OK. This bike VS. a WR250f, price being equal. Which one would you choose?

Great review! with outrageously overpriced used bikes now, 05 CRF450x 4k new KLX300 6k, really there is nothing that comes close in terms of specs and power from anyone else, not even close, and very close to an overpriced old machine.

Do you think the 300R is worth it if I already have a WR250R?

Sorry if you mentioned it but what foot pegs did you use and which handguards? Thank you.

do u think this bike is faster than a CRF150-r ? I'm tryna find something friendly, with some get up and GO.

Anyone know if this model exhaust will fit on the 2002 KLX300R?

Kawasaki trail bikes of old the KDX was the 2stroke engine of the kLX platform. I have a KDX 220 have you ridden a kdx 220 to compare the two? Especially if your comparing it to the kdx

i'm 5'7 weigh 140 would this be a good size bike for me?

like this

If you add lights will you make a video of it ?

Where’s the trail? Looks like a gold wing super highway ! Nice bike !

What hand guards did you put on. I'm picking up mine this weekend

its probably more like the klx 300r they stop making a few years ago . The only difference is the fuel injection ,electric start and they removed the head light and tail light that the older klx300r had . I had the 300r back in 1998 for a while but it was so hard to start I got rid of it but at the time no 250 4 stroke could keep up with it . It has to be compared to the drz 400 . Here is a video comparing the speed of the older klx300r vs drz 400 . I would say that the new fuel injucted 300r would leave the drz 400 in the dust . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9l6gtWY0rCslac.html

Where's the riding spot shown at the 10:18 minute mark? I'd love to take my YZ250X there.

my next bike will be a klx300, i plan to tag it . i was not impressed with the wr250r it felt heavier and soft on power to me.

Do you know where to get a turner to stop the pipe getting excessively hot and glowing red

What handguards are you using? I like those a lot!

they do make enduro version