Hey all you supermoto fans! I had to make a video on my 3 biggest gripes on the KLX300sm. Please keep in mind that I’m being very picky here. I really am enjoying this bike and I can’t wait to have more fun on it! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend! ✌🏻😁

There is no excuse for a bike not to have a fuel gauge these days. With all the current technology, a fuel gauge is actually something most people would find useful

Fuel flashing over Odometer fix! Cycle through trip A & B. After a few miles (5~10 miles) it will stop flashing FUEL as often and you can see trip A or B again. Mine pops up around 84 miles, this is what I do on my 22DS to track my mileage (125+- miles). Wish it had a Gal tank. I'm ordering a gear indicator ASAP.

Dude there IS a fuel light. It comes on at ¼ tank. And just tap the button to cycle past the FUEL warning to get to odometer and trip meters

Interesting..... I hadn't really thought about it until you started talking about the low fuel warning. I feel your pain. It must be a Kawasaki thing because I have a 2018 ZX10R that has exact same "issue". Of course it has a bigger tank (4.49 gal) which will give me "about" 150 miles but, when the low fuel warning comes on it blocks out the odometer. 🤦🏻‍♂ Basically I "work around it" by filling up at around 120 miles. I do completely agree that it is a very poor design. Not a complaint at all though. I am always excited, even after owning it for 2 years, to get out and ride..... especially the occasional Track Day. 😎👊 Thanks for sharing and keep yourself safe! 😃👍❤🏍 Randy

Definitely going to have to add the gear indicator to mine, great video

Great vid. likein that gear indicator you put on. Also have a similar rear view mirror on my Sur Ron and it works /no complaints, are you happy with it on the KLX? The stock rear view mirrors are just atrocious/ha ha. Anyway Lookin at the KLX 300 and had one question related to performance. Not looking for break neck speeds or anything/would def look elsewhere other than a single cylinder setup if that was the case. Wondering about cutting lanes, /its all good in my state; that being said is the "off the line performance" adiquit from a stoplite? Not to cause issues with other cars, not trying to get out ahead of a Porsche or other performance cars but would it be all good taking off with a 200lb rider to get ahead of average passenger cars? Thanks for the vid/informative, -Cheers

Just bought one last week for my first bike. Its awesome so far

Awesome review! Cool wheelies! Are you popping the clutch in second gear or just twisting the throttle? Please, let me know, thank you!

Great video. I’ve been looking at buying one especially for the price.

What hand guards/grips do you have and also that mirror?

so that gear indicator is after market doesnt come stock right?

Where did you buy the rim decal? The side edge?

Yeah, I got mine and rode it around a bit and the fuel light came on. I was like OK, I'll stop by the gas station. It took 1 gallon. I scratched my head a little bit. Think I might try to find a petcock with a reserve function that will fit instead and unplug the low fuel light. Btw- What bark busters are those?

Good video and vibes of the bike.

Love riding my klx around town, still scared to be on Highway but I’m working my way up to it(new rider). Can I get a link to that gear indicator by chance?

I have a 2023 klx 300 duel sport. I'm getting 75 miles before I have to refuel. It's brand new so maybe that will improve. But at 56 miles the fuel light comes on .

Good to know that would drive me nuts

Where does the green and black wire on the Healtech plug in? I plugged the other connectors on the harness to the speed sensor behind the headlight bucket, not sure where the one wire goes though. Any help???

You can hit the trip button when the low fuel light comes on and it will show the miles again

Where did you buy the gear reader?

What fender eliminator is that?

Is this a good first bike? I really wanna get into biking and love the dual sport bikes

Did you remove the secondary throttle plate on yours? If so did it make a big difference in throttle response cause that is my biggest gripe about it.

I had 2019 KLX 250s (dual sport) and 2011 D-tracker 250x (basically supermoto trim) all the body work, frame, speedometer still the same like the new KLX 300sm. They don't even bother to change it. Lol My biggest complain about the Speedo its to damn big and doesn't even have fuel gauge or gear indicator.

How is that bike for low speed wheelies? Every video I see only has 30+mph wheelies. Can you crawl this thing?

mine literally just got delivered im so ready to ride it

Sounds like you need a second bike. 🙂👍🏿 I own a 2020 DRZ400SM and a 2020 SV650 for different purposes or riding experience.

I found a budget fuel capacity fix for mine. I bought a 3L Camelback hydration pack at a yard sale. I then plumbed a quick disconnect fitting on the gas cap so that I can fuel on the fly. Just like a fighter pilot.

I just bought the 300sm if your fuel light comes on you can hit mode and see your trips, maybe this will help guess how many miles your have left

How much hp?

I thought ab buying a klx300sm or a husky 350sm it’s a hard decision I love both

I found a 5.1 tank that fits. Acerbis is the brand

Just hit the mode button and you can see the odometer even when the gas light is on. At least that's how my 2021 is

What gear indicator did you install?

Is it comfortable traveling at 55-70 mph ?

If you tap the mode button twice it goes back to trip 1, but it is annoying

Are the handle bars stock?

They should have used the Versys-x 300 dash.

Hey buddy i have the same bike! The furthest ive gone on mine is 105 miles and it started to sputter out. I wouldn’t go no more then 100 on it. I wish it had a fuel gage as well as a gear indicator

I want to know how to do wheelies

When it says fuel, push the mode button it will go away for a bit

Great video

how do you not know what gear you are in? you have a speedometer. you should be able to look at the speed and the sound should tell you immediately what gear you are in. i dont get it.

Can't get these for $6k in Oregon more like $7-7.5k out the door.

Great bike for not a lot of cabbage. 😎🤩😍 ❤❤❤

So does that mean that the miles won't go up while in a wheelie?? 😂👌👌

Eric Forman doing moto vlogs now

Kawasaki really can’t seem to figure out an effective fuel gauge for some reason 🤷🏽‍♂️

I want one so bad, my street glide is overrated

I love how the dashboard is 10x better than the 15k out the door KTM 690.

The gear indicator is not a big deal I always watched my tachometer and my speed you can figure out exactly where you need to be

If these are the most hateful things - the bike must be darn good! :D thanks for the info!

That’s pretty sad how a 6k Kawasaki bike doesn’t have a fuel gauge or a gear indicator and my 1300 dollar grom clone does ha.

You didn't put shifty gas in it did you ??? Only high octane no ethanol for me

I have to agree, not having the gear indicator is real annoying. They are sold out right now too of the one you have. Hopefully they will have them back in stock soon.

Why do wheelies show you in 1st gear, when you are actually in 2nd??

Honk horn when gas light comes on 💯

The seat comfort should be your gas purchase guage on longer trips... If your experienceing discomfort on longer trips ...maybe you should have bought a different bike or .. considered not going on longer trips to not drain the tank so soon. Just saying.

Mine gets 86 mpg

I am OK with fuel tank, but no fuel gauge or gear indicator??? Big deal for me, I won't buy a bike without those two. Kawasaki still stuck in the 90's. We are almost 2023 here, they could have add those with some s/w update.

Those are all valid complaints. It’s still a really great bike though.

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I want one I'll carry an extra fuel jug with me on long trips if I have to.

Looked at it.. was going to buy.. then price check!! Inflation or Greed put this bike out of the contention.. Wasn't this $4999 last year? kind of ridiculous when you include dealer delivery charges etc. (Out the door get's close to $6500.. Just not worth it for what this is. IMO..

First two points are valid. I even looked up how many liters one gallon is :) you would rather measure in anything else than the metroc system… why say one meter if you can say 1,3 broken washing machines or 8,7 mid-aged dead rats? LoL

All dirt bikes turned street legal need 3 gallon tanks min, should be law!;)

A cheap Hawk has a fuel gauge and gear indicator...

I am 5'11 will I look like giant on bike?

N has reserve

Get it together Kawasaki lol

They just don't have enough power.

bro talked about the fuel light for like 6 minutes

That fart can you put on it sounds ridiculous

I'm not sure that's the right bike for commuting to work 50 miles a day. I'm a dirt bike guy more than street but a fuel gauge and a gear indicator would be useless to me.

Quit Nit Picking , and ENJOY PLAYING WITH HER !!! And keep that front wheel up , then u will only need 1 New TIRE !!!

Such a pleasure to listen this obnoxiously loud and annoying exhaust. At least this video can be turned off.