CRF 150F .vs. KX 80?

[Austin20]

Hi i have a CRF 150 stock and i can trade it for a KX 80 stock fresh rebuild should i do it they both run great,

thanks

[Austin20]

Im 5,3

[Austin20]

I dont know if it will help the 150 is an F model

[J T K]

The 80 will be much faster..

[Austin20]

well how do you think it will be height wise?

[140rider]

IDK how much better it would be height wise. I'd look up the seat height of the 150 then the 80, those should be on Honda and Kawasaki's site. The 80 will be much faster and have wayyy better suspension. It all depends on what you want to do with it.

[ebeck]

Actually the KX85 shock is OK and when revalved can be real good. but the forks are atrocious. On my boys we swapped out internals to Yamaha internals, stock Kawi KYB's have zero adjustablity in terms of valve stack, it is fixed, and in fact has no mid stack.

150F Showa stuff is just plain better.

The 150F and 85 are the same class bike and are almost the same size wise except the KX is like 30 pounds lighter.

150F has more torque but if you ar eon the pipe low end torque it makes little difference the KX will turn circles around the 150F as well.

If your bike is too small the KX is no better. For sure the KX is not "bigger".

[J T K]

Actually the KX85 shock is OK and when revalved can be real good. but the forks are atrocious. On my boys we swapped out internals to Yamaha internals, stock Kawi KYB's have zero adjustablity in terms of valve stack, it is fixed, and in fact has no mid stack.

150F Showa stuff is just plain better.

The 150F and 85 are the same class bike and are almost the same size wise except the KX is like 30 pounds lighter.

150F has more torque but if you ar eon the pipe low end torque it makes little difference the KX will turn circles around the 150F as well.

If your bike is too small the KX is no better. For sure the KX is not "bigger".

Are you talking about the 150F or the 150R? It sounds like the 150R to me. 150F suspension is pretty bad, the KX will be wayyy better. But as for height, it will be about the same, if not a little shorter.