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81cr450:
Oh yup duh :? I can see what you were saying now
Tom's bike is just plain SEXY
2-Stroke Tom:
--- Quote from: 81cr450 on December 29, 2012, 08:54:50 AM ---Oh yup duh :? I can see what you were saying now
Tom's bike is just plain SEXY
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Thanks 81cr450 and Sandblaster for all the nice comments about my bike. I'm always glad to post pics and show how the factory racing team modified these bikes so we can all learn more. I know I have learned a tremendous amount about the KX500 on this site.
I hunted for a factory KX500 for a while and got lucky. Brian Brown hung on to this thing for a while because I bought it in 2008. It was his practice bike, but he explained that it was nearly identical to his race bike, they would just swap silencers, pipes, etc. After I bought the bike and as many as the factory parts as I could from Team Green (exhaust, sprockets, desert tank, plastics, decals, radiators, etc.), I brought it home and cleaned it and here's how it looked. I've posted this picture before, but I couldn't believe the condition it was in after being ridden 100+ mph in the desert for prolonged periods.
The Flyin Hawaiian:
Id love to get my hands on a Team Green 500! They are pretty much non existant here on the east coast. Nice looking bike!
Motorrad:
Hey Tom... Remind me to quiz ya on team green radiators.. Mine were defiantly not k5 standard equipment
2-Stroke Tom:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on December 30, 2012, 07:32:18 AM ---Hey Tom... Remind me to quiz ya on team green radiators.. Mine were defiantly not k5 standard equipment
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No problem Motorrad. I don't have any stock radiators for comparison, but Brian Brown told me the Team Green KX500 radiators were oversized. Here is a picture of the welded seams and thread boss (with threaded brass insert) for the shroud mounts. Much more beef than stock, and you can see the thread boss they made has spacers to angle the rad shrouds to maximize airflow. Also, notice the mounting bracket for the radiator. That think looks like it could take a Baja 1000 beating!
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