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87 kx500's Bad year?
Big specht:
Are the 87's the ones to stay away from? If so why ? All I've seen is there are no piston kits and kips valves are to hard to find if bad. I've been searching on here and haven't found a lot of 87 info
dave916:
--- Quote from: Big specht on August 08, 2015, 01:21:52 AM ---Are the 87's the ones to stay away from? If so why ? All I've seen is there are no piston kits and kips valves are to hard to find if bad. I've been searching on here and haven't found a lot of 87 info
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87 is a stand alone year /similiar motor 86/88 but still differance /heads, clutchs, cranks, gearbox parts are all differant
later pistons conrod kits bearings etc will all fit
Kipp valves 86/88 hard part to get but do come up ever now and then on ebay etc
87 clutch and gearbox part are also getting harder to get
Personally i am not a fan of the 87 looks/ 88 was the first year with the later look /panels frame etc
Motorrad:
I loved my 87..... But now own a later one due to parts availability. And my 87 was BEAT. By the time I was done.
alexander-vmann:
i have a 87 in my 93 frame, it runs good, but i have never tried any other kx500 to compare to :|
Big specht:
? So the main case's are different to? Well I should have done more research before buying this one.
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