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who has the oldest kx500?

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ShanMan:
Well, good, bad or otherwise, I have made old KreX ('87) as good a bike as it will ever be. It is old as the hills, fast as hell, and reliable to boot. I would like to own a newer version, but until I know they ride better, I have to assume that 65 horsepower on a stable chassis might be a good as I will ever need....for now! BTW: Is it a major award?!!!

JBKX:
I HAVE A 86 KX500 THAT IS IN FINE RUNNING SHAPE BUT IS IN NEED OF SUSPENSION WORK (SEALS MOSTLY).  IT WAS AN OLD RACE BIKE THAT HAD SET FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS THAT I PICKED UP FOR $800.  I ALSO HAVE A 86 TECATE 3 WHEELER WITH A 86 KX500 ENGINE FOR MOTIVATION!

yz1994:
I have a 85 kx500 that I ride regularly. I bought it in 2008 for $350,put new tires,plastic and head gasket on it. It has the original one ring piston,no exhaust valve.I bought to ride with my son's 86 yz490.

motopunk:
history of big kx:
1974 kx 450 , 1975/76 kx400 , 1980/81 kx420 and the first monoshock-linkage,

 the oldest real kx500 with 499cc came in ´83... still aircooled till ´84 . 85 was the first watercooled. 86 came the first generation of exhaust valve. in 87 the newer linkage under the swingarm. in 89 the generation 4- engine with the generation 2- exhaust valve. in 92 came a crank with mor weight and the bigger statorplate and flywheel,  some more smart technical changes with newer brakes and fork in 97 an then only a new sticker-design every year till 2004.
last year for kx500 2003 in europe and 2004 in north-america and australia.

question: whats up with ´77-79 and 82? answer: kawasaki offered nothing bigger than 250´s in these years... 

so where are the guys with the aircooled k5´s ?...  :wink:

Enginerd:



WOW! yz1994 really brought this one back from the dead!

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