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86 or 87 cases will fit an 88 motor?

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kmc14:
Kawasaki parts house is Babbits that's my go to place and I tried them first. Maybe you'll have different luck.

umberto:
I figure it's a long shot, but maybe they have the 88 cases because they aren't as popular as the later models.  I also have Sandblaster looking for me a set of nice ones.  I'm not in a hurry, this is more for emergency and because I think now is the time to hoard KX 500 parts.  I wish I would have been smart like Danger and snatched a couple of nice bikes to put away for parts and/or a rainy day.  Oh well, guess I'll have to start small with cases and a cylinder.   :-D

Foxx4Beaver:
one of members, I think it was RoostiusMaximus, had mentioned a year ago, that cases were discontinued.
companies have a 10 year "production law/rule" from the time the bike was last produced, to continue making parts available for that particular model...that ship sailed in 2014, since the 500 was last produced in '04.
that was why I mentioned in kmc14's K5 case thread, when he had no luck finding a set...that I said, "I think we all saw that coming".

umberto:
I knew it was a longshot, but I figured maybe the 88 is not in demand and maybe they had a set collecting dust in the back of the shelf.  I still think Sandblaster is my best bet, but maybe I'll get lucky.

kmc14:
I had read that also and knew foxx was right just hoping I'd find some new old stock where no one else had looked. Should have known better.

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