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kx500/580
« on: May 30, 2006, 05:59:27 AM »
a big hi to everyone,im new to the forum..my name is Si, and i live in essex in the UK..i bought a 1995 kx500 nine months ago completely stripped,since then i have completely re built the beast,with a few mods,frame and swinging arm are powder coated black,full supermoto kit ie..black talon hubs,black exel rims,braking 320mm front disc,talon wavey rear disc,fmf gnarley pipe,fmf 2002 grahics kit with seat cover,graphite renthal fat bars etc etc,but the real tool is the engine with a cr500 conrod to alter the stroke,+40 wiseco piston kit,barrel work done by a top uk 2 strke king,crank lightened and balanced,she is now fully road legal...soon i will find a pair of radiators and i will be blasting around the countryside :evil: :evil: :evil:

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 06:15:53 AM »
Welcome to the site! :-D :-D
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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 07:11:21 AM »
An awesome machine you have there Si! Welcome to pitbull! Don't hessitate to ask any questions you might have about your bike as we have quite a few people here with the same intrests as yourself. :-)

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2006, 08:28:48 AM »
thanks for the welcome guys,if anyone out there has any spares (pair of 1995 radiators)to sell please drop me a line..when i bought the bike i set a budget of ?1700 to complete the re build,now im past ?3000 and new rads will cost another 300,SO IM LOOKING FOR A GOOD USED PAIR.... :-D

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 12:47:25 PM »
Sounds like the weapon! Good to have ya here! :mrgreen:
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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 08:29:20 PM »
Welcome  8-)
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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2006, 03:28:20 AM »
Welcome, from the flat land Oklahoma.
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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2006, 07:30:02 AM »
thanks for all the welcome notes guys (and hopefully ladies).lots of work has gone into the kx this weekend,so its nearly finished,soon i will bore everyone with pics very soon..im looking forward to seeing how big the comparisons are ridingn the kx straight after riding my other bike (husqvarna smr570, 61bhp at the rear wheel).the guy who did the engine work on the kx says i should be aiming for around 70-72 rwbhp with my 580 conversion but i think he is being very optomistic..does anyone else run the same kx/cr conversion ?   :?

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2006, 01:41:04 PM »
 :wink:thanks guys for putting me onto a pair of rads on e bay usa,its 2.30am here in the uk but with some frantic bidding i bought both sides,so the sportsbike guys around the essex country lanes will have their hands full when the moto,d kx5 is chasing them,the angry wasp is ready to fly(nearly)...would any of you guys know of a sidestand kit on the market ? :-)

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2006, 02:06:13 PM »
This one looks good to me. I've often thought I should get one but have never got round to it.
 http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=5&L2=&L3=&L4=&item=PMB_CRF250KICK_G
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« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2006, 08:01:58 PM »
 :wink:thanks for that link for the sidestand,hell im getting butterflies in my gut,with the anticipation of being back on the road with a very crazy 2 stroke,this site has done more for my cause in the last couple of weeks,i great to know people want to help  !!!

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2006, 10:18:53 AM »
a big hi to everyone,im new to the forum..my name is Si, and i live in essex in the UK..i bought a 1995 kx500 nine months ago completely stripped,since then i have completely re built the beast,with a few mods,frame and swinging arm are powder coated black,full supermoto kit ie..black talon hubs,black exel rims,braking 320mm front disc,talon wavey rear disc,fmf gnarley pipe,fmf 2002 grahics kit with seat cover,graphite renthal fat bars etc etc,but the real tool is the engine with a cr500 conrod to alter the stroke,+40 wiseco piston kit,barrel work done by a top uk 2 strke king,crank lightened and balanced,she is now fully road legal...soon i will find a pair of radiators and i will be blasting around the countryside :evil: :evil: :evil:

CR conrod you say?

Sounds familliar, it's not Zanxs old bike is it?

Mebbe not as I thought his was a 93 or thereabouts.
Anyway, welcome in.

Regards Scott.

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2006, 07:01:20 AM »
hi scott,yes i was the fool who bought the huge jigsaw that zanx called a kx500(he promised every part was there as i loaded a frame and 8 huge boxes of bits into my van,and he did,nt let me down).i tracked down the engineer who worked out the pro,s of a cr500 rod,matched to a +40 piston.the guy wrote down the final formula i guess you would call it,and i have also spoken to another guy who still races a kx580 for a bit of cheap fun,he says its best trick is leaving honda cr500,s in his dust,followed by the cr riders scratching their heads whilst looking over his bike trying to work out how he can be so quick,i nearly gave up on this project 2 months ago but zanx talked me out of it ,and im so glad he did,cos now its in supermoto form,i think its the sexiest thing going (too many late nights working on her has left its mark) 

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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2006, 08:23:01 AM »
Scarykxer, I have the Pro Moto Billet kick stand. Real world pictures (on a K5) in my photo album, Danger4u2.
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Re: kx500/580
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2006, 06:43:40 AM »
thanks danger,another problem solved,my only concern is the length of the stand as my bike is in supermoto form,maybe a little cutting and welding will work.....