Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original

Suspension Springs

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kx666:
THrowing away good parts is a sin!!! the motorcycle Gods are frowning upon you!!!

KXcam22:
Hughes,
  When I first got my KX I rode for a few years and even raced with my 210lbs and the .39 kg/mm stock springs.  I just used the oil level to control bottoming.  It wasn't bad.  Of course getting the right springs is better but being a touch softer and using a higher oil level is certainly not the end of the world.  I think with woods riding there is more leeway.  Hope this helps. Cam.

b0dem:
not to change the subject, but will you be selling your old 500?

don46:
Race tech recommends a .46 spring for a 210 lbs rider on a 98-03 kx500

Polar-Bus:

--- Quote from: don46 on December 17, 2006, 12:03:46 PM ---Race tech recommends a .46 spring for a 210 lbs rider on a 98-03 kx500

--- End quote ---

I dealt with Race Tech ONCE. I bought R/T street bike fork emmulators for my 82' GS1100E, and the things would not even fit inside the fork tube. I called their tech support, and all's I got for input was a bunch of "well our catalog shows they should fit", "we will have to get back to you", "we don't know why they don't fit" and so on. NEVER got a logical explination. So IMO they suck, and are useless.

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