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CAduner:
Will an 88 pipe fit on a 87

hughes:

--- Quote from: KawiKX500 on March 18, 2007, 03:48:31 AM ---I have an 87 k5 and cant find front brake handles. What others can I use?

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I had a hard time finding those. I just went to kawasaki dealer a ordered one. Might have been around 24.00 bucks. I run hand guards so it's not going to get broke off as it might with out the hand guards.

hughes:

--- Quote from: CAduner on March 18, 2007, 02:41:16 PM ---Will an 88 pipe fit on a 87

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I am running a 88-04 FMF Gnarly pipe on my 87 500. You will need to shim out the rear pipe mount to get it to fit the silencer. Next you will need to make a sleeve to go in between the silecner and pipe. The newer (88-04) pipe is about 1/2 shorter than the 87 kx500 pro circuit pipe I have. I made the sleeve out of sheet metal and it worked great. FMF still makes a silencer for our bikes. The new silencer from the 89-04 bikes will not work because our sub frame is diff. To answer your other questions. I'm still running a 87 style fender. Denniskirk.com has the 87 rear fender and radiator shrounds (UFO brand)

CAduner:
Thanks for the help.  I really appreciate the help.

hughes:
Forget finding the 87 model piston. Buy a 88-04 model piston. I'm on my second one. The only thing they changed was went to 2 rings instead of one.

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