Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
CR500 Pipe
hangtime:
After putting my hands on the zipty pipe I would say this is the best pipe to start with. It starts out very close to being a lowboy pipe, and with a couple of welds you could align the pipe with the new silencer route. You might even try the 99-02 250 silencer. Probably the biggest advantage to the zipty is the pipe routes around the cooling hose on the side of the cylinder. My pipe seems to work nicely, unfortunately I couldn't explain why. Starting with 60 something HP doesn't hurt either.
MetalMan1011:
For my 250F conversion I used a CR500 Pro Circuit Works pipe. After a few tweaks and welds I got it to fit. One of the things I had to do was cut off the end of the pipe that connects with the cylinder and weld a piece from a K5 pipe on, it's outside diameter was too large to fit the cylinder. It seems to work very good, but I can't comment on the power differences with a KX with a stock pipe because I have never ridden a regular KX500.
BigGreenMachine:
I figured I would have to cut the flange. How much trouble would the KX pipe be to make fit?
don46:
The stock KX pipe is a real pain to make fit, look at the picture of my bike you'll see all the cuts and welds to get it to clear the water pipe, radiator, and kickstarter.
BigGreenMachine:
Yeah but the headpipe looks great! Pro Circuit? The tail of it seems like the harder part to change IMO.
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