Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Front disc bolt pattern?
don46:
--- Quote from: BDI on August 25, 2007, 09:43:35 AM --- I would be lost with out It every one should have one even If It is just a cheep plastic one from harbor freight digital Is sweet becaus you can convert inches to mm.
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I thought you were referring to the bottle opener :-D
I agree, I bought a digital caliper at a Hock shop about 10 years ago, I'd be lost without it. It probably gets used more than any other tool I have, well, maybe the bottle opener gets more use.
demographic:
--- Quote from: don46 on August 28, 2007, 07:35:48 AM --- Must be a European thing, don't ever remember seeing a KX with purple forks, there were some purple fork boots about 96 for the bikes that had right side ups and purple fork guards for those with upside downs.
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Maybe a UK thing?
I have seen two KX 500s with a nasty shade of purple anodised forks.Mind thinking on, one of them was on Ebay so I don't know if they were standard.
I wonder if the forks were off another bike.
Anyway, the fork diameters were quoted from my Off road only catalogue so I assume thats accurate.
cyclepsych0:
Did you get the caliper mounted, Tumbleweed?
Tumbleweed:
--- Quote from: cyclepsych0 on September 17, 2007, 06:00:55 AM ---Did you get the caliper mounted, Tumbleweed?
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Yes I did, the 96 caliper did not fit, but I really don't know if it was really from a '96 since ebay can be a crapshoot sometimes. I ended up with a '01 caliper and it bolted right on.
Sorry if anyone else was waiting on this info. I have a digital caliper on order from harbor frieght and was going to verify the size/year of the forks before I updated this info. Will update again when I get all the info gathered.
cyclepsych0:
--- Quote from: Tumbleweed on September 19, 2007, 06:31:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: cyclepsych0 on September 17, 2007, 06:00:55 AM ---Did you get the caliper mounted, Tumbleweed?
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Yes I did, the 96 caliper did not fit, but I really don't know if it was really from a '96 since ebay can be a crapshoot sometimes. I ended up with a '01 caliper and it bolted right on.
Sorry if anyone else was waiting on this info. I have a digital caliper on order from harbor frieght and was going to verify the size/year of the forks before I updated this info. Will update again when I get all the info gathered.
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After reading your response, it made me curious to look up stock part numbers from Kawasaki.
According to the numbers the "96" caliper you bought was indeed NOT from a '96. Kawi lists the same part number for front calipers from 1994 through 2003. For some reason in '04 the calpier mount (removeable piece, not the fork leg casting) stayed the same, but the caliper itself changed. For future reference this would tell me they improved it in '04 somehow, but it will retrofit back to '94 since the caliper mount did not change.... :? Does the supposed '96 caliper look more like your original '91 unit? Or more like your '01 that actually fit?
Good 'ol eBay, sometimes it's a guessing game and sometimes it's a great deal on a much needed part. It's also possible that your "96" caliper is a '96, just not for a 500. :?
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