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uncle albert:
Hello boys and girls,

I'm in the market for a 500 conversion, and Service Honda is the obvious (only?) place to go. I can find lots of info and a few ride reviews for the CR500AF, but not a single one for the new KX version. My question is, has anyone here ridden the Service Honda KX500AF and if so, can they share thier knowledge? How is the KX compared to the CR?

Thanks in advance.

stock500:
Service honda just started making the KX.  I have never riven one but I think it save to assume that it would handle like a KFX 250 with about twice the power.  If I had 10k to drop on a bike that would be my only choice. :-D

Mick:
AJ is using the 450 chassis as the platform for the KX500AF.

I saw AJ mentioned coming back from Cali last month after finishing some testing with MXA.  He said to expect the write up in June or July I believe.  I know they were riding the CR, and I think they rode the KX a bit too...but I'm not sure.

There's a short write up of the KX500AF in Transworld MX(?), for one of their "Dream Ride" articles.  About 3 half pages of material.  I don't believe it was quite a finished product then.  They didn't sound very thrilled about it.  The handling and vibration didn't rub them the right way.

MX-Tech has probably been working with S/H a lot since then to iron things out.

*EDIT*  I had another look at his comment.  Doesn't say anything about MXA riding the KX  :-(  On that note I wonder if Service Honda has had any magazines interested in riding it lately :?  Naturally I would like to read a comparison of both 500AF's.  Like a modern open class shootout  :evil:

uncle albert:

--- Quote from: stock500 on April 07, 2008, 02:20:17 AM ---Service honda just started making the KX.  I have never riven one but I think it save to assume that it would handle like a KFX 250 with about twice the power.  If I had 10k to drop on a bike that would be my only choice. :-D

--- End quote ---
They must have been making and selling them for almost a year now. Somebody out there must have bought one and can let us know what its like to ride :?

Mick, thanks for your reply, but I can't find the Dream Ride articles that you mention. Do you have a link to any of them?
AJ is the guy at Service Honda who does the actual building, right? Anybody know what he thinks of the KX (I know he's biased as he builds the things, but it would still be interesting to hear what he has to say regarding how the KX conversion rides compared to the CR).

stock500:
Holy crap I need to learn to how spell!

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