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mdw471:
Hello All

Anybody remember in November of 1991 when Dirt Bike Magazine ran an article on the 99 best and worst used motocross bikes??

Mark

mdw471:
Just Kidding  :-D

The paragraph about the KX500 says,

"......These super-stable units are excellent cross country racers, and Kawasaki has wide ratio transmission kits and lighting kits for them...."

Anybody know anything about the wide ratio trans?

Anybody....Anybody.... :mrgreen:

Thanks
Mark

KXcam22:
I think they were writing without thinking.  Lighting is easy (for $$) but the wide ratio kit may be hard to locate if it exists. Cam.

The Flyin Hawaiian:
Back in 88, I had a 88 500 and had heard about a possible WR trans that was being developed by a California dealership that was heavy into desert racing. The dealership was Kawasaki of Riverside. I called them at the time and spoke to someone there that said they developed a kit and were testing it. I dont think anything came of it. Does anyone know if that dealer still exists? KOR was on their decals. I was at that dealer about a year prior and they were well set up for offroad. On early KX250's, 85-86 maybe other years also, you could put the entire WR trans from the 250 Tecate 3 wheeler into them. Also the ignition, stator etc. for the heavy flywheel and lighting capabilities. I had the WR 4th and 5th gears in my 86 KX250. It would top out in the mid 80s.

demographic:
Moose racing used to sell wide ration trannys for CR 500sin the late 80s-early 90s, I wonder if it had anything to do with them?

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