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KX 500 faults and fixes thread

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--- Quote from: Zanx ---What? No mention of cracked exhaust bridges or rear brake levers rubbing the cases or sticking holes in them during road/dirt/bike interfaces?  

I think the biggest fault has got to be the purple colour (yes I'm Englisher) scheme that Kawasaki cursed the bike with in the 90's. :D
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Brake lever/casing rubbing can be sorted by bending it out slightly. And you can stop the cases getting damaged in a fall by welding KDX style frame loops onto the two tubes under the engine, a good time to do this would be when you have just removed the paint and before you powder coat it....................

if you also get a mild steel plate welded onto the bottom frame tubes (like a skid plate but welded on) which will stiffen the frame a tad and add life to one that might be slightly battered on the underside..........
dunno who I could be thinking about when I mention those though.

You could even use a stainless plate instead of mild steel but make sure that you use something like 19/9 chrome/ nickel plate and 25/12 chrome/nickel welding rods as used to weld together dissimilar metals.
If you go to a fabrication shop they should know what I am on about and have some of the right stuff.
Think the 19/9 stuff gets called 304 grade stainless

Just don't forget to put a hole in to drain the oil through :wink:

Oh aye the purple was a bit dodgy :shock:

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