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KX500 Flag Mount!
Paul:
--- Quote from: billygoat500 on June 09, 2006, 11:37:07 AM ---Why are you putting flags on yer bikes :?
I had one on my tricycle when i was a kid.
Sombody said it was gay, so i took it off.
Just wondering
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It's a safety requirement to ride in the dunes.
Danger4u2:
At Little Sahara Okla. flag pole must be at least 10' from the ground. Entrance has a big horizontal pipe that your flag pole has to hit.
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: Danger4u2 on August 07, 2005, 12:31:01 PM ---Check my flag mount picture's.
All you need is,
1- Old real estate sign
2- Hack saw
3- Drill and bit
4- Most imporant, can of K5 green
5-10 min. to make 1 hour for paint to dry
Danger
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Someone also needs to shim out their silencer (or stop running a 5.10 rear tire) :) LOL
All ball breaking aside, sweet job on the flag mount! Don't those flag poles ever whip you in the head or body? I am an "east coast" mud/rocks kinda guy, so I have zero "dune" experience......
Danger4u2:
Every once in a while the the flag pole will hit you but it's not bad. The grind mark on the silencer is no laughing matter. I can look back on it now but I can only allmost manage a grin. Dec. 11 '04 I flipped my K5 at low speed and hurt my knee real bad. It bent the silencer toward the tire. My brother driving it back to the truck did the grind. I'll post some pictures. This gives me an idea, we need a topic about what not to do on a KX500! When we went to the new web site format we lost all the old pictures we had posted. My friends that were with me when I crashed give me a hard time, "show us how you flipped your bike again". I tell'em "get behind me so you'll have a good view". No one has taken me up on that yet. It's no fun being on the business end of KX500 rear wheel.
Danger
Polar-Bus:
Yup, I know EXACTLY where you are coming from. My "green" 2 wheeled buddie kinda half-a$$ looped out my 5 this weekend. Not as bad a getoff as you had I am sure, and luckily he slammed down on the left side of the bike, so all's my bike has is a broken rear fender. He learned that hard way about "mud to ideal" traction conditions with a 500 !!!! I saw the whole thing unfold, once in a unprepared-for wheelie, he slid off the seat, and rolled the throttle open....... BAD, BAD, BAD situation on a KX500 !!
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