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KX500 Quad!
demographic:
Coming along well.
The only KX 500 quad I have seen other than in pictures was this one that was at a local road hillclimb sprint.
Pretty sure the kid was the riders son :-D
Good:
--- Quote from: tobys 2 strokes on June 26, 2009, 09:56:19 AM ---Thats a cool looking project it would be nice to see a all out dragger powered by somthing besides a Yamaha.
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Unfortunately, that's because guys are pulling almost 200hp out of the Banshee twins (and triples), whereas the KX5 is limited to around 104 at the crank...
This quad would be king of the desert and be fun for all day riding. Nothing that is rideable for any length of time could keep up with you, but this bike wouldn't stand a chance against the Unlimited Banshees in a drag situation, and they would make you run in the Unlimited class at the sand drags here.
If anything, I'd like to swap a Kawi Triple with custom pipes into a drag chassis like yours or get a monster snow mobile engine and swap that in for all out drags (to get away from the Yammaha theme). But just for duning, a Stewart motor in that quad will keep a smile on your face for years! (I've thought and thought about this possibility for the wife :-D :mrgreen:) 400EX, powered by KX500 would be sick...
bigsmoke:
That drag quad is looking good. I've been thinking pretty seriously about powering my Banshee with a KX500 engine. My Banshee engine needs a new top end as well as a transmission, so I'm thinking, why not? I just missed a KX500 dirtbike on Craigslist the other day for $550. The guy had it at $1000 for awhile and the day he dropped the price, I missed it by 2 hours.
BDI:
If you can get that thing under 200 lbs that will be very amazing. Very cool project can't wait to see it done.
jadleybray:
Anything ever come of this project?
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