Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
SJJ's 1998 KX500 rebuild
snoopjonnyjon:
The headlight came from UFO, it is their "Ghibli" which is a KDX/KLX replica. The lighting stator is used came from Moose.
It required some grinding of the mounting tabs to clear the flywheel, and I needed to supply my own screws for it. I have ordered a Moose wiring harness, which is still on backorder. It is supposed to arrive this month. When it comes I will see if I actually have all the needed components of not. I am sure I will need some kind of a voltage regulator, and I don't know if that is in the harness or not. This is the only picture I have:
snoopjonnyjon:
A few from yesterday.
And a few action shots riding the KLX650R.
Pitching it into a donut here. From the roost you can see in the second pic, it worked out well, without resulting in a high side.
snoopjonnyjon:
Here are a couple videos from saturday. Cant wait to ride it again.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/snoopjonnyjon/?action=view¤t=MVI_3624.flv
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m252/snoopjonnyjon/?action=view¤t=MVI_3625.flv
Friar-Tuck:
Hey S.J.J.,
Bike sounds great, Looks like great riding up in your neck of the woods.
Take Care,
Tuck\o/
snoopjonnyjon:
I've put about 10 gallons through it so I feel comfortable that it is broken in and I can beat on it again. The new motor rips, very happy with the performance. I am finally coming to grips with the new bars and suspension settings and feel better on the bike now than I did last year. It just took some getting used to.
Towards the end of the day, I practiced a few stoppies. I used to do these all the time on my Ninja, but this was my first attempt on a dirtbike on grass.
This looks hilarious because the rear is down from just landing from the stoppie.
My body position was pretty much out of control here.
I liked this one. Had the rear wheel about 20 inches up. And actually kept my feet on the pegs.
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