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'93 KX 500 rebuild

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jbehunin:
I found a pretty clean and unused 93 KX 500. After riding it one weekend, I knew right off the bat that it needed some TLC.

Well a few weeks have passed and now I am about 90% done. All I need now is some new plastic, seat cover, tires and graphiccs.
But I am kind of fond of the stock 93 look.

After tearing the bike apart, I found out that the top end had never been touched. The KIPS valve was ccompletely froze up from carbon build up. The bearings were in pretty good shape, and just needed to be repacked.

After cleaning and rebuilding the top end, new clutches, new valving front and rear with new springs on the suspension, this bike has come to life.

crawford:
that is a clean '93... good job

Friar-Tuck:
 Hey JB,
 That bike is in great shape!    I'll be looking forward to a ride report!  :-D
    Tuck\o/
   

ID KX500:
What a relief it must have been for the Kawasaki engineers to wake up from 1988-2004 knowing that most of the work was already done on the KX500 sitting there only needing a tweak.

hughes:
Nice 93 500 / time to get it dirty.

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