Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
MONUMENT TO THE 2-STROKE 2000 KX500
delphipro5:
I am headed down to NH tomorrow to pick up my suspension from factory connection. :-D VERY interested to see the back shock. I had them do some coating and anodize work. Should look and perform very nicely. :wink: Obviously I will post pics of it when I got it. Things have so far been going ok, I need to talk to the dude with my engine about a few things..... nothing major, and I need to get my stabilizer tower welded and the frame blasted and recoated..... Actually there's a lot to do, but thats allright I ain't in a huge rush :mrgreen: Not yet! :wink:
delphipro5:
So I'm back from FAC. CONN. with my susp. and you gotta see this shock! It is a work of art! Check this thing out:
BEFORE:
O.E.M. STOCK
AFTER:
Factory connection did the T-3 hardcoat on the body, They gave me my correct spring painted metal blue, the blue anodized endcap, DLC'd the shock shaft and gave me a fresh bumper, also the trick shock pre-load ring with the bearing in it and the top ring all in ano'd blue! They also did a tremendous amount if internal rework and parts switchouts. Absolutly Factory Connection Does an incredible job. They truly are "The best suspension period" I AM IMPRESSED :-o
Would suggest them to anyone for srevice. :wink:
Motorrad:
OOOOH pretty...
The Preload ring has a bearing in it? :?
I have never seen or heard of that...
delphipro5:
And here are the forks redone, They did an excellent job with what they had to work with. The fork job only cost me about uummm.... $390.00 rounded to that anyway... BUT I wanted the fork tubes DLC Coated and the fork lugs t-3'd also, so a while into the work and he had already broke a tool trying to remove the fork lugs from the shaft, and he gave me a call. " Hello paul, I am having a hard time removing these fork lugs and I do not want to go any further till I get an ok for you to do this. I may scratch, break, or bend another tool or your tubes or wreck the fork lugs in the process! So I told him to FORGET IT on the coatings on the forks and do the best he could for them. Anything cosmetic I can fix myself later. SO............ any one want some PICS :
PICS:
FACTORY CONNECTION DOES EXCELLENT WORK. These guys are serious! :evil:
Motorrad:
.43 springs... How much do you weigh? what kind of riding? Im curious how you like em once on the bike..
That is cheap on the work.. Think I just payed $4 somthing for my 08 forks to be re-valved, (didnt change spring) from precision concepts.
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