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A few last questions...

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Camo:
I'm pulling the pin on some new plastics, but have searched and read but am a little confused exactly what year and model to buy a front fender from and number plate.

I'm putting on the modded rear fender. Stock white side plates. An IMS 3.6 gallon tank. Stock shrouds. Decal kit.

IMO, the silencer on this thing is fugly. Is there one that looks modern and is shorter? All the ones I try to look up all say the picture is generic but I'll receive one that is for my bike. I don't want to order one and get the same thing. I have the FMF silencer now. Post up pics if you have them. Thanks.

Rider1958:
I wanted a modern-appearing silencer on my KX5 also, and wanted the quietest one I could find that was also spark-arrested.
FMF seems to make the quietest ones, but do not make one of their latest designs (the FMF Turbinecore II-Q) for my KX5, so I bought one from Pro-Circuit, the "Type 294". Got it through Dennis Kirk (denniskirk.com). Not as quiet as I had hoped, if FMF ever comes out with the II-Q for mine, I'm gettin' one.

The one I bought can be seen on my bike here:

sniper1:
      You want a 03-07 KX250 front fender UFO is what I used, the bolt holes are a direct match but there are metal grometts that go between the fender and the bottom of the clamp so you will need a 3/8 drillbit to drill the holes out big enough to refit the metal gromets very easy to do and looks good.



You want a 92-93 KX250 rear fender I used UFO and this is the end result notice the short silencer comes in at 90 decibles 2500-3000 rpms I had a welder cut it down so it come out just past the number plate and I have allen heads so I can repack the silencer anytime it's needed the bristol core stuff is pretty good to get me in at 90 decibles and 9" silencer.




I bought a fx gripper seat cover and the ceet low foam so the seat would meet the rear fender perfectly and it does plus the ceet foam is better than the OEM stuff and it's more comfortable to sit on that it was with the OEM taller foam.



How to modify the rear fender
http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,3277.0.html

Friar-Tuck:

  Thanks For taking the time to post the results,#'s and fitment!
   Excellent!
    Tuck\o/

sniper1:
        :) just want to add a little something back to the site that has helped me with my project and the more k5 owners the better there is power in numbers.

 
        With the 250 fenders and short silencer I made a quadzilla 500 put his machine back on the trailer after beating him in a drag race he had extended swingarm and paddle tires in soft stuff too we had a few draws and I won 2 times by a bike length in 400' race but he thought my bike was a 250 and put his machine on his trailer and left I'm not kidding lol I followed him to his trailer and he was pretty angry.

         

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