KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Aluminum Frame Conversion (AFC) => Topic started by: Dean on October 30, 2012, 11:25:42 AM
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has anyone had much to do with mps,im building an 06 conversion,through them and having a little trouble with the pipe he sent me ,and quality of some of the parts.if anyone out there can fab a pipe for me it would be much appreciated. :-)
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I have heard all bad. The list is long of how many people have been screwed over by them. JFab has good solutions for the pipe.
Alex
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I to went the MPS route for my frame and got one of his or dyno port pipes that fit like crap i ended up going to service honda for the pipe and radiator hoses,Im going to be real honest here hope no body takes it to heart but george at mps sucks if i lived half way close to his shop i would have paid him a personal visit,just my rant. :x
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its good to be honest here. will save some of our fellow riders a lot of $$$.
all ive ever heard was negative from MPS, ive seen plenty of pictures that leaves me scratching my head on how he actually sells his stuff.
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I could go on and on about my experiance with MPS LETS JUST SAY DONT GO WITH HIM.if any one wants more details just ask ill give you my # just pm me.
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I can emphatically agree with SHLEPY. I have been trashing this guys work over at VitalMX and bannedCR500riders site because of the piece of junk that he converted for me. I took him my frame and it was HORRIBLE when I got it back. Motor wouldn't fit down between the mounts, headstay was a joke, a rubber coupler from what I think was a water heater to slide over the 4-stroke airboot to make it fit onto the 500 carb. Lol. THAT was a real piece of engineering. Gave me some REAL attitude when I called him to ask what the workmanship was all about. Just brutal. Paid a local welder to straighten the mess up, I wouldn't even take it back to him. Not even interested in seeing him or having him try to correct it. Nasty bit of business with him.
DISCLAIMER: The opinion expressed here is mine, and mine alone. However, it is the truth. KXRiders.com has no involvement in this post, and their allowing this post is not to be construed as participating in slamming George's work, or recommending you should not do business with him.
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Yep punk a&& for sure i just live to far away and wished i would have filed a complaint but its been almost a year oh ya i didnt even get a pink slip :|
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Dont feel bad Dean i got exactly every thing your stating ,to the tee, i personally would be ashamed to send stuff like that out.
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Dean i purchased a 2008 kx450 complete bike he ended up keeping the motor it was 300 shiping and a 6 hour round trip i ended up paying 5500 for what was to be a drop in roller...........NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT HE SIAD :-o
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since i posted on here last i have been speaking to george via email,he has been very reasonable,and helping me with the things i was unhappy about with bike,wether or not george comes through with wat he said i dont know yet..but if he does i will be happy to let everyone know that he has been helpful, and as i said i will delete anything bad i have said about mps..but i will keep you guys updated on how i go with george good or bad
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All i can say is good luck to you,when i called to let him know i was un happy he more or less just siad let him know how it turns out and from that point on i new i was on my own.tooooo many people with toooooo many complaints good luck Dean.
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I really hope it works out for you Dean. Just a thought here. George and I have been going toe to toe over at VitalMX for a couple of weeks. He finally showed up there, after I've been slagging him AND his workmanship for a couple of years. Perhaps he's just now decided to kiss your hiney, in hopes of a better rep. I posted I saw your thread over there, and it had under 250 views from Oct 30. I jumped in here to post a week ago, and in 2 1/2 days it jumped to over 430. I think people over there are paying attention, and he knows it. I absolutely WILL NOT give him the chance to fix the mess he made of mine, just done with him. Hope it all comes together for you.
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Wtf is up with this guy has he dissed the whole dang riding community on the net,i thought i was over this but im starting to get pissed again,what did he do for you scooter.
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Lol. Oh man. Read my first post in this and that's the TIP of the iceberg. Just BUTCHERED my conversion. Beyond brutal. I am going to post the WHOLE story, with pics,here and at Vital around Xmas. I'm 2000 miles away from that bike now, working in the oil patch. Will have a couple weeks off to disassemble it and show the true HATCHET job that is MPS' finest. I'm on an I Phone and it's too much typing with fat fingers to get into on this. Plus I'm in line waiting to unload crude oil so not enough time. Stay tuned, details to follow. LOTS of them. Lol
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Un f__king real.
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For anyone who's interested, I've posted a huge thread on VitalMX with pics of MPS' frame conversion they did for me. It's pic heavy, and I'd rather only do it once. If someone can copy and paste it over here, feel free. Think of it as my public service to anyone who wants a conversion done. :wink: I can only hope he'll never cause someone to wind up in a wheelchair.
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Can you post a link to your thread? I can't find it...
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Lol. I didn't realise I could figure out how to do it. I SUCK on a computer.
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Since-it-needs-no-further-introduction-I-give-you-the-MPS-masterpiece,1248283
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Oh man... sorry to hear about your hassles. That really is poor workmanship. I'd have gone bananas too! That top mount isn't worth a carrot either...
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Wow!
It looks like they ran it through a butcher shop.
"Get out yer meat cleavers Buford, looks like we got us a live one here" :-)
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Ouch....I'm no pro by any means,but I remember my 1st days of welding/fabricating...and looking at those welds and fab work....makes me wonder if the guy is having young students that are still in the 1st semester do the work :?...or he himself just sucks,and just does not care.
The welds for the head stay almost looks like JB Weld :|
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just an update george came through with the goods and its all sorted
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That's good to hear.
It's sad that it got as far as it did but some dealers are very stubborn about their work.