KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Steel Frame Conversion (SFC) => Topic started by: cmotodad on March 09, 2014, 01:17:20 PM
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Well, we rode the 05 KX250f/K5 for the 1st time today. WOW, what a fun day. We had our CR250's with us and rode all 3. This is the 1st time for me with a K5 on a race track. I have built some CR500AF's but not with the K5 motor. The motor is sooo good. Nice smooth power with a good amount of overrev when needed. The bars we had were a tad high, so the front felt a little strange. The chassis has a great feel, turns well yet is plenty stable. We just recently sold a KX450 and the K5 was quite similar compared to the 450. Coming out of turns with a jump ahead was really easy with the extra pull over the 250's. Jetting was a little rich but should not be too difficult to get right. Next ride will have jetting changes, low bars and a few changes in the A kit suspension. Hopefully we can supply a video on the next one. Thanks for all the help with this build from this great site. Looks like the CR500AF may be in the for sale column soon.
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awesome...will be looking forward to watching a video from your next ride. :-D
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really nice to hear, how much better the kx500 engine against the cr500 engine feels for you... :-D.. and i will not say that the cr500 is a bad bike. there are some green japanese bikes, that are better... :wink:
waiting for your riding video... keep it roosting...braaap.. 8-)