KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX250 / KX125 => Topic started by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 09:52:39 AM

Title: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 09:52:39 AM
Anyone still make shock springs for the '89s and can I get one in green (to match stock)?
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on July 12, 2014, 09:53:51 AM
have one powder coated green.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X1989+kx125+shock+spring&_nkw=1989+kx125+shock+spring&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 02:00:01 PM
Won't the powder coat eventually crack and peel with the motion of the shock spring?
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on July 12, 2014, 02:05:25 PM
ask alward25...he powder coated one red on a recent build...he can tell you how it holds up.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,12004.0.html

2nd page in that thread.
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 02:10:10 PM
Found a NOS one on Ebay but they are asking too much for my budget ($125 + 50 shipping).  
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 02:11:09 PM
ask alward25...he powder coated one red on a recent build...he can tell you how it holds up.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,12004.0.html

2nd page in that thread.

This is interesting too: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=80106.0
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: queen of spodes on July 12, 2014, 02:14:13 PM
According to this Race Tech offers custom colors for $40 - powder coated.
http://www.racetech.com/HTML_FILES/powercoat.html

That's about what I'd pay to have it done local.  I need to have the shock serviced anyway, so I may have them get a new 5.0kg spring installed while they have it.
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on July 12, 2014, 02:19:16 PM
there ya go...done deal.
just an FYI....you can buy your own powder coating kit for quite reasonable prices these days...then you can customize the hell out of your ride...hubs, levers, or whatever :wink:
Title: Re: Green shock spring for 1989 kx125?
Post by: alward25 on July 12, 2014, 05:54:32 PM
ask alward25...he powder coated one red on a recent build...he can tell you how it holds up.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,12004.0.html

2nd page in that thread.

No cracking, very durable polyurethane powdercoat.