KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: kawboy on April 11, 2015, 01:14:33 PM

Title: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: kawboy on April 11, 2015, 01:14:33 PM

Well fellas I just spent a wad of dough on one of my bikes.I started on this project back in January sometime and had to take about a month off of working on it. Finally got back to it this weekend. I would like to thank Sandblaster for your tips on assembling the bottom end, Pinsonnault Racing for the crank balance , Larry for the compression release and Terry at Custom Performance for the cylinder bore. I'll try to post some pics of the timeline.
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Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on April 11, 2015, 01:18:06 PM

looks awesome!...love the 250 tank :mrgreen:

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: kawboy on April 11, 2015, 03:22:54 PM

Thanks Foxx, I had a '89 250 and loved that look also.

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: Foxx4Beaver on April 12, 2015, 01:36:34 AM

are those Devol rad guards?
I only ask, because I've never seen them in gold/bronze.

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: kawboy on April 12, 2015, 02:04:34 AM

yep. Devol.

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: Pmcg on April 12, 2015, 02:26:14 AM

What did you think of the crank balance?  Big difference?  Looks great.

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: 81cr450 on April 12, 2015, 05:16:21 AM

Quote from: kawboy on April 12, 2015, 02:04:34 AM

yep. Devol.

Did you have them coated that color special , or is that just the way they came? They look sweet.

I've been thinking of trying plasti-dip on my hubs , fork outers & shock body. Anodizing would be best but its not possible due to you can't seal the internals from what I understand , powder coat involves enough heat you'd anneal the parts. Always looking for cool new coating ideas, & those definetly fit the bill for excellent looking.

Also is that a spare set of 89 500 forks you got in the background?

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: brucifer on April 12, 2015, 07:05:02 AM

Nice!  8-)

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: sandblaster on April 12, 2015, 07:57:35 AM

Quote from: Pmcg on April 12, 2015, 02:26:14 AM

What did you think of the crank balance?  Big difference?  Looks great.

I won't build my own K5 without balancing.
I strongly recommend it to all our K5 customers.
Todd is doing another for one of my customers right now.

Title: Re: 1993 KX 500 REBUILD
Post by: kawboy on April 12, 2015, 08:28:45 AM

The rad gaurds are original color, I've had them many years. The engine still has some vib at very low rpm, smooths
out as these revs rise. that is a set of '89 forks back there along with several other parts including a small flywheel and ignition. The chrome on the forks is in terrible shape. I loved those 49mm's on my '89 250.