KX Riders
General => In General... => Topic started by: aaroncosbey on November 02, 2006, 09:54:59 AM
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Whats the newest KX5 anyone has come across :?
2004 seems to be as early as ive seen.........
i wonder if there are any new ones left :|
ps. long time no see everybody :wink:
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2004
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2004 was the last production year.
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does anyone know of any new ones left in the US? :|
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Good Luck. I had a dealer do a search earlier this year and we couldn't locate one. Check e-bay I have seen many 500's on there before were people have bought an 2003-2004 model 500's and never removed from the crate of even never rode them.
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HAHA! :lol:
I heard of a guy doing that with a suzuki katana and it selling for thousands at auction (?27,000)!!! And the sad thing was he kept it in the crate! (maybe the fact he was dutch explains it) LOL!
Boy would i like to get hold of one of those crated KX5's :roll:
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I have found them on e-bay before but these guy's are waiting retail for the bike. If I buy a new bike it's going to get the sh*t rode out of it and not sit in the crate as a collectable.
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Look at this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawasaki-KX-KX-500-2004-Kawasaki-KX-500_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50018QQihZ012QQitemZ220044098525QQrdZ1
:-o she's a beauty
:lol:
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Aaron, last summer there was a member of the Michigan Cycle Conservation Club that had advertised a new never ridden 2004 KX500 and a new never started 2001 CR500, in the Great Lakes Trailrider magazine. Apparently he was a collector that needed some quick cash and wanted to liquidate. If I remember correctly he only wanted $5,500 each. I am trying to find the old copy to get you his phone number, but have not found it yet. Also quite a while ago on this site when it was called Pitbull Racing, all of us with a 2004 KX500 compared our Vin to see who had the newest bike. Mine was about 57 numbers from the newest.
Good luck with your search of a new KX500. There are probably some out there.
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does anyone know of any new ones left in the US? :|
Before I bought my used '01, I did a dealer new unit inquirery, and came up with no new units available (this was back in the fall of '05. I also remember a scurry of buying back in '04/05 when the sad news came out. A dealer inquirery searches via the computer database all USA Kawi dealerships, and the california new unit warehouse.
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I had my dealer do a new unit inquirery, and came up with no new units available also, this was in Aug '04. I did not trust the guy that used to work at the Kawi dealer I use. Sorry to judge someone like I do but he looked and acted lazy to me. So I did a search on Kawi dealers and started personally calling them. I found 2 new units in Colorado. Having never owned a KX500 and not knowing how bad a## they are I sadly, bought only one of them. Knowing what I know now I would have bought them both. I think I called 23 dealers that day.
Danger
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I hsd seminole power sports do a search for me in march 05. They found 2 in a dealer warehouse in oregon. $4999 later, $700 in shipping, and one month, I had a new k5. 1st time it started it broke the key holding the magneto. 1hr into riding it I was a little lean on a new motor and seized it. After a piston, rings, nikasil, port /polish, and some jetting , I couldn't be happier.
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Musturbo, man thats rough siezing a new bike so quickly. My new one was jetted wrong too, but it was too rich. I thought I had it bad, when mine leaked oil, on day one, from the kips seal. Luckily it only popped out of its bore, probably not pressed all the way in. Pressed it back in and never had a leak again. And I love this bike. Like Danger4u2 , I should have bought two of these new. Maybe someday I will buy a second KX500.
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I managed to track mine down in Australia off the net from a shop. Apparently the Young guy who bought it took it out of the shop and rode it 10 minutes and decided, according to the shop, that this was not the right machine for him. So I scored it only and had it crated and shipped to me here in N.Z. When I got the crate open I was happy to see a brand spanking new looking 04 Kx500. It was'nt untill I fine toothed it and found a few parts and tell tale signs that it had been trashed BIG TIME. A new rear rim, New bars, and a couple of gouges on the rear frame were the guard bolts up. And a chunk out of the bottom bar mount.
So it may have only done a few minutes work, but inthat few minutes it had been involved in a major. But im pleased to say that now with a few new bits and a good old sort out, thanx to the info on this site, she's a sweet runner with many, many hours of trouble free thrashing behind her. And many more hours in front of her.
Fantastic bikes. They mad a mistake when they decided to stop production of the KX500.
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I bought my 2004 new Sep. '03 right when you could buy them. I would have thought that they would be available for awhile. I've seen leftover KX500's sitting on dealer floors, but not really anymore. I think people realized that this was a legend that wasn't going to be made anymore. I've only started mine twice and it's never been ridden !! I think you could call it absolute showroom condition. I may try to post some pictures if I can. :-)
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http://www.kxriders.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=1&pos=0
http://www.kxriders.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=1&pos=1
http://www.kxriders.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=1&pos=2
http://www.kxriders.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=1&pos=3
http://www.kxriders.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=1&pos=4
Hopefully this works !!!!
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she looks like a virgin. if that was my back yard it would not have any grass left :evil:
have fun breaking her in!
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you are a lucky guy!!!!!!!!!!
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That's a nice looking steed ya got there. The more I log into this site and look at all the K5's, I want one.
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Very nice. What you plan on doing with it? Ride it in the sand and it will look prisitine for quite awhile... hint hint. lol :roll:
Sly
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I don't know yet..............I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of it. It's never been ridden, and someone could get alot more enjoyment out of it then I do.
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she's a beauty man! you shouldn't have any problem selling her. where you live by the way? would love to have her, I'm sure a lot of people would....Happy Turkey day!
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I live in central Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. :-D :-D
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How much are you wanting for your beast ? Could give it a good home here in New Zealand.
I do not think the year matters, the condition more important.
Would the best year to own if it comes down to it not be when the beast was born ? Says the 1990 owner :-D
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I don't know yet..............I'm seriously thinking of getting rid of it. It's never been ridden, and someone could get alot more enjoyment out of it then I do.
Have you thought about a price for the bike??
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I believe I would sell my '04 for $5650.00. I'm not putting it in the FOR SALE section because I really don't know what its worth !!?! But I believe I would be happy with that price if I got it.