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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Super Motard => Topic started by: Polar-Bus on July 09, 2007, 12:26:57 AM

Title: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Polar-Bus on July 09, 2007, 12:26:57 AM
Hey guys,
any links or tips on how to convert a KX500 over to SM? I drove my buddies newly crafted 2007 Yamaha WR450F SM, and oh my god, what a TON of fun!!! I want one!! Thanks,
                                      Rich
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BigGreenMachine on July 09, 2007, 02:38:21 AM
That seems to be everyone's reaction to them.

You going to street plate it or just a track machine.

Go over to www.supermotojunkie.com and search for Brian's KX500 tard. Looks hella good. Also Do0rdie on here has one so he'll chime in any time now.

My thoughts are, if your not going to get full on into racing then plate it first with some DOT gear and some dualsport tires.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Polar-Bus on July 09, 2007, 04:21:36 AM
That seems to be everyone's reaction to them.

You going to street plate it or just a track machine.

Go over to www.supermotojunkie.com and search for Brian's KX500 tard. Looks hella good. Also Do0rdie on here has one so he'll chime in any time now.

My thoughts are, if your not going to get full on into racing then plate it first with some DOT gear and some dualsport tires.

Here in NH it's a cake walk to register a dirt bike for the street. All's I need is a headlight, mirror, horn, and a brake/tail light. So my plan is to add a Baja light kit, and swap it over to SM.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 12, 2007, 10:48:58 AM
That seems to be everyone's reaction to them.

You going to street plate it or just a track machine.

Go over to www.supermotojunkie.com and search for Brian's KX500 tard. Looks hella good. Also Do0rdie on here has one so he'll chime in any time now.

My thoughts are, if your not going to get full on into racing then plate it first with some DOT gear and some dualsport tires.

Here in NH it's a cake walk to register a dirt bike for the street. All's I need is a headlight, mirror, horn, and a brake/tail light. So my plan is to add a Baja light kit, and swap it over to SM.


Status?  8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 14, 2007, 07:32:04 PM
hi there

i,m from holland and i also have an kx 500 streetplated
its very rare on the dutch streets ,
i luv it really to ride it hard and showing of the greeniemeanie to the spectators
it s way faster then all the 4 strokers sm and i,m allways in a rush :-D

pics,r in the galery and i,m very proud on this bike
its mine now and he,s my reliable and tough 2wheeled racemonsta for ever

if i had to sell everything else i would but this KXer is here to stay

any questions are welcome
grtzz from holland
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 15, 2007, 09:18:46 AM
wildt167, that bike is awesome! Where did you get that front fender? It looks great.

also, what gearing are you running on it? I need to order chain and sprockets soon for my KX500 supermotard project
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 16, 2007, 04:36:53 AM
wildt167, that bike is awesome! Where did you get that front fender? It looks great.

also, what gearing are you running on it? I need to order chain and sprockets soon for my KX500 supermotard project

hi desert panther,
first off all thanx for the compliment
 i did the coloursetting and reshape all by myself

now your questions about the fender ..
www.acerbis.com/it/fr check google for the exact adres
they have this fender here in europe i,m for sure in your country you can by it too

my sprocketsetting is front 15/  rear 42 ,
but its no shame going lower like 40/38/36 rear for highway use
only for circuit circumstances is 15/42 okay ,
i run mine flat out in 5th gear at the end of the longstraight

btw what rear tyre are you planning to use ,
for that the widht of the tyre will fit in your swingarm
160 mm is the max and you need an rearsprocketspacer about 4/5 mm thick
you can ask me more i shall try helpin you out
succes
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 17, 2007, 08:48:30 AM
oow btw this is me in action on a trainingday
only kx around  :-D
offcourse i,m the green/white suit in front :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: FuriouSly on September 17, 2007, 11:02:07 AM
Quote
off course I'm the green/white suit in front.......wildt167

Pimp and welcome to the forum   :evil:

Sly
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BDI on September 17, 2007, 11:43:55 AM
That is one sweet ride I wish I could ride my kx500 every day on the street. Not to be off topic but I think the number plate headlight that comes on the new kx450r's looks pretty sweet for a number plate headlight.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 17, 2007, 01:35:59 PM
wildt167, where is a good source of rear sprockets in sumo gear ratios like the 40 or 38 or 36 like you mentioned? It seems that all i see advertised are 45 teeth and up. Can anybody chime in with a stateside supplier for these?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 17, 2007, 04:22:33 PM
Quote
off course I'm the green/white suit in front.......wildt167

Pimp and welcome to the forum   :evil:

Sly


yeah thanx sly

That is one sweet ride I wish I could ride my kx500 every day on the street. Not to be off topic but I think the number plate headlight that comes on the new kx450r's looks pretty sweet for a number plate headlight.

i did see a glimp off it on the new KXF450 streetlegal enduro
but mine,s ok too for now

wildt167, where is a good source of rear sprockets in sumo gear ratios like the 40 or 38 or 36 like you mentioned? It seems that all i see advertised are 45 teeth and up. Can anybody chime in with a stateside supplier for these?

hey panther..

i,ve been looking for you for the rearsprocket,
www.renthal.com is where 41 teath is available by postalorder.

but i do know that 40/38/36 are made ,
and even other brand sprockets that are modified for the kx rearhub
like re-drilling holes to fit our hub.

reason for not knowing specific info
i,m using my streetlegal just for rides up too an hour or so ,
in builded areas (cityplayground)
then you wont need an 38 or so
and i come nowhere near the highway since thats my Kawasaki ZX-10 territory :evil:

did you find your fender yet on that site i gave you? :|

here,s a fiew more piccies of me and me friends and my beloved moto :lol:

oow btw the bald guy is me, not a thief figuring a way too steel my beauty haha
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 19, 2007, 07:23:55 AM
WildT,  you have a Zx10 as well? I see you are about as infatuated with Kawasaki's as I am, LOL   I have a ZX-12R (green color of course). Thanks for the tip on the fender, i'll be ordering one soon.  :wink:

still looking into the sprocket situation. What size rims do you have? Are they laced to your factory hubs, or are they "all-new"? I'm debating on which direction to go for wheels, not sure if i want to do the hooligan mod, which is sportbike mag wheels and brakes converted to motard use. Except that you cannot jump the bike any more like a true motorcrosser. But d**n they look cool as shyte!

So where in Holland do you live? We in the states hear all kinds of great things about Amsterdam. Except the traffic infraction laws.  Is it true than you can legally stand on a streetcorner shagging a schoolgirl up the arse while smoking cannabis and not be in violation of the law? :-o But if you get caught speeding, they throw you in prison?  :-o

always me,
Desert Panther  8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 19, 2007, 08:21:47 AM
hi panther,

i have a ZX-10 /1000 last version of the pre ninja R series build 1991

now the questions ,
my rims are 17"
frontwheel 3,5x17
rearwheel  4,25x17

and yep the wheels are laced on the factory hubs
and i,m a motocrosser from origine so i wanna jump!!
i think its also the toughest wheel around the spoked wheel
but i agree the hooligan mod is nice for posing haha

and all you here from us overhere is true
here you can take a girl from behind,
all doped en smoked
we dance for hours during outdoor tranceparty,s
in towns as rotterdam amsterdam

with speeding its not as they told you
only above 50KM/H they take your permit for 10 days
and above an 100% violation (twice as hard ) they can confiscate your vehicle

the tickets are just huge up 1250 euro

oow here a pic off the big kawa



keep me informed about you progressions made ,fellow green mean freak
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 20, 2007, 06:10:46 PM
WildT, I wanna come visit! Sounds me and Amsterdam and Rotterdam would be getting along great!  ha ha ha ha  :-D

hey, when you converted your bike for street useage, what do you do about the fact that it has no ignition lock/key? I mean, can anybody just jump on your bike and kickstart it and ride away? Or do you have some sort of system such as a keyed ignition to prevent that????
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 20, 2007, 11:23:30 PM
hey panther,

you,re welcome !
i.ll show me country to you... :lol:

to be honest ,i had an ignitionlock just till last sunday.
during training i felt and the bike flipped right on the front
nothing bad only my ign.lock smashed to peaces

but i have an emergency knob too
and when i,m gone for a while i take the sparkplug cap off
there is a new lock in the backorder ,
but not now .
yet it,s good enough for now

and btw how many know how to start a 500
it,s an art getting them started nice n smooth ,
 :wink:
you know ....

they have to wear boots for sure
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 23, 2007, 07:22:26 PM
where are you panther ,
 :roll:
now i have to kick it a little :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on September 24, 2007, 02:18:20 PM
I'm in the American southwest, in Tucson, Arizona

next time you're in the neighborhood, stop in for a cold beer  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 24, 2007, 05:29:05 PM
huhuh i don,t drink,
i,m a truckdriver and sober for that
but you have coffee??
where is your house living :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on October 19, 2007, 01:12:47 AM
hey desert panther
whats your status with that project of making a k5 streetlegal,
any progressions made??  :-)

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BigGreenMachine on October 28, 2007, 11:40:05 AM
NICE!!
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 11, 2007, 06:36:49 AM
 :-o thats nice too

pretty cool pics!! :-)

i have one for example ,hope ill ever get to burn it like he is
damm how about a powerslide omg!!
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BigGreenMachine on November 11, 2007, 07:08:32 AM
KX 250/500 hybrid, not mine.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 11, 2007, 07:35:08 AM
are the pics #69 from above yours?

the conversion looks porno :-P
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BigGreenMachine on November 11, 2007, 07:55:56 AM
#69 is Brian from SMJ.com.

I'm gathering parts for a 250/500 SM hybrid, will be done in the spring.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 11, 2007, 08:28:25 AM
are you doing the conversion like brian,s?

im building a circuit supermoto from scratch
using my k5 dirtbike as base
using my k5 supermoto streetplated as example
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: BigGreenMachine on November 11, 2007, 09:02:54 AM
Brian's is a standard KX500 dirtbike with a supermoto wheelset.

I'm building a 2001 KX250 with an '88 KX 500 motor and supermoto wheelset. It will be purely a parking lot setup that won't see any racing. (not organized racing anyway)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 11, 2007, 09:11:14 AM
f*ck i,m making mistake hehehe :x

brian ,s is stock k5 indeed #69
that 250 frame is from somebody else

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 27, 2007, 01:37:12 AM
hey ,


i,m building my mx k5 supermoto myself

i have made few pics for the site too :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 05, 2007, 06:20:55 AM
i,ve been shopping for slicks
and did get my hands on a couple of dunlop slicks for 70 bucks  :mrgreen:
barely used only training
the reartyre is 165-55-17 so big for kx rearfork  :-P

tomorrow time to buy 320mm braking disc with bracket
also innertubes for the slicks

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 05, 2007, 06:04:03 PM
18 to1 OMG

thats a big tough thing then
but then again its a fine bike to see ,

and you have the big engined bike #105 in the back i understand?
now you,r building a supermoto too i red ?

you have pica,s then ?

here,s one for the green hearts :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 06, 2007, 08:46:24 AM
oo nice then!

you have pic of that beast?

i have streetlegal kx500 too,
coil and sm wheels are there and 320mm frontbrake also

this is my k5 btw
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: demographic on December 06, 2007, 09:07:21 AM
WildT, I wanna come visit! Sounds me and Amsterdam and Rotterdam would be getting along great!  ha ha ha ha  :-D

hey, when you converted your bike for street useage, what do you do about the fact that it has no ignition lock/key? I mean, can anybody just jump on your bike and kickstart it and ride away? Or do you have some sort of system such as a keyed ignition to prevent that????

Thats what big locks and a chain are for :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on December 06, 2007, 07:14:03 PM
hey desert panther
whats your status with that project of making a k5 streetlegal,
any progressions made??  :-)



Yeah, i've made some progress, although not as much as I'd have liked. This bike ended up needed a full mechanical restoration, i've replaced two-thirds of the bike it seems!!! Draining my pocketbook and my patience. My biggest hurdle will be the charging system to power the electric lights. I cant seem to find a used one around anywhere, and new ones are like 500 bucks!
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 06, 2007, 09:59:17 PM
hey panther!

OMG 500 bucks for light is insane

its sick so expensive that stuff
here in holland there are 2 kx500 for sale both with the coil on it :mrgreen:
weird bike it is ,years you see none,then al a sudden even two for sale :|

both bikes are 1500 euro


i,ve been shopping for 320mm disc and bracket
slicks for 1/8 of the new price
now going to buy sumo sprockets and kx250 rearfender for sm looks too :-D

good luck anyway and keep us informed

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 07, 2007, 04:26:02 AM
here are my new goodies for the project k5SM

now i,m getting started :-P
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 09, 2007, 08:42:43 AM
ive made pic of the shop where im building my KX500SM,
and maintaining off course
you can see parts of k5 everywhere
its small but cosy ,nice neighbours too

now i,m bringing fork and frontwheel to guy,
he will cut from single piece of alloy,
a bracket for 4 piston radialcaliper from cbr 1000 blade ,

then he,s fitting new 16mm radialbrakepump  :-P for caliper
this will do the job and he says i,ll have brake feeling never felt before

then a solid nice rolling stoppie would be possible with one finger  :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Desert Panther on December 09, 2007, 09:03:46 AM
Menno, excellent idea on the hybrid braking upgrades!, i am planning something similar for my own bike with a Tokico 6 piston caliper from a 1999 ZX-6R.

Your shop looks great, lots of stuff packed in there, looks as it should.  :-)What is that little bike sitting next to your ZX-10?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 09, 2007, 09:51:53 AM
hey panther !

funny lill bike that is indeed
i build it from mx to sm myself it was funproject ,
with having some time to spend :mrgreen:

its genuine suzi RM50 m.y. 1981
now its become little KX50SM
ment to be a scale 1/2 copy of the big K5 :-D

its 50cc with new prox piston and runs 60 mph :evil: 5 gear too!
i love it and never sell her again :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on December 09, 2007, 10:04:07 AM
here,s actionpic :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 18, 2008, 10:35:15 PM
now i,m back in business ,
i got my wheels back and put on the slicks

it,s a beginning  :mrgreen:
now its braking time
fitting the 4 piston caliper and manufacture an adaptor for it

to be continued
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on January 19, 2008, 05:31:00 AM
Ziet er mooi uit Menno!! Wordt weer een monster:mrgreen:
Ben er ff uitgeweest kwa motors, maar ga de draad weer op pakken!!
Volgende week ga ik m'n cr250 poetsen, zodat ik m kan om ruilen voor een K-5 als vd Vegt mooie heeft.

      Dutchie!!!
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 19, 2008, 08:18:29 AM
hey peter

ik weet van van de vegte dat ie dr 4 heeft staan in de showroom
wel belangrijk is dat er geen een uitspringt !!
dus eigenlijk wel afgeragde bakken en dan de prijs ook nog
hij vraagt zo 2400 voor zon ding  :x
wij verbazen ons niet dat ze er dan ook al een eeuw staan trouwens


die kx  van jou ? in je avatar?
grtz kx500freak
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 20, 2008, 02:56:04 AM
Ziet er mooi uit Menno!! Wordt weer een monster:mrgreen:
Ben er ff uitgeweest kwa motors, maar ga de draad weer op pakken!!
Volgende week ga ik m'n cr250 poetsen, zodat ik m kan om ruilen voor een K-5 als vd Vegt mooie heeft.

      Dutchie!!!

Plz write in english,otherwise PM to each other..... :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 20, 2008, 04:31:21 AM
gheghe i finally got your attention doordie :-D

i like your bike for sure  8-)
do you ride in germany also?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 20, 2008, 06:57:50 AM
gheghe i finally got your attention doordie :-D

i like your bike for sure  8-)
do you ride in germany also?

Ok,you got my attension :roll: and thx for your opinion for my SuMo`s. 8-)
No,no german races so far. I?m a beginner and will be better before a I go further than Sweden. :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 21, 2008, 01:36:16 AM
yeah you have a superb k5 its a mean thing to see
mine are not that aggresive looking ,more vintage green & blue my 91,er
and the 94,er color purple sm under construction

i all ready met wilhelm tell with e-mail
he,s friends with mike , you are buddy,s with mike too i could understand?

he,s got one hell of a kx going on ,also a movie i saw yet 10 times  :mrgreen:
did you see my pics yet, i,m beginner too first year of sumo



btw the work on the front 4 pistonbrake is progressing
i fitted the disc on and made room for the caliper with the spokes
now i,m fabricating a single 8 mm alloy adaptor plate ,
in between the caliper and the disc .
so the brakeforces are all alligned a 100% straight alongside the forks end
so there,s no room for material that gives way or wrings by heavy use :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 22, 2008, 01:22:33 AM
Looking good! 8-)

Be sure you use minimum 10mm aluminium bracket to stop flexing. :wink:

Yes,Mike M is a friend of mine,but we haven?t actually meet in person.
Mike doesn?t speak english and I doesn?t speak german! :oops:
I write english and translate into german by altavista babelfish.
BUT you can be my translater if you want? 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 22, 2008, 05:15:21 AM
yes doordie i will help translate german > english
english > german just e-mail the parts of text to me and i will translate it


thanx for the tip  on the alloy  :-)
my guess is that walter allready told mike about that dutch chap :mrgreen:
i,m also a bit of a freak with 2 k5
walter,s got 4 off them in superb state :-o

we,re planning on a meet and great this year somewhere in germany
that would be me ,walter,mike maybe you too :wink:

mennovanderwildt@msn.com
that,s my adres for you to mail to
glad i can help  8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 26, 2008, 12:30:22 PM
i went out riding yesterday  8-)
here,s action pic
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 26, 2008, 12:34:25 PM
an a how to ride with steering-lock on pic :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 26, 2008, 10:38:16 PM
Nice pics,here(sweden) can?t we ride,only thin ice on roads and very thin ice on lakes! :x
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 26, 2008, 10:41:22 PM
Nice pics,here(sweden) can?t we ride,only thin ice on roads and very thin ice on lakes! :x
BUT I can use time to modify my bikes,just now thinking about how do I reduce trail on stock tripleclamp. :wink:
I mounted Piwot Pegs on my mx bike last week and will try them next week at a MX-track.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 27, 2008, 11:41:53 AM
Nice pics,here(sweden) can?t we ride,only thin ice on roads and very thin ice on lakes! :x
BUT I can use time to modify my bikes,just now thinking about how do I reduce trail on stock tripleclamp. :wink:
I mounted Piwot Pegs on my mx bike last week and will try them next week at a MX-track.

do you have a kx500mx doordie? :evil:

i did finish the bracket for the tokico caliper today.
fine tuning and all thing together kost wel over 24 hours of hard labour.
but for a first time and from scratch,
i managed to make quite some braking..i hope if not i,ll do it right over in stainless steel.. :-P

now i will get pics first thing tomorrow,
finally i can go to painting the frame kawi green.
then fit in the rearwheel &break,
and further assembly of the drive chain ,need  new chain guide! :x


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on January 27, 2008, 11:23:21 PM
Nice pics,here(sweden) can?t we ride,only thin ice on roads and very thin ice on lakes! :x
BUT I can use time to modify my bikes,just now thinking about how do I reduce trail on stock tripleclamp. :wink:
I mounted Piwot Pegs on my mx bike last week and will try them next week at a MX-track.

do you have a kx500mx doordie? :evil:


I got 3 bikes for different purposes! :-D 8-) :evil:

One autoclutched MX/Enduro/Ice bike and one for SM in rain and Ice and the last one for SM dry weather and as sparebike for ice. :roll:

I think I need one more,but my wife says enough is enough!  :cry: :-D


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 28, 2008, 12:14:39 AM
that s cool ! :mrgreen:
all of them ,r k5 or also something else?

i have 1 sm k5 for road (pic above)
i,m building a circuit k5 sm from my mx

now i,m thinking of buying a .... honda xr600 :-D
just for some enduro rides not really mx track anymore
my knees ,r worn for an x % not nice actually
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 02, 2008, 06:25:15 PM
i,m a happy guy now :-)
just laid hands on some nice k5 stuff

lowered and hardend SM-fork
new tank
new shrouds and numberplates
new seat
SM spring for the rear shock
sub frame with airbox

this all for 370 E
a single shroud is doing 90 E new from dealer :x
so i did good buy :mrgreen:

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 15, 2008, 06:19:43 PM
finally i got started building my sumo
it laid there for 6 months so i had to recall every bolt &nut :lol: :|
now its allready standing on the sumo wheels
engine placed

pics ,r comin soon

@doordie
do you have pics from your other bikes ,i sure like to see them  :-o
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: kaw rider on February 16, 2008, 05:35:56 AM
i think this is one of his bike.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,4035.0.html
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 17, 2008, 04:38:11 AM
@polarbus did you get my 3rd pm ?
not sure though  :?


here.s a pic of my project kx500sm '94
d*mn what a huge job i didn,t realize that  :mrgreen:

but things,r going good and smooth :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 17, 2008, 05:23:44 AM
i think this is one of his bike.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,4035.0.html

you,r right kaw rider
its 2 out of 3 so there,s one unknown left :roll:

@doordie help us out pls :?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 18, 2008, 01:54:33 AM
iluvitwhenaplancomestogether :-D
still lots to do
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on February 18, 2008, 01:58:59 AM
i think this is one of his bike.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,4035.0.html

you,r right kaw rider
its 2 out of 3 so there,s one unknown left :roll:

@doordie help us out pls :?


 :-D :-D :-D
clue....one green,one black,one silver frame! :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 18, 2008, 03:53:16 AM
sure nice couple kx-ers doordie :-o
i,m on 2 and counting ...
i hope one day to lay hands on a k5-enduro

wilhelm has 4 so how many does mike have :roll: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 19, 2008, 08:03:50 PM
back with new pic
bike is almost ready, :-)
only have to fit big muffler to the rear end
and screw the shroud and numbershield on  :mrgreen:

rearfendermod is done after the pic
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 20, 2008, 09:56:01 AM
so a lill progress made ,
only thing left is full her up with all the fluids  :mrgreen:
and the yellow stickers are gone yet
pipework done
fender mod done :-)
one pic is done with paint for checking out the diff .between all white or white yellow
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 21, 2008, 09:29:53 AM
full house it is  :-D

2 k5 SM
garage is clean only have to repair my bicycle-innertube  :lol:


ready i am  8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on February 24, 2008, 05:19:14 AM
Nice combos there! 8-)

No offence BUT I hate purple! :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 24, 2008, 12:16:17 PM
haha you,re opinion is clear
i like it,s vintage looks ,true ninety,s

now i have been testing the bike ,
i ran 15/42 but changed to 14/42 and it was good
the brake,s are all good
only new clutch has to be placed,this pack was 2years old  :roll:

testing pic :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on February 25, 2008, 08:28:26 AM
Yes,1990 is the year :-D,I will send over my ex helmet to suite your purple taste! :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 25, 2008, 08:49:57 AM
yeah  :-o :lol: i want that crash-hat
it really is an 90,s icon

purple is my basic color
boots /pants

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 01, 2008, 01:53:34 AM
back with little up-date...

i found out the clutchplates are worn
the steel ones also :-(

then the good news,
i,ve purchased a set of sumo vorksprings from WP
including oil cost only 110E
so that,s first mod coming up

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 01, 2008, 08:21:27 AM
i also purchased sticky letters for me nick
back here i,m the kx500freak too
now they sure recognise  :lol:

reason: we go meet quite often on sumo,s or roadbikes
also we have big meeting with 1000 bikers or so :-P

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: peppe70rs on March 06, 2008, 10:32:25 AM
Hello everyone..... these are my girls. I still only the problem of the last picture..... Someone helps me?

(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/kx_special_4.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/kx_special_2.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/kx.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/02122007.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/02122007001.jpg)


unintentionally I tried to turn with the pliers the mechanism in the picture (the one with the red arrow) and I have heard as a spring take.... Now it does not work the return  :roll:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/05032008004.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e75/smanett/big.jpg)

For the moment is all  :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 06, 2008, 03:17:12 PM
hey peppe!!

is that a didier jadoul kit on your sumo?

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: peppe70rs on March 06, 2008, 11:52:24 PM
hey freak,
I am unable to translate your question....... I do not understand :?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 07, 2008, 06:15:41 AM
i mean you have a 250 frame ,plastic ,tank handmade aluminium?
in belgium lives didier jadoul ,
he makes these kit s for 500cc engine in 250 frame
looks like this bike
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: peppe70rs on March 07, 2008, 06:45:23 AM
Yes, the tank is in aluminium and frame KX 250. I am thinking of removing the oil and unmount the crankcase to see inside what is success :roll:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 07, 2008, 04:53:48 PM
better do so,
its to bad to have this issues

i,m waiting for new clutchplates and springs
then my kx500 sm is raceready 8-)

can,t wait to go race with me buddy,s
we have meeting in april ,look at our site under the blue little globe
we have 25 members now
all 4 strokers i,m only 500 2 stroker
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: peppe70rs on March 07, 2008, 07:00:57 PM
What would be the site?
Now I dedicate to work, hoping to be able to put everything in order :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: stroke.n.smoke on March 08, 2008, 02:11:25 PM
Here is mine, I raced it for the last couple years locally.  Awsome bike but hard to keep up with the four strokes. 
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/mil2.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/12.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/bda1e03a.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/20.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/17.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/index5.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/21.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/P1010793.jpg)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: stroke.n.smoke on March 08, 2008, 02:27:04 PM
I have since switched to another bike, YZ with a twist.  Still a two stroke but hopefully a little smoother in the corners...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/P1010258.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/P1010364.jpg)

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on March 08, 2008, 07:53:30 PM
Here is mine, I raced it for the last couple years locally.  Awsome bike but hard to keep up with the four strokes

This will solve your problem in corners,G2-throttletubes and ad a flywheelweight IF you don?t want that "corner-rush" :wink:
Nice RD350-400 twin twostroke,more pics of it please! 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 09, 2008, 07:28:24 AM
nice driving with that beast ,you have it still ?
and that project is superb!!

must be a lot of work
keep us posted stroke.n.smoke
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 13, 2008, 06:44:06 AM
got a badass pic of the old k5 sumo style

mmm iluvit
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 14, 2008, 06:36:08 AM
i mean you have a 250 frame ,plastic ,tank handmade aluminium?
in belgium lives didier jadoul ,
he makes these kit s for 500cc engine in 250 frame
looks like this bike

H? Menno!!!!!

This is a 500cc frame kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLASTICTANK and some fender and seat modifycation!
Jadoul made 250/500 hybrids, but mostly for didier and godfried.
But the OLD K-5 frame works the best, MX AND SUPERMOTO!!!
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 14, 2008, 11:42:13 AM
What would be the site?
Now I dedicate to work, hoping to be able to put everything in order :wink:



now peppe  :? ,

how,s the status on your bike allready fixed i hope??
let us know  :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 14, 2008, 11:48:59 AM
i mean you have a 250 frame ,plastic ,tank handmade aluminium?
in belgium lives didier jadoul ,
he makes these kit s for 500cc engine in 250 frame
looks like this bike

H? Menno!!!!!

This is a 500cc frame kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLASTICTANK and some fender and seat modifycation!
Jadoul made 250/500 hybrids, but mostly for didier and godfried.
But the OLD K-5 frame works the best, MX AND SUPERMOTO!!!




i agree !!!

its by far most suited because its designed for th? 500 :-)
you know he still makes them peter??
joker-fly wants to know more but i can,t help ,m  :|

any way you got a 5hunnie allready?

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 15, 2008, 05:39:07 AM
Jadoul isn't a easy shop to deal with(french :-D)!
http://www.jadoulmotosport.com/ (http://www.jadoulmotosport.com/)
This is there website, but it isn't much.
In 2003 I went to them and ask if the could find a new (or almost) bike for me.
The Jadoulkit on the picture is a kx250 98/02 model.
There selfs were racing a 2003 kx250 look a like with a aluminum gastank, and thats what I wanted. There "old" kit, isn't suited for mx, the tank gets holls from the sand between tank and radiatorschroud.
Aluminium Tank only was over ?1100,- and total conversion ?3500,-(no not more  :-o).
In the end I have never hurt from them after some calls and email's,
from then I raced a RMZ250, completely different  :roll:

I've been working to much and had some miner problems at work. So no time for preparing my cr250.
I want to swap it for a k5 at vd Vegt.
Don't have a place at home to work on my bike anymore. It's just #@*&% :x :x :x
I've been to Den Helder al day for work, so no time for the bikes this weekend again.
WHEN I GET MY K5, THE WORLD WILL NOW IT :evil: :evil: :evil:


      Dutchie

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 15, 2008, 10:37:15 AM
thanx for that info ,dutchie

i tipped joker-fly this site he requested
there was a jadoul on MP year ago,
i knew the thing from 500 meeting so didn,t impress me alot.

think if its in sumo trim ,its much better in place
cause that one was  lowered and stiffend like sumo

i hope you will get ur k5 soon enough now ,
so you can ride in nunspeet @ 500 meeting 08
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 22, 2008, 08:34:15 AM
got this great pic yesterday  :-o
for an orange couple it s a nice combo :-D

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 25, 2008, 07:39:49 AM
Hey Menno did you now where supermoto came from???

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEyWgyQOKg&feature=related (http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEyWgyQOKg&feature=related)
 

          Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 25, 2008, 08:22:37 AM
Hey Menno did you now where supermoto came from???

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEyWgyQOKg&feature=related (http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEyWgyQOKg&feature=related)
 

          Dutchie





GREAT vid  pete !!! :-o

the supermoto is truely born out of the mx .
i love the basic bike no fancy muck-up..just a 500 2smoke and big brake  :wink:

btw check this pica
taken in the mid-eighties
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 26, 2008, 08:34:05 AM
You just don't need more bike to have fun :mrgreen:

Those were real man on those bikes!!!
Extremle fast and small brakes compered to today's standerds.

   Dutchie

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: SMPKX500 on March 26, 2008, 04:07:15 PM
Wow! Those boys were really moving.  Capping it off with a one-handed wheelie.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 27, 2008, 06:08:41 AM
this dino too

dare to ride  :-D :? :lol:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 27, 2008, 06:11:46 AM
and this 08 KXFSM  :-o :-o

what a world of difference compared to the 85/86/87 ? above
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 28, 2008, 06:16:22 AM
Menno where did you get those pics from? :? :?

Great SM 08 :-)


   Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 28, 2008, 07:09:24 AM
to be honest .....

i,ve been searching the www for quite a full year now.
and got me quite a map full of kawa-tards :-P

btw this pic..GREAT kawasaki i just recently found!
from a friend of wilhelm tell ,

man its the state of art on wheels !
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 28, 2008, 07:15:26 AM
got a nice reddie too for you pete!! :-D

this thing is tuned beyond reasonable and ......
a very flaming bike  :evil:

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on March 28, 2008, 09:41:27 AM
I wouldn't be crying to get that reddie for christmas :lol:
But give me that green one now :evil:

Cool airbox vent! If money was no option, this would be a build that I want!!!!! :-o

  Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 28, 2008, 10:30:48 AM
haha i luv that red  one too its a friggin tard i,d say :-D



and for the kawa that,s a hero what he does with k5,s
that airscoop is for a sort of ram-air we think here .

shouldn,t have to be so expensive at all i guess,
with a little imagination and help from ur friends  :-P

and another pic
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 28, 2008, 10:48:25 AM
i put up another one for the motards :wink:


one of th? alltime hero,s imo,
the man can ride anything and fast too :evil:
 i just recently did a rolling stoppie for 2 sec orso...

but the sensation was awesome and i wanna learn it for real
it takes lots of skill to do so anyway
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on April 11, 2008, 05:42:45 AM
i was wondering...anyone raced their sumo yet,
here the spring has become a fact and sun is our part.

i will ride tomorrow and in a week we go with the club ridin,
let the good times roll  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 18, 2008, 10:32:14 AM
well then ,lets give this one a little kick

i have been training for stoppies ,rolling ones and yes i get as far as a meter yet :evil:
also sliding in to a corner has been practiced
wheelies i cant do them longer then 5 meters yet :roll ,too sad





Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Danger4u2 on May 19, 2008, 12:59:29 AM
GDubb, where are you,  got any pointers on stoppies?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 22, 2008, 10:56:42 AM
wooooooooooow thats awesome man!

that guy is not in  need of big brakes LOL
he,s stopping just like that :-o

btw the movement of this topic is exact what i was thinkin,
of asking these last months.
its really great david !

allthough i,m not the TS ,i kidnapped his topic back then ,
because that was the only k5 sm topic around

i hope that all the sm riders will come here ,
and together we can make this chapter alive,n kickin,  :-) :-) :-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: GDubb on May 23, 2008, 03:21:12 PM
I'm workin' on some pointers... sorry for the delay. I'll finish and get it posted this weekend. I will say that this is a great bike to learn these on. I was surprised at how easy it was.

-G
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 30, 2008, 12:06:38 AM
how,bout those pointers and all gdubb :roll: :-)

i have been trying rolling stoppies ,but yo that is awesome if you can handle them,
my first real rolling stoppie was 3 ft or so ,
but the feeling is great.
i will try them while a buddy is at the cam.
so there a laugh on its way :-P
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 01, 2008, 08:37:18 PM
i was at the dutch supermoto and spotted some funny bikes  :-)


a kawi 250 but then bored to 300 with ktm 300 piston,
that bike ran good against the fooh fiddy,s and all :evil:

i advised them to go to this site for more kawgreentalk :-D
also a exceptional nice indian with springerfork and hardtail :-o

and my buddy was standing in that busy startgrid.

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: stroke.n.smoke on June 02, 2008, 02:32:41 PM
a couple shots from yesterday

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/kx.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/kx2.jpg)

New pavement was slippery, fun though.  new motor seems good and no issues.

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 02, 2008, 07:44:12 PM
awesome pics  :evil:
thanks for sharing man, i love that slidepic,



Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: GDubb on June 11, 2008, 07:16:55 AM
Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.

 I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500?  I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP.  Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.

-G
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 12, 2008, 08:01:42 AM
Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.

yes i,m kind of that far now ,my rolling stoppies are now going kinda scary,
since you have to increase speed big time for longer stoppies
and i dont wanna crash my beloved k5  :|

 
Quote
I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500?  I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP.  Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.

-G



imo you could go like i did,
i got hubs from my spare mx-rims.
got sec. hand rims for 50 $ in usa dollars.
only thing left where the spokes to buy
these came for me in euro,s 75 for 36 spokes

so a total of about 300 euro i spend on getting the wheels done

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: GDubb on June 12, 2008, 02:16:32 PM
So did you lace up your own wheels then?  I've never done it but I'm sure I could figure it out... just not sure about truing and stuff.  Thanks for the info.  I would rather have spokes than cast wheels anyways, I was just looking for the cheapest route. Although I do think some cast wheels look awesome on a dirtbike with the directional spokes but I dont want to have to worry about them cracking with impact either if I ever decided to go offroad in sumo trim.

-G
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 13, 2008, 08:32:18 AM
i did it myself yes ,
it took me 10h  :-Pto lace them and finetune them,
a buddy at the local motorcycleshop true,d and balanced them for me.


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on June 21, 2008, 04:10:52 AM
Mike Melde in grossenheim last weekend! 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 25, 2008, 02:20:11 AM
 :-o
holy cow ,mike melde,s 08 kx500 in action!

its with the ramairbox ,correct me if im wrong
 is it a 560 cc ?

great pics doordie

soon ill have pics too from our meeting overhere.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on July 18, 2008, 04:35:42 AM
not pics of our meeting yet ,its in august ...

but i have some fresh pics for us sm bikers
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: stroke.n.smoke on July 25, 2008, 04:16:57 AM
One from last track day...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/kazzkazz/IMG_5137.jpg)

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on July 30, 2008, 08:25:57 AM
nice dude!!

good actionshot ,got a few of me own too ,went riding on me ktm with me buddy,
we made some pics too they are the kind of ROLFMAO you,ll see  :lol:


1e he slides way too fast resulting in my to late pic ..what a laugh this was for me  :evil:
2e me laying there eyeballing with a squirrel above in the trees :-P
me f**kin around  :oops:
and an awesome powerslide as last
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 01, 2008, 06:09:22 AM
now i have a pic that rocks bign time  :-o :-o

must put it here immediately to share it
one unbelieveable powerslide with friendly greet :mrgreen:on k5  :-P
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 21, 2008, 08:04:30 AM
so,back with a few mods done finally,
got so bored with the dingy old rearfender ,bought a new one and ripped the old one off :-D
now i had the luck to run into a 90,s shrouds stickerset,as in pic.
and also new white panels like the other one has ,
they,re almost the same to look at ,only real diff. is the headlight and streetplate.
either way i,m very happy with the new looks.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 25, 2008, 07:38:46 AM
nobody,s been riding supermoto lately?

went with the crew to a track today .
had a great day ,got this pic yet ,but there,s more to come
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 25, 2008, 07:49:03 AM
the whole crew together for a ridersbreefing :-P
i,m behind all the guys so no spot ,
also a kdx 250 sm on the right side,only smokers were our kawi,s :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 26, 2008, 09:46:22 AM
i,m back with some nice pics of our day at the circuit

a few turns here and there :-P

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 26, 2008, 09:55:09 AM
can you imagine me chased by a dingy old kdx250 for round after round ,
good fight though :-P beat me as much as i beat him ,
shall be my fysical condition however, :|
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 26, 2008, 10:03:45 AM
ooow about my fysical condition ,
got few pics as for beeing a healthy dutch of 230 pounds with leather and all..first pic
poor k5 in the sec. pic :cry: its really ,really almost frame scraping low and i know now ,i got to loose weight  :cry: :x
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on August 26, 2008, 10:12:49 AM
and a shot of my proud and vicious smoker :evil:
anyone else feel free to drop us some pics here,
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 01, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
anybody busy with their sumo kx500,s  :roll:

i was !!
had one engine apart for new gears and forks and bearings
and after putting it all together i made some family pics .
3rd pic is the proud owner himself :-P

i love these baby,s if it were my own kids :-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: MetalMan1011 on September 07, 2008, 06:27:00 PM
I did a little bit of work, new Hella lights and a DRC taillight :-D

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010182.jpg)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010182.jpg

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010184.jpg)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010184.jpg

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010183.jpg)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010183.jpg

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010186.jpg)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f160/LMetalMan1011/KX500AF/P1010186.jpg
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on September 08, 2008, 03:59:01 AM
He Metalman, how does your 250F frame hold the 500power???
Is it already twisting or is it strong enough???

 Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: mysnykkx500 on September 08, 2008, 05:19:00 AM
I about have enough parts stockpiled to build another k5 just have to find a motor.....
What all do I need to change besides the tires and brakes?? To build a street k5 not to race just to RIDE
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 08, 2008, 06:56:27 AM
I about have enough parts stockpiled to build another k5 just have to find a motor.....
What all do I need to change besides the tires and brakes?? To build a street k5 not to race just to RIDE

you need a plate  :-P
lights
brakelight
mirrors
blinkers
speedo

but mine doesn,t have the last 3 items on the list  8-) and no copper pulled me over ever for it .
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 09, 2008, 08:50:15 AM
aah my buddies and me had fun today ,it is great  to have such idiots in the joint :mrgreen:
me racing plateless  :-P buddy,s scrapin on tarmac
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 09, 2008, 08:54:02 AM
me friend bart ,on his ktm ,he,s one wheelman ,wheelies and endo,s for free.

and a few other nuttcases on roadbikes
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: MetalMan1011 on September 09, 2008, 02:51:48 PM
He Metalman, how does your 250F frame hold the 500power???
Is it already twisting or is it strong enough???

 Dutchie

I've had the K5 engine in there for almost a year now, and I have seen no signs of twisting, no cracks, nothing.  Well, I do tend to go through pipe mounts fairly often, but other than that it seems to be pretty solid.  I just recently got the 17's.  The majority of the time I was riding trails and motocross, and a bit of desert.  I've taken some REALLY rough landings and it was just fine.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on September 12, 2008, 11:27:16 PM
I've got a 04 RMZ and realy like how the bike feels and handels.
The Alu frame conversions are realy great and looks very sweet. But the KXF/RMZ is one of the best designed bike there is. Whith yours, the engine looks perfect in that frame. Now big hole in the frame where the carb is. Looks like it's bild for a 500 engine!


     Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on September 21, 2008, 09:28:49 AM
I've got a 04 RMZ and realy like how the bike feels and handels.
The Alu frame conversions are realy great and looks very sweet. But the KXF/RMZ is one of the best designed bike there is. Whith yours, the engine looks perfect in that frame. Now big hole in the frame where the carb is. Looks like it's bild for a 500 engine!


     Dutchie



eey dutchie ,wanneer haal je nu eens een kx500 bij vdvegte?
last year you said you would go to vdvegte to get one of the beasts
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on October 05, 2008, 07:58:27 AM
i,m planning on buying a '98 kx500 with a broken gearbox .
its sitting for over a year in a garage and needs a loving new owner :-P

spending $350/400 on the buy and then the repair itselfs should set me back a couple off 100,s
if i do this one myself
oow its on nobbies and will stay like that



edit: wrong m.y.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on October 12, 2008, 06:27:53 AM
got me a pic of the kx500 i,m going to buy and rebuild myself  8-)

it,s a 98 :-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 02, 2008, 06:45:48 AM
got me a pic of the kx500 i,m going to buy and rebuild myself  8-)

it,s a 98 :-)


got it in it,s own topic now,


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 02, 2008, 06:55:10 AM
been kicking my 94 sm to live after a few weeks
man man i love the sound of the bk5

got real swetty after 20 mins ,so it was good ridin

any one else been riding lately ?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 13, 2008, 11:34:05 AM
ohmy ohmy ,

why can,t i be left alone these days,..

some guy sells his conversion without the sumowheels
it,s everything else on the pic for sale.

not so cheap as my other project,but i just can,t resist ..
it,s a jadoul kit i guess from the pic.

'01 engine with boyesen reedvalves involved
nice projects coming one after another  :-P

oh and this stuff would set me back about $ 1050


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on November 15, 2008, 03:49:38 AM
ohmy ohmy ,

why can,t i be left alone these days,..

some guy sells his conversion without the sumowheels
it,s everything else on the pic for sale.

not so cheap as my other project,but i just can,t resist ..
it,s a jadoul kit i guess from the pic.

'01 engine with boyesen reedvalves involved
nice projects coming one after another  :-P

oh and this stuff would set me back about $ 1050




He Menno I've been checking it out to!!!!!
But its not a Jadoulkit, its a250 tank from 1995 or so. Als het goed is h?( If I'm correct :-D).

This is Jadoul. They used 99 tank schrouds. But stil a nice mod.
I'm looking around for a beast again. Thinking about a RMZ450 08 or 09, but the K5 is stil
wandering around in my head. Especialy KX500AF's!!!!! So how NOW'S :-)


Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 20, 2008, 07:09:24 AM





He Menno I've been checking it out to!!!!!
But its not a Jadoulkit, its a250 tank from 1995 or so. Als het goed is h?( If I'm correct :-D).

This is Jadoul. They used 99 tank schrouds. But stil a nice mod.
I'm looking around for a beast again. Thinking about a RMZ450 08 or 09, but the K5 is stil
wandering around in my head. Especialy KX500AF's!!!!! So how NOW'S :-)


Dutchie



joow peter ,how,s live in north-holland ?

i,ve got news i bought the bike tonight
it comes without wheels and forks

and if you want a kx500 dutchie ,go try vdvegt he still has 3 sitting there
k5af is fantastic but not affordable
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 21, 2008, 01:18:07 PM
ohmy ohmy ,

why can,t i be left alone these days,..

some guy sells his conversion.
'01 engine with boyesen reedvalves involved
nice projects coming one after another  :-P

oh and this stuff would set me back about $ 1050




the deal is a go ,ill post pics if ill have it back home,
putting the 98 engine in revised parts in stock
so ill have a complete spare engine on the shelf 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 26, 2008, 06:43:30 AM
2 nights sleep  :-) then ill pic up my 01 ,i can,t wait
i have another pic of it
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 27, 2008, 06:32:29 PM
yes today is the day,
gonna get my 01 from belgium 8-)

plan is to put in my small chevette :evil:
pics will follow hahaha :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on November 28, 2008, 12:21:34 PM
finally made it home after a lousy 400 miles of driving,
i did a testride after arrival and that thing really rocks.

found out that it is an ex-jadoul motor,used in monobike-racing.
which was a single cyl race-event back in the days in belgium .
he kept the wheels and forks&swinger,so i didn,t pay the full price luckely :mrgreen:

the cylinder has been reworked and it has a french special pipe,
i even do think it,s a MILLET pipe ?
they,re from france too.
if so ,that pipe alone costs up to 900 E at least for cr500 it does  :-o
together with boyesen reeds and fresh top-end it,s incredible fast :-)

pics of how its been transported :-P


this project will move to it,s own topic


Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on January 17, 2009, 06:46:07 PM
to give the results of that (thing) what,s laying in my trunk :wink:
ill post a pic here too..

my pride ride rebuild :-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on February 03, 2009, 02:45:21 PM
got a pic of mike melde,s 08 kx540

this bike is wicked  :-o

Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on March 04, 2009, 10:22:27 AM
other side  8-)

tank and radshouds is not kawi ,but wtf else could it be ??

any input ??
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Motorrad on March 12, 2009, 01:26:27 PM
Okay the more I research getting a Plate (street legal) for my 91 K5. the more Im looking into motoard stuff....

Few questoins. sorry if they have been asked.... but Im going to spout them off anyways.

1. I read that guys lower the suspension travel etc by 2"....  Do any of you do this? or do you juts slap on Moto wheels and go?

2. Bigger brakes? How badly do you need them over stockers? 

3. Will a 5"x17" wheel fit in the swing arm of the K5.

4. Will you guys bail me out of jail when I get pulled over for terrorizing Southern California on a Stewart Powered  Ex Jeff Ward Factory Kawasaki  Kx500 Supermoto durring the week, so I can go desert race it on the weekend??
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Danger4u2 on March 13, 2009, 01:13:05 AM
# 1  I plated my 04 K5 for riding between the trail heads.  We are on the road from 3 to 20 miles at a time.  Since I use it for off road I did not lower the bike.

# 2  The bigger brakes are for racing super motard.  It's a drag race between corners, you know go fast then slam on the brakes over and over again.  I have not had any problems with the stock brakes on the street.

# 3  The chain becomes an issue before the swing arm.  I'm running a 17" x 3.50 D.O.T. rim with a 150 / 70 17 D.O.T. TKC 80 dual sport tire made by Continental.  It's 5 and 3/4 inch wide at the widest point.  The tire fits the swing arm but hits the chain by about 1/8th of an inch.  Some say they lace the rim off set to clear the chain.  The weather has been great for riding this winter in Okla. City.  With the AJ built KX500AF my projects have been put on hold.  I'm having to much fun to work on the other bikes.  When I get back to the dual sport project I plan on removing the chain and having someone spin the wheel as I grind the left edge of the tire.  I have a big hand held grinder with a 9 inch disk.  By spinning the wheel I hope it removes an equal amount from the edge that hits the chain.

# 4  Yes!  But no weekend desert ride because you must put the bike up as collateral.  Of course I will ride your bike to keep it in tip top shape for when you pay me back.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:31:19 AM
hello , for the ones who dont now me  :?here is mine kx500 91' plated with jadoul kit  :mrgreen: and its going to 570cc what i am rebuilding for the moment :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:35:23 AM
here is the 570cc engine  :-D  i ame rebuilding it whit a little more power : porting and vforce 2 reeds and a other exhaust , normely hand maded :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:39:57 AM
here some pics from the rebuild
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:40:56 AM
inside
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:44:13 AM
porting
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:45:37 AM
material
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:46:33 AM
material
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:49:39 AM
map
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:50:42 AM
vforce
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on March 30, 2009, 08:55:25 AM
honda cr500 prox piston 90,5mm with other conecting rod , stroke 89mm with spacer plate + i ame going for a compression 10:1 with full stroke calculated and a compression release valve marke goodson . porting is changed with spacer plate and its gonna be a little changed by myself too (not so much) and i going for a hand made en calculated pipe for the portchanges etc...
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 01, 2009, 05:24:19 AM
Who or which is gonna handmade and calculated your Pipe Gianni????


Nice "Dremel" tools you've got to port the cilinder.

Dutchie
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 01, 2009, 05:34:20 AM
Who or which is gonna handmade and calculated your Pipe Gianni????


Nice "Dremel" tools you've got to port the cilinder.

Dutchie
good question :-D i have all the formulas etc.. but i have never done it before , i alsow now a man ho does it but i dont now if he have time ? but i am not there yet so we will see ...the man is rameakers motoren in zolder
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: kaw rider on April 01, 2009, 06:23:23 AM
make sure with that piston the exhuast doesn't freeports.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 01, 2009, 06:38:04 AM
make sure with that piston the exhuast doesn't freeports.
the ports are still in origenal condition and when de piston is in top end i still got 3mm piston below the exhuast port so no problem  :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 15, 2009, 04:10:47 AM
cilinder ports timed sunday
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 15, 2009, 04:12:30 AM
inlet
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 15, 2009, 04:13:30 AM
bottem
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: DoldGuy on April 15, 2009, 04:48:46 AM
Gianni,
Nice work & looking forward to the finished results.

Reading through the post, I noticed Kaw Rider mentioned "freeport" & it looks as though the exhaust Sub Ports & the Front Transfers will be open @ the same time with That Piston with the sides cutout that way. Freind of mine had similiar situation because of the cutout of the piston and the bike ran nowhere near it's potential until he resolved the piston problem. Thought you would like to know now to prevent future headaches.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 15, 2009, 05:09:21 AM
i dubbel checked everething and when the piston is in top end the exhaust ports not freeport , i still have 3mm of piston below the exhaust port
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on April 15, 2009, 11:58:27 AM
I think it`s no problem with shortcircuing with that old barell before -89.
It have only 2 sub-exhaustports which is proberly narrower then newer barells with 4 sub-exhaustports.
Honda piston have another shape at wristpin then Kawasaki piston.

just my 2 cents :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: doordie on April 15, 2009, 11:50:35 PM
Here is my new SM,will try it out soon,maybe this weekend or next! :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 16, 2009, 04:50:05 AM
Here is my new SM,will try it out soon,maybe this weekend or next! :evil:
very nice machine  :-D and you are totaly wright about the 2 and4 little exhaust ports  :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on April 18, 2009, 09:11:03 PM
gianni ,that work u do is just awsome
im very curious when the engine will come alive
will u make a youtube vid of it please  :-o :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 18, 2009, 10:59:30 PM
gianni ,that work u do is just awsome
im very curious when the engine will come alive
will u make a youtube vid of it please  :-o :evil:
yep  :-D when she is ready 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 19, 2009, 06:58:16 AM
this weekend i instaladed new braking discs front and back wheel  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 19, 2009, 07:00:09 AM
back 8-)
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: demographic on April 19, 2009, 07:30:39 AM
this weekend i instaladed new braking discs front and back wheel  :-D

I have the Braking 320mm disc on mine, only problem was that when I got mine there was no avaliable caliper relocation bracket, now my bikes a 90 model which by the colour of your forks your bike is also.

What did you do for a relocation bracket? I had to get mine made up by a local engineer.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on April 20, 2009, 06:19:46 AM
this weekend i instaladed new braking discs front and back wheel  :-D

I have the Braking 320mm disc on mine, only problem was that when I got mine there was no avaliable caliper relocation bracket, now my bikes a 90 model which by the colour of your forks your bike is also.

What did you do for a relocation bracket? I had to get mine made up by a local engineer.
i have that same problem , my bike is 91' and they have only brackets from 94' and younger type but a friend of my is gona make a conecting piece for the original bracket
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: DoldGuy on April 20, 2009, 06:46:49 AM
Those forks look like a set of earlier year Suzuki RM (89-95) forks :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 10, 2009, 10:11:03 PM
they do ,but maybe they shared some components back in the days?
anyway my 91k5 has the same fork as above and i have a 91k2,5 forks which is identical also.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on May 15, 2009, 11:17:57 AM
today installed home made by my cncfriend bracked
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on May 15, 2009, 11:19:24 AM
above
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Post by: gianni2takt on May 15, 2009, 11:21:39 AM
and a schort tube on gastank
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 17, 2009, 06:45:00 PM
 :-o :-o  woow your buddy cr5beast did a good job gianni.
it looks awsome and i,m jealous  :x :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on May 18, 2009, 06:18:32 AM
:-o :-o  woow your buddy cr5beast did a good job gianni.
it looks awsome and i,m jealous  :x :wink:
yes he is a good boy  :-D if you want i trade it with your millet  :-o :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: azracer19 on May 18, 2009, 07:35:22 AM
Nice bike indeed, im sure this question has been asked but I will ask it again with apolgies. where does one but that gas tank? also it looks to have 250 plastic on it, is it a different subframe also?
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on May 18, 2009, 09:00:41 AM
Nice bike indeed, im sure this question has been asked but I will ask it again with apolgies. where does one but that gas tank? also it looks to have 250 plastic on it, is it a different subframe also?
tank is jadoul moto sport hard to find now i think , plastic is indeed 250 99' and think 00' is the same . subframe is original K500 but litle changes for the seat , i made alu strips and put them with bolts on the subframe for the seat matches
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on May 18, 2009, 09:12:56 AM
:-o :-o  woow your buddy cr5beast did a good job gianni.
it looks awsome and i,m jealous  :x :wink:
yes he is a good boy  :-D if you want i trade it with your millet  :-o :-D


 :-o :-o :-o

for nothing in the world will i part my millet out ...
only if my mum could walk again,that is not gonna happen soo  :roll: :roll: :roll:

 :wink:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on May 29, 2009, 03:58:30 AM
here is mine deco valve from a jonsered 2165 chainsaw , and at this spot he is coming  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on June 03, 2009, 08:34:49 AM
 :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on June 03, 2009, 11:19:15 PM
 8-) 8-)


when will the beast be brought to life?
you have alot of patience ,it will be worth waiting for
kx570 megamonster  :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on June 15, 2009, 05:44:56 AM
today i have one original powervalve  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on July 01, 2009, 08:09:05 AM
litlle update : i gona yuse a wiseco piston becouse they don't have the cut aways on the side and they are better for make extra inlet window on intake side
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: DoldGuy on July 01, 2009, 10:13:05 AM
So did the cutaways expose the transfers & sub exhaust port??
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: Danger4u2 on July 01, 2009, 09:55:22 PM

JFABMOTORSPORTS  (Jerry) can fix you up with the piston mod.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,5681.0.html
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: jfabmotorsports.com on July 02, 2009, 12:05:58 AM

JFABMOTORSPORTS  (Jerry) can fix you up with the piston mod.

http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,5681.0.html


                                    While supplies last! 
                           I've always wanted to say that.  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on July 04, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
So did the cutaways expose the transfers & sub exhaust port??
yes it did  :x
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on July 23, 2009, 09:51:01 AM
570cc ready :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: kaw rider on July 23, 2009, 10:40:51 AM
whats the part number of the piston. What year top end is that.
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: gianni2takt on July 23, 2009, 06:34:58 PM
whats the part number of the piston. What year top end is that.
partnumber on the box , but its a honda cr500 piston bore 90,5mm !!last 4 numbers are the sise of bore. i have also other conecting rod and modified crank with 89mm stroke , top end year is 88' ore 86-88
Title: Re: KX500 supermotard ???
Post by: KX500freak on July 30, 2009, 05:43:41 AM
nice engine gianni ,is it running allready ?

we want vids  8-)