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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: aaroncosbey on February 26, 2008, 07:20:29 AM

Title: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: aaroncosbey on February 26, 2008, 07:20:29 AM

Hi Guys - just wondering if a set of wheels that was on a WR450 would fit a KX500?

thanks
aaron

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: KX500freak on February 26, 2008, 08:50:11 AM

what m.y is yer k5 ??
some m.y. have diff.axle clamps
you have systems with one side clamp other side threat

and the axles went from 20 mm to 22 mm or more ?
so its really a matter of check double check before buy :|

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: aaroncosbey on February 26, 2008, 10:20:46 AM

this might sound stupid - but i dont have a KX5 yet! I've been looking for ages - havent come across a decent one yet!  :oops:

I'd be lookin to get a '99 + model if i could. What size of axel do the later ones have?

I noticed your signature so i guess ill post a pic - i have one of these:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/aaroncosbey/CR500R/CR500R.jpg)


thanks
 :-)

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: KX500freak on February 26, 2008, 06:04:09 PM

aaah nice ride  :-o
98 CR500AF-SM

buddy of mine has the same conversion made
my wet dream is to build a KX500AF-SM :-D
but it will stay a dream ,cus it is a hell of a job
 
and for you finding a decent kx should be possible here on kx.com
 8-)


this bike is a kxf450SM

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: aaroncosbey on February 26, 2008, 08:42:39 PM

There was actually a KX5 conversion on ebay last week....

It looked a bit grubby and the guy selling it seemed like an a**hole.

It was a 250 frame conversion:

(http://carad.ebayimg.com/i6/07/a/000/78/17/ddc6_4.JPG) 

The Guy wanted ?3000 for it - around $6000 dollars!

I'd give him ?2000 - ?2400 for it.


What do you think?   :-P

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: KX500freak on February 26, 2008, 09:02:06 PM

imo 3000 is to much indeed
his front brake is genuine mx brake is see
and if he,s a*hole too leave it

the real deal is still the KX500AF :-o-SM :evil: :mrgreen:


but that honda is nice too btw  :-D

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: triffecpa on March 18, 2008, 01:49:26 AM

I know that the CRF450 wheels won't fit.  I bought a set to try test fitting to my '92 KX5.  Axle sizes and rotor and sprocket spacing was all different.  These were stock Honda hubs though.  Some of the aftermarket hubs will fit a variety of bikes though.  I decided that it was just easier to lace a set of rims to a set of KX5 hubs.  I was able to drill the CRF450 front brake rotor to fit the KX hub though.  Had to have a custom caliper bracket made though.

The rear axles on all the KX5's are the same (if I'm not mistaken) but the front axles (and forks) were changed about '95 or so.

Tracy

Title: Re: Will Yamaha supermoto wheels fit a KX5?
Post by: stroke.n.smoke on March 25, 2008, 01:55:23 PM

I just swapped my KX 500 supermoto over to a YZ/WR.  Nothing is a straight swap.  You can get away with new spacers on the front wheel but the rotor offset is off slightly so you would have to modify the relocation bracket.
The rear wheel is all wrong.  Including the axle size.  I bought RAD wheels with the universal hex hubs, they have adapters for swapping wheels from bike to bike.  I bought front spacers and the rear carriers for the rotor and sprocket, spacers too.  The universal wheels are the way to go.