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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 17, 2008, 05:53:37 AM

Title: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 17, 2008, 05:53:37 AM

Its a 2001, BUT!!!!!!!!!! In Europe they imported the KX500 till 2000 :-o

Where to look for :? :?


Serial#   must be E 1 if I'm correct.

Any suggestions?????

    Dutchie

PS this is the Bike

Title: Re: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: Kev on April 17, 2008, 07:42:58 AM

Dutchie, are you asking where the serial/VIN is on the chassis? If that's what your asking it is on the right side of the head stay. Turn the bars to the left and viola. I'm thinking you already know this though.  :?  I think I'm going to need one of these  :oops:. '01 KX 500 VIN should be JKAKXVE1?1A030001 and up. Hope this helps.
Kev

Title: Re: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: apple on April 17, 2008, 11:48:58 AM

my 2000 is an E12, so yours is probably E13? just guessing.

Title: Re: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 18, 2008, 04:55:08 AM

Thats wy I'm a bit confused. What I found that the 10e number or letter is the year.

Works first with ABC..........Y
A=80
G=86
M=92
Y=2000

Then its on with numbers   
1=2001
2=2002   and so on.

On my uncle's K5 is the serial#  KX500E007750.   Its from 92.

Maybe Euro and US have different number systems :?.

If the bike is oke, its not a big problem. Just wanted to no some info to bring the price down :-D

 Thanks MATES :mrgreen:

                      Dutchie

Title: Re: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: Kev on April 19, 2008, 02:12:41 AM

Quote from: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 18, 2008, 04:55:08 AM

Thats wy I'm a bit confused. What I found that the 10e number or letter is the year.

Works first with ABC..........Y
A=80
G=86
M=92
Y=2000

Then its on with numbers   
1=2001
2=2002   and so on.

On my uncle's K5 is the serial#  KX500E007750.   Its from 92.

Maybe Euro and US have different number systems :?.

If the bike is oke, its not a big problem. Just wanted to no some info to bring the price down :-D

 Thanks MATES :mrgreen:

                      Dutchie

Well, you are quite right then. The Euro and US numbering is totally different as all of the US machines in 2001 and 2002 start with JKAKXVE~. The engine numbering is KX500BE~.
I hope everything checks out. It looks like a decent bike.
Kev

Title: Re: Gonna buy a K5 with Jadoul kit!
Post by: Dutch-K5 Fan on April 19, 2008, 07:03:16 PM

Drove 200km yesterday to see the bike.
What a horror. Wheels brush painted black, radiators home made(not good). They were old black one's, whish were damaged bad. They come from a 250 or so and just welded some brackets on,
although it looked it was glued on. And then NOT bolting it to the frame.
Gas tank is worn(Jadoul problem, wrong type platic). If I'm right its from 95 and not 2001.
The guy just not s#%*t of MX bikes.
So now I'm disappointed to find a good K5 in Holland.

     Dutchie