KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: t10t on January 15, 2009, 05:48:36 AM
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I am looking to get some street wheels for my KX500. Does anyone have any experience with making the bike supermoto for the winter? I am new so please go easy on me if I missed this topic in my searches. Thanks for the help.
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I have no idea but your are new and I'm here reading your post so I thought I would say hi. Welcome.
JFAB
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I am looking to get some street wheels for my KX500. Does anyone have any experience with making the bike supermoto for the winter? I am new so please go easy on me if I missed this topic in my searches. Thanks for the help.
welcome !!
i maid be of some help..
it is possible but you have to get cbr600F early 90,s wheels
or a certain kawasaki gpx/gpz model has wheels that will fit in,
just to make your search easier i have pics of casted wheels that fit k5
enjoy and good luck on the search 8-)
otherwise
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Look in the Supermoto section(or is that limited??).
Some people use cast wheels, I not a fan of that.
Not that I have a Supermoto.(not jet)
But for street use only it would be oke. And for winter riding a Sumo :? :? :?
Dutchie
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Look in the Supermoto section(or is that limited??).
Some people use cast wheels, I not a fan of that.
Not that I have a Supermoto.(not jet)
But for street use only it would be oke. And for winter riding a Sumo :? :? :?
Dutchie
if i remember well ,you have to get 10 posts before you can enter,
and yes it,s best for road use ,not real sumo,
or you must get marchennissi casted comp.wheels A xxx $ per wheel :-P
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Marchennissi sounds pricie!!!!
A bit of topic but Menno have you checked how many posts you have made :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o
And it looks like the SUMO camunitie is groing more and more!!!
Dutch
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yeah peter ,the marchenissi costs 300/400 euro or dollar
either way very very unaffordable :wink:
and got meself 609 posts yeah :-D :-o
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Thats almost 3 times a much as me!!!!
But have you seen how many Hughes has posted??? :-o :-o
Anyway T10T good luck with your Sumo!!
Hollandie :wink:
Ps check mine Gallery Menno for some weird stuf.
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it,s because KXriders is addicting ,i can,t without anymore :| :lol:
i m in for hughes number of posts :evil:
now ill go check your gallery pete!!!!
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KX500Freak,
The 2nd picture (93 Chassis with 500 Motor) is this yours or just a picture of one. Interested as I have a complete 93 Rolling Chassis and curious if it will fit with out Toooooo much fab work.
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CBR600 wheels are super cheap on ebay. Largest availability of any type and hence the cheapest. Be nice to match the axle size then the spacers are easy to build. I haven't done this but was researching awhile ago to make a supermoto street bike. Cam.
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Wow, thanks fellas. I will look around for some wheels. And thanks for the welcome. I will look forward to being on here quite a bit. I am really looking forward to riding the k5 more. Only been on it 2x at the local motocross track and it scared the pants off me. In other words it was GREAT :-D
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if you have a bearing house you can tell them the outside dia. of the wheel bearing is and the axle dia. is and see what bearings are avaliable . if the wheel will accept the kx 500 axle dia. having the spacers made will be easy if you know a machinist
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The axel dia and bearing isn't realy an probleme. Only how wide the wheels are,
and how much the distance is of the brake disk and rear sprocket.
Try to make some pic's tomarrow how I made a suzuki wheel fit to a kawasaki!
Dutchie
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I would love to see the pictures. The ones above are great. If I have to go the other way of lacing spokes and rims to stock hubs, how can I find out what other years and models of KXs have the same hub as my '91 K5.
Thanks again fellas
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From 89 til 04 is the same. On http://www.kawasaki.com/Home/Home.aspx (http://www.kawasaki.com/Home/Home.aspx)
search for "owner info" than for "parts diagram". Than you can see alparts of your bike.
But al Kawasaki's hubs are the same, only the bearings have changed some times.
So to find some spokes and rims would be easy.
dutch
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KX500Freak,
The 2nd picture (93 Chassis with 500 Motor) is this yours or just a picture of one. Interested as I have a complete 93 Rolling Chassis and curious if it will fit with out Toooooo much fab work.
none off them are mine ,i have about a 1000 kx500 pics on my comp.
so i figured you needed some food for the eyes
mine are in the sm corner
and to build one like that sec pic you need a honda vfr400 ?? lefty 8-)
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Thanks I'll check the Kawasaki site if I have to go the spoke wheel way. I think I can get a hold of some Honda CBR600 F2 wheels pretty easily and real cheap. I was wondering how involved the process is. Questions like how to get the calipers to match up, axles, spacers, and any other fabricating I would need? Do you all know of anyone that might have done the swap?
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T10t Here is that pic i promest.
The RM hub is 3mm smaller than KX, there for I've made a 3mm thick spacer
between my RM hub and brakedisk.
Made it on a special way that it still suports the disk.
And with home made axel spacers and bigger bearings my spare wheel was done.
Dutch
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I have a set of gsxr rims I bought on ebay that a guy had set up for a KX250 I was going to put them on one of my 5's for street use, but that notion have kinda gone by the wayside so I may be able to let them go If you are interested in them.
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I am looking to get some street wheels for my KX500. Does anyone have any experience with making the bike supermoto for the winter? I am new so please go easy on me if I missed this topic in my searches. Thanks for the help.
welcome !!
i maid be of some help..
it is possible but you have to get cbr600F early 90,s wheels
or a certain kawasaki gpx/gpz model has wheels that will fit in,
just to make your search easier i have pics of casted wheels that fit k5
enjoy and good luck on the search 8-)
otherwise
hey what is that fender off of
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Which bike and which fender?
-G
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The one with the two 8" head lights.
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their,s two more pics on my comp of cast wheel kx500,s
hope you can work something out dave 8-)
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I have set of rims from a '89 ninja that i got from my cousin and i was looking at modifying them to fit my 97 k5 does anyone know if i am wasting my time or would the mods time be worth it