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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: 500freak on September 16, 2009, 06:51:56 PM

Title: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: 500freak on September 16, 2009, 06:51:56 PM

im looking to put lights on my 87 k5. but i cant find full kits.

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: Speedway73 on September 16, 2009, 07:43:10 PM

Good luck. There's aftermarket lighting coils out there but pretty weak output. 35w. The headlites and tailites are everywhere.

You need to find an E-Line lighting kit. 200w. No...they're no longer made and haven't been for a while.

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: KX500freak on September 16, 2009, 10:33:57 PM

what i know of ,some guys just install a small size battery,
under the seat or in the airbox ,then u atleast can run (homecoming)lightning  :mrgreen:

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: Atrain on September 17, 2009, 03:03:40 AM

You have to get a universal kit and make it work. Like speedway said, you can get a moose or electrosport light coil but they are pretty weak at low rpms. They will get you street legal but would be dicey for riding at night off road. Maybe the battery idea for that?

Something like this: http://www.procycle.us/dskits/dskit.htm

Good luck!

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: augerman on September 17, 2009, 03:20:31 AM

I found this on thumpertalk the other day, an led light sytem that is suppose to only tack 6.3amps.

here's the link : http://www.rigidindustries.com/product_p/rgdac10mt.htm (http://www.rigidindustries.com/product_p/rgdac10mt.htm)

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: 500freak on September 17, 2009, 05:51:07 AM

will a moose lighting coil bolt on my 87 without any mods?

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: Atrain on September 17, 2009, 10:39:12 AM

Not sure, my K5 is a 95 and the moose catalog doesn't list one for the 87. Maybe someone with an 87 will chime in.

I had to grind the coil mount bosses on the stator plate down a little to get the lighting coil to fit under the flywheel without rubbing. Then, using a small nail, I poked a hole through the rubber grommet already there for the ignition wires and ran the stator wire through. It was easy. You will need the correct flywheel puller to get that sucker off though. Don't try prying or using a claw type puller.

Hope you find a solution...

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: Motorrad on September 17, 2009, 02:09:05 PM

87 is different....  They did make them for the 87 bikes back in the day.. Hard to find one now.

Title: Re: k5 full lighting kit
Post by: toomany on September 17, 2009, 03:51:53 PM

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Wouldn't he be able to use an newer ignition (stator, flywheel, cdi, coil) and use a lighting coil for a newer bike. I've got an 87 as well, thinking about getting it setup for the street. Lights are one of the obsticles I'll need to overcome. What about using one from a Kx250 along with that ignition? I love the explosive power of the lighter flywheel (have a fww, took it off after 3 rides) and would hate to loose that by going to the newer K5 ignition.