KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: slow600 on June 01, 2011, 11:28:07 AM
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found myself pondering selling my kx5 supermoto. i love the bike but the dated looks and non-friendly power make me always ride others when its time to ride. its literally got cobwebs on it. will i regret a sale?
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You have to ask yourself, what do you like about the bike. What do you think your regret would be if you sold it? It sounds like you really would rather ride something else.
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found myself pondering selling my kx5 supermoto. i love the bike but the dated looks and non-friendly power make me always ride others when its time to ride. its literally got cobwebs on it. will i regret a sale?
Sounds to me like you already have your mind made up. It's time to move on. KX500's are not for everyone. I could never own "just" a KX500 I would be dead and buried out on the straightaway of some motocross track from the wrong bike in the wrong element with WAY too much hp.... LOL
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i have other bikes to ride, just a hassle to premix on rides which is a major reason it gets skipped. i feel bad letting it sit. my mind is definantly not made up, just wanting some opinions. all my friends say sell. its just hard to part with a bike i have put a lot of time and money into and it was a pain to get street legal. it really does put a smile on my face when i ride it, the non-friendly power delivery makes me a lil giddy every time.
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I think the giddy feeling is good enuf to keep it but premixing is really a major reason to part with it? I can understand the archaic look reason more.
For me a 125 2stroke is less friendly(pipey)...the 500 throttle is dial-in what you want...a friendly, goofy bike(in a good way).
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They no longer make them and parts are getting pricey. Try finding a mint one 5 to 10 years from now and see what you'll have to pay. I'de rather store mine than let it go for a few thousand when a new bike averages eight grand.
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Service honda still has a deal going with kawasaki. Somehow they are getting brand new KX500 engines from Kawa to put in thier bikes. So I would say as far as engine components go, they will still be fairly available for a long time to come. But the rest of the parts for these bikes are getting tougher and tougher to get. If you have one don't let it go, you will regret it I betcha! :wink:
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thanks for the replies. im not too concerned about the engine, i watched stewart do a complete rebuild before his flaky days. there is seriously nothing wrong with it, just needed some positive feedback :-D
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It looks like you can order just about anything from the maker and this guy ordered a brand new 2010 CR500 I didn't know you could do that.
Read the comments below the video it appears this was ordered from honda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGa1qb9gxDY
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The guy is wrong, you cannot buy a new cr500 from honda...they won't build it for you either. The motors are built and other parts but as whole, it doesn't exist.
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I can fully agree with the dated handling, its just a little funky. You'll totally mis the power though. Sounds like you need to part it save the good bits & do an af or sf conversion. I like having something under my throtle hand though, littler bikes just dont cut it, I mostly hill climb & trail ride though so...
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I thought about doing an af conversion, but would have to go through the same hassle again to get a street title
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I still find in some high speed situations that no bike I have ridden handles as well as my KX500.
Do you have "The most interesting man in the world" commercials in USA?
"I don't always ride high speed trails... but when I do, I prefer a KX500."
I'm also a huge fan of the dated styling, and scoop rear fender. It has a classic look, and anyone that has even a sniff of a clue about bikes can spot a KX500 with it's goofy bend expansion chamber and scoop fender from 100 yards.
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I still find in some high speed situations that no bike I have ridden handles as well as my KX500.
Do you have "The most interesting man in the world" commercials in USA?
"I don't always ride high speed trails... but when I do, I prefer a KX500."
I'm also a huge fan of the dated styling, and scoop rear fender. It has a classic look, and anyone that has even a sniff of a clue about bikes can spot a KX500 with it's goofy bend expansion chamber and scoop fender from 100 yards.
For me, once I got the chassis dialed in to handle "user friendly" at 60+ mph on logging roads, I agree with you, there is no better fierce kick in the pants feel of whacking the throttle at 50 mph, and the engine is just starting to get into the meat of the powercurve. I've on more than one ocassion powerslid under hard throttle at 50 mph around long sweeping corners and it's just an amazing feeling.... when ever I mention I own a KX500, people look at this wirery 155 lb bald guy and just look dumfounded than I have little fear of such a brute of a bike. I just say, the key to total happiness with a 500 2 stroke is maturely knowing exactly when to wack the throttle and when to NOT whack the throttle... :-o
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I still find in some high speed situations that no bike I have ridden handles as well as my KX500.
Do you have "The most interesting man in the world" commercials in USA?
"I don't always ride high speed trails... but when I do, I prefer a KX500."
Stay thirsty my friends...yup we have that commercial.
No other bike dominated like the kx in high speed desert situations. Honda got up there because kawi left. :-D
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Would you sell a Hemi Cuda? A 427 Tri Power Vette? Get the idea?
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haha ive solds severals things i regretted later, i get the hint. keep em coming
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The guy is wrong, you cannot buy a new cr500 from honda...they won't build it for you either. The motors are built and other parts but as whole, it doesn't exist.
It seemed hard to believe but I bought into the guys comment that the cash talks I should have known not to believe everything I read but some part of me wanted to believe it :)
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I wouldn't think if the cr5 was still made, it would still be in a steel frame.
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The guy is wrong, you cannot buy a new cr500 from honda...they won't build it for you either. The motors are built and other parts but as whole, it doesn't exist.
Delphi is correct, Service Honda/Kawasaki will sell you a new updated chassis 500.
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...the key to total happiness with a 500 2 stroke is maturely knowing exactly when to wack the throttle and when to NOT whack the throttle... :-o
QUOTED FOR TRUTH!
Well said, sir!
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The guy is wrong, you cannot buy a new cr500 from honda...they won't build it for you either. The motors are built and other parts but as whole, it doesn't exist.
Delphi is correct, Service Honda/Kawasaki will sell you a new updated chassis 500.
C'mon it's a dealership...not the factory. And it's not an updated 500 chassis'..they are built from an existing 4stroke frame.
I'll also say that the sh honda's are allegedly not perfect it seems...some of the "other" 500 2stroke sites will point it out in text and pictures. From what I've seen\read, honda wouldn't build it that way.
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any other dirtbike (bar maybe cr5) will feel gutless afta the 5 and i would feel cheated if i have to ride anything else.they can be a handful but there only as fast as you twist em....
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The guy is wrong, you cannot buy a new cr500 from honda...they won't build it for you either. The motors are built and other parts but as whole, it doesn't exist.
Delphi is correct, Service Honda/Kawasaki will sell you a new updated chassis 500.
C'mon it's a dealership...not the factory. And it's not an updated 500 chassis'..they are built from an existing 4stroke frame.
I'll also say that the sh honda's are allegedly not perfect it seems...some of the "other" 500 2stroke sites will point it out in text and pictures. From what I've seen\read, honda wouldn't build it that way.
Not gonna thread jack, but he never said Factory and a newer 4stroke frame is more updated than the old slug 500 steelie.
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You're right delphi was correct about the sh connection but it's still not a 500 chassis....I think it's their 5th gen frame now so that's an existing 4stroke frame with the downtube and mounting points moved. I think we all know about sh but it isn't honda building it and delphi wan't even referring to the video. I'll agree that the alu frame with the cr500 is better than the steelie.
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That's what I couldn't figure out with the video it looks like the old steel frame so I thought they really went to honda and bought a 2010 cr 500 after reading the comment that you could do that and it's not a 500af bike going by the frame on the bike it sure looks modern though.
The angle of the silencer and the fenders look updated and it's not a af bike due to steel frame so I fell for the gag sorry bout that.
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No big deal...I figure the cr250 would be back before a 500...now if you see a honda 250 2stroke come back, there's a chance a 500 will.
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I agree that would make more sense from the manufacturers bottom line and as we all know that is all it's about and the 250 would be the best seller but the consumer controls what they make in the end and if nobody bought their 8k 4 strokes they would have to start putting money into 2 strokes again..
I should add that my reasons never to sell my k5 again is the fact I can't get this kind of rush any other way besides combat which is a different kind of rush and not really a good kind of rush but a rush all the same.
The fact I can jump on the bike anytime I want and rip accross a field or scream down the street with arm stretching acceleration is the best and no other bike gives that kind of feeling.
No hill to big no dune can slow you down on the k5 and it doesn't look like anymore of these will be made so at least tuck it away in your shed or garage for the money you would get for it now it's not worth getting rid of it trust me I sold my 88 that I bought new and my 01 that I bought new it was the worst mistake I ever made and it was to make cry baby girls happy because they couldn't ride.