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New KX500 owner
smithpa68:
Hi all. Just picked up a cherry 2000 KX500. I look forward to hangin' with y'all. This is my first KX500 and all I can say is WOW!!!!!!! And I have only ridden it for 10 minutes up a railroad right of way so far!! :-D Hopefully I will get it dirty this weekend.
Some rider history. I am 42yrs old. Been riding dirt since 2005. I have a KTM 450EXC, a Sherco 290, an old Yamaha IT400, and this KX500. Rode for 10 yrs on the street before that. I mostly race eastern enduros and harescrambles in the southeast. Also into observed trials and regular trail riding. I love the technical type of singletrack riding. I love all types of riding though. Even raced in the Baja 1000 in 2010.
That said, you may ask, what are you doing buying a KX500?? Good question. A guy at a local riding park let me take his 97 model for a spin. :-o It was VERY well sorted. It was like the bike turned the earth beneath it rather than roosting on the surface!!!!. Incredible!! The power. The sound. Everything. I was totally hooked. I had to have one.
Not sure what I am going to do with it exactly.. hahaha. Maybe I will start hitting the vintage/GP type mx tracks in the south. Seems like a good use of the 500's power.
Some pics of the new 500.
bilger69:
Awesomely beautiful bike!!!!! Great purchase!! I have a 99 k5 they are a blast to ride. And sound just as good lol... I just started mine up today after letting it sit for the last 6 winter months and she fired up 2nd kick!!!! Ran amazing!!! Just discovered I need to put in some new fork seals though :( oh well. Twist the throttle hang on and have the most fun of your life!!
Motorrad:
awesome buy!
another trials rider.. sweet!
what you ride in trials?
smithpa68:
Thanks guys. It sure is a beauty for a 12 yr old bike. Recent top and bottom end. Eric Gorr head mods. Reworked suspension. I didn't get it cheap, but I got a lot of bike for the money.
As for trials, I am just getting started. I ride a 2003 Sherco 290. I ran my first event a few weeks ago. I got third in intermediate. I am only about 2 hours away from the Trials Training Center in TN so... I am thinking about getting some formal instruction and hope to move up to sportsman by mid season.
Btw... I see the admin tag Motorrad... how can I edit my profile? I don't see the option anywhere. I just signed up today so maybe there is a waiting period?
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: smithpa68 on March 06, 2012, 12:58:03 PM ---Thanks guys. It sure is a beauty for a 12 yr old bike. Recent top and bottom end. Eric Gorr head mods. Reworked suspension. I didn't get it cheap, but I got a lot of bike for the money.
As for trials, I am just getting started. I ride a 2003 Sherco 290. I ran my first event a few weeks ago. I got third in intermediate. I am only about 2 hours away from the Trials Training Center in TN so... I am thinking about getting some formal instruction and hope to move up to sportsman by mid season.
Btw... I see the admin tag Motorrad... how can I edit my profile? I don't see the option anywhere. I just signed up today so maybe there is a waiting period?
--- End quote ---
Right under the "kxriders.com" logo on the top left of the screen.... there is a Blue "tab" says "home, help, search, profile... etc)..
Click on the one that says profile...
Nice. I ran sportsman on a 05 gas gas 300.. also ran vintage twinshock on a 1972 bultaco sherpa T 350..
Sold the gas gas to buy my BMW street bike. as vintage is where my heart is.
so Now have the sherpa T.. and pickud up a 1973 Montesa Cota 247 over the weekend also...
there is a pic of them in the "other" bike thread.
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