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Going to take a look at a KX500SF tomorrow - What should I look for?

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jcm3:
I found a 1999 KX500SF conversion that I'd like to go take a look at tomorrow during lunch time.  I plan to swap out his motor with mine, and then know that I'll probably have to do lots of upgrades to match what I've done to mine, including:
- suspension
- new bearings
- new chain and sprockets
- new plastics
- upgraded brakes
- the list goes on

To make sure that I don't buy a clunker, any input on what I should look for specifically?  Here's the listing, and he has sent me pics.  It will need some cosmetics for sure, but I'll hopefully see it in person tomorrow if someone hasn't bought it by then.

I'd love some input on what to look for specifically, what questions to ask regarding how the conversion was done, etc.  I'll check for the obvious things like weld quality, but don't really know what I don't know.   :-)

Thanks for any input.

sintax:
Check out the welds on the engine tabs
Check out the how the head stay was done
Check out the pipe / silencer setup
Check which radiators were used ( i used 500 rads, which required fabing mounts but they fit well )

since you wont be using the engine or anything else, aside from those 3 items, its not different than any other bike purchase.

jcm3:
Perfect, thanks for your input!

jcm3

umberto:
Did you buy it?  Any pics?

jcm3:

--- Quote from: umberto on February 27, 2015, 08:27:36 AM ---Did you buy it?  Any pics?

--- End quote ---

I think it has some good bones, but is priced a bit high for its condition.  Let's just say I'm seriously considering it.   :-D

I will probably make a decision by tonight and will either go or no-go it.  I had already planned on putting about $2k into it, as I wouldn't want to go from my primo 2000 KX500 with all of the upgrades to a bike that looks like it's been beaten to death and put away wet. 

With $2k put into it and offsetting some of that cost by selling my current bike (with the engine swap, of course), I could probably limit it to about $1k or so out of pocket.  I could stomach that and it would be a pretty sweet KX500SF! 

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