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2014 KX 250F/KX500 AFC

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tkeen511:
Yeah, I bought a 2013 frame for about $500. I was surprised how long the bike actually sat. I plan on taking the bike pretty far. I plan on sending the motor out to Todd at pinnsonault and get the crank rebuilt and balanced, boring the motor out to 295 and possibly porting it, and of course throwing a wossner rod in. I have a lot planned that I want to do to the bike, things to experiment building, nice things to buy, a few tricks up my sleeve. But first thing is first, I have to have the bike running, right? Fancy parts and cool things aren't so fancy and cool if you can only look at them :,( I like a lot of ideas from your build, and was thinking about doing some similar stuff when we get slower at work and I can throw some of my stuff on a machine, but like I said, the goal is to get the bike running and riding, and then do all the fancy gadgets. But I'll think you'll like the finished product :)

tkeen511:
Made some more progress today, nothing exciting for you guys, but pulled the motor out of the 2 stroke. Kinda sad to see her like that, but best for the long run. Anyways, I have some questions, anybody know of a seat cover similar to the one pictured, that would be fit for a more modern seat like mine? I found a purple two two retro seat cover on eBay, like the one chad reed used for the retro night. I'll post pics, it's ok, but not exactly what I'm looking for. And also, I'm not a painting guy, it's all out of my element, but I'd like for my spring to be painted purple, like the rest of my kx's have been. Will powder coating flex like that? Anybody know what the factory uses? Or what the color is called? Hopefully tackle the gas tank this week, convert it for a petcock. May possibly get an oversized tank, anybody know what kind of room there is for an oversized tank? May just go with a kdx petcock since it has reserve. Thanks in advance. - Tommy

tkeen511:
Well I have very slowly been making some progress on the build. Been taking the engine apart on the 2 stroke motor, planning on sending it to sand blaster for some vapor blasting. Also thanks to jbernard I got some sweet frame rails and yoke, so far it looks like everything will fit pretty nicely. I got some cutting done today but it's about -8 F here right now, so I was working in the basement and the compressor didn't have enough juice to power the air tools to cut out the welds, so I'm gonna wait till it warms up a little to work in the garage and get these welds cut out and start doing some tacking.

cmotodad:
Those are some great looking parts. Looking forward to seeing them installed. Good Luck with the build.

tkeen511:
Got the chance to grind out the welds today and line everything up. Just gotta machine up some motor mounts, and make some spacers for the swing arm bolt, the 2 stroke engine is skinnier in the back than the 4 stroke, and I'll need to open up the hole on the 2 stroke to fit the swing arm bolt through it. Should be seeing a lot more progress here soon. Sorry that all the pics are crappy, I just have an iPhone and a bunch of film cameras

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