Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Super Motard
Build thread - KX500B1 Supermoto
derek badger:
I've now got a set of 17" wheels and some part worn tyres so the bike is at least manoeuvrable around the garage. I can't for the life of me remember what they're off, (the front it a Honda but running reverse so the brake disc is on the correct side). They both need spacers making up but the bearing have been changed to match the axle diameters.
With bodywork and wheels fitted it's starting to look a bit like a bike again...
derek badger:
It's now June 2006 and I was a member of a was a small-ish online community for SM riders in my local area. We'd been invited to a show at Beaulieu Motorcycle World so I needed to get the KX into at least a rolling chassis and then with the combined technical ability of a dozen SM riders we could probably finish the wiring and get it fired up on the stand. That was the plan anyway.
Coil, HT lead, plug and/or plug cap are all potential issues to the lack of spark. But the kickstart return spring dies and nobody fancies trying to bump starting a half litre two-stroke single at this point so we get drunk and I borrow an XR650 for the track session the next day.
derek badger:
All change. The GF and I buy a house and it needs some work. Well, it needs a lot of work. New kitchen, bathroom, carpets, decorating, landscaping. The full monty and I'm no longer freelancing so all my money is being sunk into the more important project. It's got a garage, but it's not attached to the house and it's not got electricity. Over the next 7 years the KX500 gradually disappears at the back of the garage behind other bikes, boxes of bike parts etc.
House is finished around 2009, maybe time to take a look at that kick start return spring? No, time to plan a wedding... We get married 2011 have a couple of nice holidays then 2014 our son is born...2015 our daughter is born. I still have faith that I'll get round to it though and continue to pick up bits now and then. I find a load of NOS front sprockets in various sizes. They get slung in a box and added to the pile of crap that is my garage.
derek badger:
Dec 2015. We sell the house and buy one with a bigger kitchen, a garden for the kids and a garage attached to the house with power. The missus is pregnant again and we've got the builders in to extend the house a bit - new porch, playroom for the kids and an additional toilet. While they are doing this I get them to add another 4 power sockets to the garage. 10 years of hoarding parts, tools and workshop equipment is about to come to fruition.
This is how it's stands presently, these are the last photos of any real progress I took back in 2007.
So, things to do.
Fix kick start return.
Sort ignition.
Get engine running.
Spacers for wheels.
Sprocket alignment.
Brakes - front and rear mounting brackets, rear m/c, pedal and torque arm.
Get MOT done on frame number.
Contact Kawasaki UK to get letter stating year of production.
Get age-related registration number from DVLA.
So with baby #3 due November the plan is to have the engine out and on the bench by September. But I'll probably be revisiting this thread in another 10 years knowing what I'm like...
derek badger:
Just found a complete kickstart return mech on eBay. The seller is away, and them I'm on holiday for a week so it should be waiting for me when I get back to work at the end of the month.
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