Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Aluminum Frame Conversion (AFC)
2017 KX250F - 2004 KX250
streetsleeper:
That's a lovely looking bike! Hope you've got over your back operation. Age or misspent youth, bad backs seem to plague us all!
umberto:
--- Quote from: streetsleeper on February 02, 2019, 09:18:26 AM ---That's a lovely looking bike! Hope you've got over your back operation. Age or misspent youth, bad backs seem to plague us all!
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Thank you streetsleeper! The back surgery was a small miracle. I did the laser type, and my back felt better immediately after surgery. Unfortunately I had to wait for the repaired disc to develop scar tissue so it wouldn't re-herniate. That is why I had such a long layoff.
umberto:
Danger and I had a big day at Lake Stanley Draper today. To say I was nervous to ride this bike would be a huge understatement. I just kept expecting something to fall off, but fortunately nothing did. The weather was in the high 50s and low 60s, with a strong south wind and overcast skies. The trails were a soupy mess, and the place was pretty full. We got there around 9:45, and made a quick lap around the dual track trail, just to make sure everything was working on my bike. Danger brought his "parts bike", a KX500 that looks like it's got ten hours on it tops. We made the lap around the trail (about eight miles), and I could instantly tell that the suspension and handling are like nothing I have ever ridden. This dude can turn, and the suspension is fantastic. I took it fairly easy at the beginning, but as we got farther along I started to ride it harder. Everything worked really well, and the bike felt narrow and comfortable. We came back to the truck to eat lunch and check bolts and fluids, and I was really relieved to see that the radiators were still full and the tank was not too low. In fact, the only issue I found the whole day was the front wheel hits the pipe. I think I can make a couple of artistic dents and be fine. We finished the day up with the much harder red trail, and the bike really did well. The suspension got worked a lot harder, and really shined. All in all I was very pleased with the results. I attached a picture of the bikes after we got back.
umberto:
Got a new phone, and the pictures are too large to do more than one, so here they come one at a time.
umberto:
Here is my bike after I got it home.
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