Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Steel Frame Conversion (SFC)
KTM/KX500 Word from the other side
sandblaster:
--- Quote from: umberto on September 19, 2018, 02:48:24 PM ---For whatever reason, a lot of guys start threads about KTM/KX 500 conversions on here, but no one has finished one that I can remember. The pressure is on Sandblaster. :-D
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I've done all the hard work on mine... I just need parts...
But don't worry, I think it will be worth the wait..
But who knows... Maybe I'll hate it and sell it when done... Probably not... :-D
I rode my Dad's 2015 KTM 250 SXF for a few laps around my property a couple of months ago.
I was not converted.
Handling was perfect.
Braking was perfect.
Power... it's a 250f meh...
But over all it was a well balanced bike.
After I'm done with mine we'll have to wait and see.
It will have slightly more power when I'm done. :evil:
The goal on the engine build is huge bottom end, healthy mid range.... Destruction on the Top end...
If my current batch of mods work the engine alone will make the conversion worth the effort.
WRXBRUMBY:
--- Quote from: sandblaster on September 20, 2018, 03:21:25 AM ---
--- Quote from: umberto on September 19, 2018, 02:48:24 PM ---For whatever reason, a lot of guys start threads about KTM/KX 500 conversions on here, but no one has finished one that I can remember. The pressure is on Sandblaster. :-D
--- End quote ---
I've done all the hard work on mine... I just need parts...
But don't worry, I think it will be worth the wait..
But who knows... Maybe I'll hate it and sell it when done... Probably not... :-D
I rode my Dad's 2015 KTM 250 SXF for a few laps around my property a couple of months ago.
I was not converted.
Handling was perfect.
Braking was perfect.
Power... it's a 250f meh...
But over all it was a well balanced bike.
After I'm done with mine we'll have to wait and see.
It will have slightly more power when I'm done. :evil:
The goal on the engine build is huge bottom end, healthy mid range.... Destruction on the Top end...
If my current batch of mods work the engine alone will make the conversion worth the effort.
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I’ll be very interested in the weight distribution and where the front wheel will want to go. Hopefully it won’t just point to the stars.
Have you reasearched the rake angle between the two chassis? And the performance of that frame at speed?
WRXBRUMBY:
This sums up my concerns, I found this quote from Dr Ian Malcolm quite fitting.......
“The world has just changed so radically, and we're all running to catch up. I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but look… Dinosaurs(KX500’s) and man(new KTM frames), two species separated by 65 million years of evolution(give or take :wink:), have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?”
I wish Dr Allan Grant were here, but I’m frightened he might say....
“T. Rex(KX500 Engine) doesn't want to be FED, he wants to HUNT!. Can't just... suppress 65 million years of gut instinct”.
Maybe this is the reason why no one is able to post about their conversion after they have ridden one because of this.....
Dr Ian Malcolm:
“If there's one thing the history of evolution has taught us, it's that life (The power delivery of the KX500) will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories, and crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh, well, there it is.” :-o
Maybe in too much pain to type :lol:
sandblaster:
All I can say is hold my beer and watch this Cletus...
umberto:
Ah, the Dukes of Hazard. Poor Cletus couldn't resist the charms of Daisy. Looks like in modern times it's a KX 500 he can't resist. :-D
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