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Abbott:

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--- Quote from: Abbott on January 14, 2019, 03:50:49 AM ---where about in upstate NY? I am in the finger lakes region...

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About 20 mins south of Syracuse. Near Lafayette.

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oh cool! not too far. I'm hoping to get mine out that way this year actually. Want to take it to Pineview run. 1.1 mile road course. would be perfect for my converted KX500. they are supposed to be letting motorcycles on the track for the first time ever this year

streetsleeper:
Hiya fella from upstate NY.
I'm having trouble posting, or may have posted two or three times (think I can remove them if that's the case).
What I wanted to say was please keep the KX and restore it to original trim. There won't be many of these old motocrossers around in the future.
I'm new to the site too. Bought an'87 which is impossible to find parts for here in Mexico and people (understandably) aren't prepared to send stuff from the States. But when I get back to the UK I'm going to restore it back to original using as many OEM parts as possible. I'll probably sumo it to actually use it, but keep everything to convert it back in the blink of an eye. If I could buy a basket case (please note anyone in the UK), then I'd have a supply of mechanical parts and consumables for it for whenever I need parts. My thinking goes like this. In ten years time I might be too old to ride it, by my son will be 17 then and he'll be the proud new owner of a 40 year old, original spec Kawasaki KX500 motocrosser!
Try to restore yours. Please don't break it up (think you call it "parting out" in the US?). I'd love to follow your progress here on KXRiders.com. If not, Sandblaster would buy it. I know he'll get round to restoring it eventually. And the prices you pay in the US are ridiculously cheap compared to the UK.
Good luck mate!

6bt:

--- Quote from: streetsleeper on January 15, 2019, 05:22:10 AM ---Hiya fella from upstate NY.
I'm having trouble posting, or may have posted two or three times (think I can remove them if that's the case).
What I wanted to say was please keep the KX and restore it to original trim. There won't be many of these old motocrossers around in the future.
I'm new to the site too. Bought an'87 which is impossible to find parts for here in Mexico and people (understandably) aren't prepared to send stuff from the States. But when I get back to the UK I'm going to restore it back to original using as many OEM parts as possible. I'll probably sumo it to actually use it, but keep everything to convert it back in the blink of an eye. If I could buy a basket case (please note anyone in the UK), then I'd have a supply of mechanical parts and consumables for it for whenever I need parts. My thinking goes like this. In ten years time I might be too old to ride it, by my son will be 17 then and he'll be the proud new owner of a 40 year old, original spec Kawasaki KX500 motocrosser!
Try to restore yours. Please don't break it up (think you call it "parting out" in the US?). I'd love to follow your progress here on KXRiders.com. If not, Sandblaster would buy it. I know he'll get round to restoring it eventually. And the prices you pay in the US are ridiculously cheap compared to the UK.
Good luck mate!


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Yeah it's not in terrible shape. I'm not in love with that era of kx's but maybe it will grow on me lol. It is close to being running, has spark and compression. I'm tempted to pull the jug and have a peek at the bottom end. Otherwise I'd would just do an elbow grease restoration...try to save everything possible and work with what I have. New carb boot is ordered, has a round slide carb instead of the flat slide.

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