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New Guy with a Somewhat Interesting Bike
FuriouSly:
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Nice to meet you... and with your input the site will keep on benefiting others as well. :wink:
Very nice looking bike you have been making. The picture you posted caught me off gaurd, the hammer looks like THOR should be weilding it... it looks huge. Then I figured out that it was on a worktop and not on the ground... very cool optical illusion.
Sly
blackkx:
thats sweet , how much lighter would you guys say that frame is compared to the steele kx5 frame ?
MetalMan1011:
I'm not sure what the wieght difference would be because when I got all the KX5 parts, there was no frame. But when I modified the stock frame I over built the areas that I changed just to be safe, so I'd say the frame probably weighs anywhere form 2-4 pounds more than it did originally.
MetalMan1011:
So I am finally starting to put the bike back together, I just finished powdercoating the frame and I have the engine in it now :-D
demographic:
I have just sent Alan a scanned in magazine article (from a copy of the UK mag, Dirtbike rider that I found whilst having bit of a tidy up) about a 2000 KX250 with a 500 engine that Andrew Mcfarlane raced in Australia so with a bit of luck it will be for all to see.
Andrew Mcfarlane said he started both motos in the world motocross in third gear and even got the holeshot in the opener, Thats not to shabby for a "past it" dinosaur is it :-D
Its one of the rectangular tubed steel 250 frames so its older than any of the ones on this thread but those bikes are getting rather cheap to buy now...
My local Kawasaki dealer recently told me of a KX250/500 hybrid that one of the UK Pros wasn't allowed to use in the as theres no longer a 500 open class and 450s are the capacity limit in that particular race :x
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