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KX500 supermotard ???
stroke.n.smoke:
a couple shots from yesterday
New pavement was slippery, fun though. new motor seems good and no issues.
KX500freak:
awesome pics :evil:
thanks for sharing man, i love that slidepic,
GDubb:
Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.
I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500? I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP. Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.
-G
KX500freak:
--- Quote from: GDubb on June 11, 2008, 07:16:55 AM ---Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.
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yes i,m kind of that far now ,my rolling stoppies are now going kinda scary,
since you have to increase speed big time for longer stoppies
and i dont wanna crash my beloved k5 :|
--- Quote ---I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500? I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP. Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.
-G
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imo you could go like i did,
i got hubs from my spare mx-rims.
got sec. hand rims for 50 $ in usa dollars.
only thing left where the spokes to buy
these came for me in euro,s 75 for 36 spokes
so a total of about 300 euro i spend on getting the wheels done
GDubb:
So did you lace up your own wheels then? I've never done it but I'm sure I could figure it out... just not sure about truing and stuff. Thanks for the info. I would rather have spokes than cast wheels anyways, I was just looking for the cheapest route. Although I do think some cast wheels look awesome on a dirtbike with the directional spokes but I dont want to have to worry about them cracking with impact either if I ever decided to go offroad in sumo trim.
-G
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