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PowerFiend:
Also I recommend a 16.5in front (depending on local race rules) instead of the 17x3.5. On the rear try to run a 17x5 if it will fit.

The 16.5 fights chatter better than the 17, and the 5 wide rear with a 160-170 tire will give you far better traction for a 500 than any 4.25 150 combo. Most of the 250f riders are not even wasting their time on the smaller 4.25 rim anymore.

sandblaster:
I've rode the 17's and I can tell you that with the right tires they will freak you out.
You lean to what you think is as far as you can go, then you discover that you can go further, and further.
You crank it harder and harder out of the turns and it seems that there is no end (there is).
If I wasn't up to my eyeballs in my shop project I would never have sold it  :cry:

sandblaster:
Oh yeah, these guys can get you just about any size spokes that you need
http://www.procycle.us/gofiche/gofiche_home.htm
They do all my custom stuff.

Brute:
Bumping an old thread. What size tires are you guys using on the 3.5X17? Gathering bits to motard the KX500 and plate it. Thanks!

Brute:
Just got my front hub today. "Good condition" the guy said. "Spoke holes good", the guys said. "Rotor good", the guy said. I open the box and the rotor is dished BADLY. Spoke holes are OBLONG, and so thin between a couple they were chipped out between them! Not to mention worn down into the wheel where the spoke head sits. What the?!?!?!? Geez! He is taking it back. I doubt he even looked at it.

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