KX Riders

General => In General... => Topic started by: apple on August 10, 2006, 06:03:22 PM

Title: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: apple on August 10, 2006, 06:03:22 PM
I am stoked! Things happened real quick and in 2 days I sold the old Maico and picked up a 2000 K5. My first. The only bummer is it`s too d**n hot to ride here, gotta wait a month or two. 1st ride is gonna be sweet for sure.

Jack
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: alan on August 11, 2006, 12:25:14 AM
Sweet Ride!

What was your Maico?

I know about the heat, I just haven't been able to get motivated at all this summer! Even the street has been unbearable this year! I have just been waiting around for fall for things to cool down a bit!

Alan :-D
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: gowen on August 11, 2006, 12:50:57 AM
I couldn't agree more. Including the street comment. I;ve only been riding @ night after it cools down, but found that was a bad idea now. :-( I'm also hoping to be back in the fall.
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: apple on August 11, 2006, 02:17:39 AM
The Maico was an 83 490 that I was gonna restore. But I do dezert riding, so after taking the 490 out there it didn`t take long to figure out that an air cooled bike isn`t going to cut it. I do love the way the Maico handled, better than an 03 CRF450 I had last year. Since I have an issue with hard to get parts, the KX was the way to go. Plus disk brakes again! I sure did miss good brakes.

Jack
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Danger4u2 on August 11, 2006, 02:21:39 AM
Sweet Ride!

What was your Maico?

I know about the heat, I just haven't been able to get motivated at all this summer! Even the street has been unbearable this year! I have just been waiting around for fall for things to cool down a bit!

Alan :-D

The heat from the street was cooking the bottom of my arms more than the sun on the top of my arms when I went parts chasing on the street bike yesterday.  At 107 in the day and 90 + at night it's TOOOO HOT.  Come on fall temps.
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: hughes on August 11, 2006, 02:22:47 AM
Nice bike. That rear tire is a little odd looking  :-D
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: gowen on August 11, 2006, 02:37:50 AM
BTW, congrats on the new KX. It's a beast in the sand. You are gonna love it.
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Polar-Bus on August 11, 2006, 02:43:40 AM
Welcome to "the 1/2 litre" circle !!, you will learn a lot from these guys !!!
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Timbowe on August 11, 2006, 09:48:34 AM
Digin the ride dude! Specially the seat cover. What breed is it?
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Spider on August 12, 2006, 04:57:31 AM
Cool ride! Is that a Ca. green sticker on the fork? Year round riding.  :-D

Dale
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: apple on August 13, 2006, 10:05:25 AM
Thanks for the good words!

The seat cover is by Factory Effex. And that is definitely a State of Calfusion green sticker on the fork. I had a red sticker bike once, and don`t want another. The worst thing I saw a ranger do was kick a couple of red sticker bikes out of Coral Canyon once, but who wants to deal with any that when you gotta ride.
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: FuriouSly on August 15, 2006, 03:15:39 AM
Nice bike. That rear tire is a little odd looking  :-D

Funny, I was thinking the Front Tire was a little odd looking...   :|   lol   Furious
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Arigato on August 15, 2006, 03:57:56 AM
Nice bike. That rear tire is a little odd looking  :-D

It should come with that tire from the factory! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: gowen on August 15, 2006, 04:50:55 AM
Nice bike. That rear tire is a little odd looking  :-D

It should come with that tire from the factory! :mrgreen:

Go ahead, rub it in...... The only dunes around here are on the outer banx and are federally protected, annd will shoot on sight.. ;-)
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: GDubb on August 17, 2006, 02:29:52 PM
That's one bad Bitch right there! :evil:
Title: Re: KX500 found a good home-Mine!
Post by: Arigato on August 18, 2006, 04:09:54 AM
Nice bike. That rear tire is a little odd looking  :-D

It should come with that tire from the factory! :mrgreen:

Go ahead, rub it in...... The only dunes around here are on the outer banx and are federally protected, annd will shoot on sight.. ;-)

That's the beauty of the K5, "Faster than a speeding bullet!"