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Offline vintage MXer

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disgusted????
« on: April 22, 2012, 01:28:49 PM »
i have an 86 KX 500, its in good origianl cond ,  but,,,,,,
i cant get on it without getting it by  a step, and then crawling over the too high seat.
My way is to get a couple of older KX,s
Ive looked up and down, and i keep coming back to the KX dirt bike's,
seems like nothing else look's or run's like a KX,people were saying that you didntr see too many KX's out riding much even in mid 70's when they were getting going.
I dont believe that thing were there were not too many part's in the supply in the mid 70's,
or the thing that Kawasaki only gave dealers a two or three MXbikes.
since i couldnt get on this 86 without a step?
i was thinking about both a 74 KX 450, and a same yr KX 250
Ive seen  the pics in japan of the mid 70's KX 250's with  no tank stripe but  all ive seen over here is ones with met paint and the stripe on tank,
the plain cream green tank with no stripe look's cleaner to me and not trendy like the enduro's,
on the KX 450's is it the porting and pipe that made that thing have such a deep exhaust note??
woooow,
no other bike ive ever heard even sounds close to one.


Offline awak100

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Re: disgusted????
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2012, 12:14:50 AM »
I've cut my seat down on all my K5's, it helps quite a bit

Offline asteroid500

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Re: disgusted????
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2012, 10:00:29 PM »
My 86 KTM500 is the tallest of all my 80's classics.
85 & 86 CR500
87 KX500
85 CR500
86CR500
86 MX500 KTM
87 KX500
97 CR270
98 AF500
2002 AF500
2003 CRF450/AF500- waiting to go
93 RGV250 track bike
96 RGV250 road
96 VN1500 metric cruiser