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Offline motopunk

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just bought a ´87 kx250
« on: May 20, 2013, 06:49:51 PM »
sold my 97 kx250 on sunday morning to get money for new projekt and found the 87 in the evening on ebay. just picked it up yesterday.
it needs new tyres a pipe and rear fender, engine is fresh rebuild with real good compression. it cames with a ´90 usd-fork and the original 87 fork + a 2.engine in parts..

i was looking for 89 or 90 model for race in the evo-mx-cup . but i love the ´87 look . was also first year for the new uni trak linkage.

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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2013, 02:35:57 AM »
Looks great!
Give us a ride report  :-D
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 08:41:13 AM »
before first ride comes a lot of work...  :wink:

thats what i done today. just looked on the damaged ´87 pipe and decided to cut off and modify the lower sektion of an old 96 250 pipe and weld it to the upper part of the 87-pipe. half of the work is done and finish it tomorrow. as i took the pipe off the bike i saw that the pre-owner had istalled it without the o-rings and the seal.. :roll:

but i still need a better pipe... some pics...

 
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2013, 09:17:07 AM »
eh...that pipe's in great shape!...just get a can of black spray paint and paint right over the dirt/oil/rust...so it looks like brand new,then post it on e-bay for a $100  :lol:
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2013, 10:12:52 AM »
the 87 kx250 pipe is extremely difficult to find
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2013, 02:33:35 PM »
Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on May 21, 2013, 09:17:07 AM
eh...that pipe's in great shape!...just get a can of black spray paint and paint right over the dirt/oil/rust...so it looks like brand new,then post it on e-bay for a $100  :lol:

 :lol: :lol: :lol:... and i bet, if i would do that , i would realy find someone whos gonna buy it...  8-)

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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2013, 03:00:43 PM »
some more pics of the modified lower part of my old 96-pipe...  i plan to finish it in the evening today.. :-)

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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2013, 12:10:48 AM »
I don't know what it is with you and old bikes.  :-P Nice find, can't wait to see how it turns out
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2013, 12:47:26 AM »
Are you going to restore it? Paint the frame , new plastics and replace rusty hardware ?
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2013, 09:08:35 AM »
Quote from: 1989kawasaki on May 22, 2013, 12:47:26 AM
Are you going to restore it? Paint the frame , new plastics and replace rusty hardware ?

yes... i will race with it in the evo-cup .. :-D the bike is in better shape, as i thought as i picked it up. piston cylinder and crankbearings were run only 5 hours after rebuild from the preowner.
pipe-rebuild is done and the engine sounds realy strong  :-D,


 ... next big thing is restoring the footpeg-holders on the frame..
new seatcover, airfilter, forkseals and linkage bearings i´ve just ordered today. at least new paint and graphics ... ;O)


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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2013, 09:32:07 AM »
nice work with the pipe...I'll be watching this one,as the early through mid 80's bikes were in my early days of riding 250's.
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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2013, 09:49:39 AM »
this guy might be able to help you out on some NOS....I think I sent you a post of this guy once before.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kawasaki-KX250-KX-250-E1-87-1987-Shroud-NOS-/271200215325?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3f24cae11d&vxp=mtr

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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2013, 03:46:55 PM »
thanks foxxy .. :-)

take a look, what i have in my spares  :-D...  replica-graphix made by tecnosel , that i just bought last year...   8-)

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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2013, 09:10:19 PM »
... at the moment are no 87 fenders available, so i thought about a rear fender mod with an 94-fender i have laying around or with the plastic what i got from the preowner and combine it with the part of the 88-2004 kx500-fender that was mounted on the rear of my´83-parts-bike.

on the first pic is wat the preowner has mounted: an modyfied old frontfender !!  :roll: on the last pic is my 1. thought of rear fender that i could make from the white part in 2.pic and the k5-fender-part... :-)





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Re: just bought a ´87 kx250
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2013, 01:52:03 AM »
Wow!
That turned into a real find.
Nice job on the pipe.
I wish I could weld and fabricate better...
Oh well, I'm working on it poco a poco  :-D
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