1993 KX 500 REBUILD

[kawboy]

Well fellas I just spent a wad of dough on one of my bikes.I started on this project back in January sometime and had to take about a month off of working on it. Finally got back to it this weekend. I would like to thank Sandblaster for your tips on assembling the bottom end, Pinsonnault Racing for the crank balance , Larry for the compression release and Terry at Custom Performance for the cylinder bore. I'll try to post some pics of the timeline.

[Foxx4Beaver]

looks awesome!...love the 250 tank

[kawboy]

Thanks Foxx, I had a '89 250 and loved that look also.

[Foxx4Beaver]

are those Devol rad guards?
I only ask, because I've never seen them in gold/bronze.

[kawboy]

yep. Devol.

[Pmcg]

What did you think of the crank balance?  Big difference?  Looks great.

[81cr450]

yep. Devol.

Did you have them coated that color special , or is that just the way they came? They look sweet.

I've been thinking of trying plasti-dip on my hubs , fork outers & shock body. Anodizing would be best but its not possible due to you can't seal the internals from what I understand , powder coat involves enough heat you'd anneal the parts. Always looking for cool new coating ideas, & those definetly fit the bill for excellent looking.

Also is that a spare set of 89 500 forks you got in the background?

[brucifer]

Nice! 

[sandblaster]

What did you think of the crank balance?  Big difference?  Looks great.

I won't build my own K5 without balancing.
I strongly recommend it to all our K5 customers.
Todd is doing another for one of my customers right now.

[kawboy]

The rad gaurds are original color, I've had them many years. The engine still has some vib at very low rpm, smooths
out as these revs rise. that is a set of '89 forks back there along with several other parts including a small flywheel and ignition. The chrome on the forks is in terrible shape. I loved those 49mm's on my '89 250.