Thank you sandblaster. Your reply popped up before I posted the second part. I have "borrowed" your photos from your own site KX Guru Racing.
Here it is:
Post by Sandblaster » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:21 am
And the 88 kx500 cylinder is the only year that has KIPS in raised letters like this:
FIRST PICTURE OF '88 CYLINDER SHOULD APPEAR ABOVE
88 kx500 kips id on side of cylinder.jpg (146.04 KiB) Viewed 2394 times
Both 86-87 have a sticker on the side.
No sticker is shown but it's suppose to be there
SECOND PICTURE OF '86 CYLINDER SHOULD APPEAR ABOVE
86-87 KX500 KIPPS STICKER.jpg (121.77 KiB) Viewed 2394 times
Quote from umberto (I think):
87 has KIPPS sticker
88 Has KIPPS sign inprinted solid
HOWEVER, I have NOT seen any '87s with cylinders that look like mine. If you look closely at the photo I took yesterday of the cylinder in my first post, it is different to
both of your photos. It is neither the sticker one or what you call "88 kx500 kips id on side of cylinder" or what umberto calls "88 Has KIPPS sign inprinted solid." Someone told me, from a verbal description I gave, that it's an '88, but that doesn't correspond with the photos. It's painted black which I'm pretty sure is a factory finish, with
KIPS embossed in aluminium coloured finish inside a black rectangle. Photo is in my last post on this thread at 08:33 on 19/01/19. Thank you to all of you who try to help me ascertain this categorisation.