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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #105 on: May 19, 2008, 12:59:29 AM »
GDubb, where are you,  got any pointers on stoppies?
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #106 on: May 22, 2008, 10:56:42 AM »
wooooooooooow thats awesome man!

that guy is not in  need of big brakes LOL
he,s stopping just like that :-o

btw the movement of this topic is exact what i was thinkin,
of asking these last months.
its really great david !

allthough i,m not the TS ,i kidnapped his topic back then ,
because that was the only k5 sm topic around

i hope that all the sm riders will come here ,
and together we can make this chapter alive,n kickin,  :-) :-) :-)
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #107 on: May 23, 2008, 03:21:12 PM »
I'm workin' on some pointers... sorry for the delay. I'll finish and get it posted this weekend. I will say that this is a great bike to learn these on. I was surprised at how easy it was.

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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #108 on: May 30, 2008, 12:06:38 AM »
how,bout those pointers and all gdubb :roll: :-)

i have been trying rolling stoppies ,but yo that is awesome if you can handle them,
my first real rolling stoppie was 3 ft or so ,
but the feeling is great.
i will try them while a buddy is at the cam.
so there a laugh on its way :-P
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #109 on: June 01, 2008, 08:37:18 PM »
i was at the dutch supermoto and spotted some funny bikes  :-)


a kawi 250 but then bored to 300 with ktm 300 piston,
that bike ran good against the fooh fiddy,s and all :evil:

i advised them to go to this site for more kawgreentalk :-D
also a exceptional nice indian with springerfork and hardtail :-o

and my buddy was standing in that busy startgrid.

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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #110 on: June 02, 2008, 02:32:41 PM »
a couple shots from yesterday





New pavement was slippery, fun though.  new motor seems good and no issues.


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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #111 on: June 02, 2008, 07:44:12 PM »
awesome pics  :evil:
thanks for sharing man, i love that slidepic,



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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #112 on: June 11, 2008, 07:16:55 AM »
Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.

 I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500?  I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP.  Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.

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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #113 on: June 12, 2008, 08:01:42 AM »
Sorry I keep forgetting about this thread. But if you are already doing even short rolling stoppies then you are past any pointers I can give you. The only thing I can offer from that point is to try them on a downhill as it helps you keep momentum and keeps the bike rolling longer and not coming to a stop so quickly as on a flat surface.

yes i,m kind of that far now ,my rolling stoppies are now going kinda scary,
since you have to increase speed big time for longer stoppies
and i dont wanna crash my beloved k5  :|

 
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I have a Sm question though... has anyone researched to see if any sport bike or super bike wheels are close to bolt on for a KX500?  I am considering an SM conversion for the street but I have to do it CHEAP.  Seems it will be a while before credit or finances will allow me to finance something ready for the street.

-G



imo you could go like i did,
i got hubs from my spare mx-rims.
got sec. hand rims for 50 $ in usa dollars.
only thing left where the spokes to buy
these came for me in euro,s 75 for 36 spokes

so a total of about 300 euro i spend on getting the wheels done

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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #114 on: June 12, 2008, 02:16:32 PM »
So did you lace up your own wheels then?  I've never done it but I'm sure I could figure it out... just not sure about truing and stuff.  Thanks for the info.  I would rather have spokes than cast wheels anyways, I was just looking for the cheapest route. Although I do think some cast wheels look awesome on a dirtbike with the directional spokes but I dont want to have to worry about them cracking with impact either if I ever decided to go offroad in sumo trim.

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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #115 on: June 13, 2008, 08:32:18 AM »
i did it myself yes ,
it took me 10h  :-Pto lace them and finetune them,
a buddy at the local motorcycleshop true,d and balanced them for me.


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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #116 on: June 21, 2008, 04:10:52 AM »
Mike Melde in grossenheim last weekend! 8-)
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #117 on: June 25, 2008, 02:20:11 AM »
 :-o
holy cow ,mike melde,s 08 kx500 in action!

its with the ramairbox ,correct me if im wrong
 is it a 560 cc ?

great pics doordie

soon ill have pics too from our meeting overhere.
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #118 on: July 18, 2008, 04:35:42 AM »
not pics of our meeting yet ,its in august ...

but i have some fresh pics for us sm bikers
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Re: KX500 supermotard ???
« Reply #119 on: July 25, 2008, 04:16:57 AM »
One from last track day...