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Offline KXT500

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Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« on: May 28, 2008, 01:33:21 AM »
it is supposed to be a 92 but how do i verify this?

The suspension is supposed to rebuilt by race tech.
it has a reed spacer and boysen bowl on the carb.
full FMF exhaust
the forks, swingarm, and rest of the aluminum is polished
frame is powder coated
excell wheels

should be fun  :mrgreen:


Offline Hillclimb#42

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Re: Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 01:48:21 AM »
Frame and Engine numbers tell you the year of each. Looks pretty sweet for a 92. There's really not much that changed through the years, so its no biggie anyway. 92 engine numbers would be KX500BE13001--------(something). My manual says 91-93 has same engine numbers. '92 is a kx500-E4.

Offline GDubb

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Re: Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2008, 02:30:44 AM »
Looks to me like it has an old KX250 tank on it... like doordie's.  Nice bike fo sho! I went to Kawasaki.com and somewhere under owner information, maybe having to do with looking up warranty info (if I remember correctly) there is a place to enter the VIN and it tells you what year the bike was and when the factory warranty ran out.


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Offline The Flyin Hawaiian

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Re: Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2008, 10:36:32 AM »
Im pretty sure that the 91 and 92s had blue anodized upper fork legs. 90 didnt. The fork guards look like the ones that were on my 90 KX250. Looks like a 89 KX250 tank.
A couple of 03 and 04 KXs, a few YZs, 3 PE 400s, a DR and a TS.

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Re: Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2008, 11:47:22 AM »
the engine numbers are kx500b***** 

the frame has been poweder coated and the numbers are hard to see. I will check them tomorrow.

Offline Arigato

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Re: Bought a KX5, what can you tell me about it? Pic inside
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2008, 02:03:54 PM »
Check all of your pipe mounts, especially the uppermost one; it's probably broken.