500AF Pics

[WRXBRUMBY]

you mean the service honda has based it on the kx450f? and in doing so the klx450 will be doable?

[Charlie500]

My 1990 will be sweet when it's done but man these af bikes look wicked!

[AJ]

Hi all..
nice thread. .
quite a few of the bikes photo'ed in this thread are mine (or i built them)

Uncle albert, nice bike
hope you enjoy riding it as much as i enjoyed building it 
by the way your silencer is an FMF  Q (a bit longer and quiter than the standard silencer)
made specifically for the Service powersports /Service Kawasaki ..  KX500AF
(it wont fit the CR500AF's i make)

 The black bling frame KX500AF -
 with the KLX450 headlight tailight in the first post is indeed made on the KLX450 chassis.
So just like we offer a CR500AF (mx oriented) , and CR500AFX,, (off road with lights)
We will be offering the lighted off road version of the KX500AF soon!!
 (KX500AFX)

a closer look at the frame coating.. on that bike-(now in england)


and some random glamis shots of the 07 KX500AF..
(that in the first post you see that bike a bit  fuzzy in "bike pics"
sitting near my bench and garage/shop door)





 

[AJ]

Danger-
nice talking with you yesterday!

nice site!
 and I'd like to apologize to those members who PMed me ( a few have) that i missed the PMs long ago...

there are just so many sites out on the web now,,
 many with good info..its hard to keep up..
if you do have a question for me. .. my email is always the best way:
ajwaggoner@servicehonda.com

[WRXBRUMBY]

That?s awesome to hear about the klx450 frame. I have a feeling the Klx?s wont hold their value too well stacked up against the rest of the 450s. Here?s  hoping that there will be a cheap rolling chassis coming up on the market. Then I will be able to give those CR500E (road registered CR500 in Aus) a bit of what for. Hehehe imagine the KX500 beast in traffic at the lights, oh I can see it all now.

please excuse me while I fantasize 

[holeshot buddy]

hi heres a piccy of my kx450/500AF
i think its the only one in australia
it was built by a friend of mine
unreal job goes as good as it looks
will post better pictures later
oh the other 500 in pic is mine too its a 1983

[mysnykkx500]

How much weight do you save doing the af conversion ?? Is  Weight the purpose for the conversion??

[AJ]

Its mostly done to get a great 500 2 stroke engine,
 into a current chassis and suspension.


The weight saving are not that much.

but the bike feels 10 or 20 pounds lighter ,
as the newer chassis are designed to carry the weight much much lower.

The current crop of bikes ,
are almost 15 or 20 years of chassis development ahead of the original 500's.

and if you lower a bikes CG even an inch,.,its a huge handling and overall *feel* improvement.
and thats the real benefit of the 500AFs

AJ Waggoner
Service Kawasaki (Honda/Yamaha/Suzuki)
www.servicehonda.com

[stewart]

nice bike

[Uzi9mm]

   Those are some beautiful bikes.  I would love to have one.  Hopefully they will be available when I can finally afford 1.

[Neilios]

It's nice to see the old next to the new.

I am doing a similar think with the CR500 and CRF, a they are move plentiful at the moment.

I will probably do a KLX next to go with my 1991 KX500.

[Mick]

...Is  Weight the purpose for the conversion??

The handling advantages are so great with a modern chassis it easily trumps any and all motor work.  Little a matter of opinion as much as tested and trued fact by AF rides every weekend.  Unless drag racing is the argument, a well balanced nimble chassis is going to leave a 70hp motor well behind in it's dust.  I'm the owner of a KX500 and CR500AF and I'll say my worked over KX has got a faster motor but the CR is a much faster bike.

[Neilios]

I have a 1995 CR500 which is currently transforming into an Af using a 2004 CRF rolling frame but the KX500 pitcured above is more powerful and with modern suspension and ohlins it handles and stops well. I like the 2 stokes more than my 450's!!!!

[cr37]

I got my KXF450 roller to build my KX500AF!

[jfabmotorsports.com]

I'm a better fabricator than a Web master!!!! Now that I have figured out how to share some pic....I will. Please excuse all typos and spelling errors now and in the future. I slept that day in school.