Hi all,
Been scratching through the site for a while now, picked up some really valuable information, specific to the K5.
I finally bought one from an ebayer in the UK, it was advertised as a 1991 model, but on closer inspection it turned out to be an 89'. If it was a 1991 model, my intentions were to use the motor on a KX500AF conversion, but as it is a 89' it qualifies for our twinshock and Evolution bike series here, now I have no idea what to do, restoration or AF conversion??
I might say that here in the Republic of Ireland, things are notoriously hard to come by, nearest viable source of spares will be the UK and although they are only 32 miles away as the crow files, its as good as being another country
I can probably get my hands on a rolling chassis easily enough, but as far as a resoration goes, well...............??
Are there any K5 owners here in Ireland also members of this forum?? any advise will be greatly appreciated.... thanks in advance!!
Here is the only picture I have of the K5 at the moment, someone in their infinite wisdom tried to do a supermoto conversion, and then back to a MX conversion and has not done too well in my opinion, I will post my decision as what to do with this and any progress I make
Tom Jenkins
