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Offline Goat

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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #30 on: April 14, 2010, 04:50:22 AM »
Got some pics of the reed spacer I made yesterday. I decided to polish it this morning. It measure 1/4 inch thick. Not sure if it will make a difference or not. We will see. I will be bolting it on in a little bit and firing the bike up. Will have to wait to ride it unless I decide to take my bike to my parents house today. Depends how bored I get. Can't think of anything else to make or do to the bike at the moment.





Got it bolted on turned out perfect.




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It's hard to keep a drivers license riding a 2 stroke dirt bike on the street.  If you drive within the law they are VERY boring.

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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2010, 03:36:18 PM »
Got to test out the bike with the 1/4 inch spacer on Monday at my parents house. For something I made with hand tools and a buffer out of aluminum scrap I had laying around for 10 years I couldn't be happier. Even though it's not as thick as all the ones I have found for sale on the internet it made a huge difference. It will tractor around but still snappy. Will pull the front up in and type of dirt now. I was in some sugar sand and before when I hit that spot it would spin and start drifting through the curve. Now it pulls the front wheel up and goes while still throwing a roost 20 feet behind me :D It's quite controllable. I recommend this cheap and easy mod to anyone that can handle the K5 in the first place.
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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2010, 04:35:31 AM »
Hey good job!  Just found your build.

Do you know where you got the Seal kit and gasket kits for the bottom end?  Are they Kawi seals?

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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2010, 07:58:20 AM »
Nice Goat, I made one for my k5 and my kdx.  Liked the performance improvement in low end on the k5.  I am going to remove it from the kdx200 (think it hurt overall performance).
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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #34 on: May 07, 2010, 11:28:46 AM »
Traded a PC 304 silencer for some plastics with Kx5rider. Got my plastics and it looks good. Just need to get a new rear fender. Thanks Kx5rider.


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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #35 on: June 16, 2010, 05:15:01 PM »
Haven't had an update in a while. I bought a front hub and IMS oversize tank off ebay last week. Got the tank and took it for a ride today. I also took the 47t sprocket off and put on a 49t. Made a nice difference but I think I'm going to get a 51 to try. Waiting until I get a rear hub then I will buy a new 18" and 21" black rims. I'm thinking about getting the Warp9 rims and spokes. Here is a pic with the new tank installed.



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Re: 93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
« Reply #36 on: June 17, 2010, 12:46:02 PM »
Goat, I have a good rear hub and disk off of a '93 if you are interested.
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