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Offline ws6transam

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New member of KXriders!
« on: September 20, 2006, 10:12:33 AM »
Hi Everyone,

I'm doing the research after a long, long stint without a dirt bike. The kids are a little older now and I never did get over the sudden loss of my Yamaha IT250... I brought it back from Australia, and had it titled for the street in Brevard County Florida when some ******* stole it off Patrick Air Force Base on Christmas day, 1990.

So anyway I helped a friend restore an old TS185 Suzuki, and after whipping it around the back lot a few times, I couldnt help but think about the old IT... However I have always admired the KX after getting to borrow a KX500 for an afternoon way back in early 1990... It was incredible, and it outclassed my works prepped IT in every way.

Now I think it's time to revive that old dream, pick up a KX, (either a 250 or 500), pop an off-road pipe on it along with a really heavy flywheel weight, a lighting kit, and then attempt to plate it for Michigan roads. That way I can toss it around town during afternoons, and occasionally put it onto the trails up north.

It's gotta be a two stroke though--- I never got enough of that.

Offline alan

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Re: New member of KXriders!
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2006, 12:24:41 AM »
Welcome to KX Riders! :-D :-D
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Offline hughes

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Re: New member of KXriders!
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2006, 01:35:01 AM »
Welcome to the site.
Open Class 2-Stroke Kawasaki KX500
Yamaha 2005 YZ250
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Offline FuriouSly

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Re: New member of KXriders!
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2006, 02:06:26 PM »
Hello there...  two strokes are the bomb.  A 500 is an amazing piece of engineering, especially the Kawasaki KIPS 500...  Smooth and Strong.

Sly

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Re: New member of KXriders!
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2006, 07:59:23 PM »
Sounds like a plan!Welcome!