1996 KX250 project done!

RyanLester761 wrote:

Here's my third rebuild/restoration, after the 1995 Ryan Hughes replica Splitfire KX125 and the 1993 Jeff Emig replica YZ125. This KX250 had a running engine, although...

Here's my third rebuild/restoration, after the 1995 Ryan Hughes replica Splitfire KX125 and the 1993 Jeff Emig replica YZ125.

This KX250 had a running engine, although it was purchased as a basket case from my buddy who owned the local bike shop. He was nice enough to weld the footpeg mounts and get the frame sand blasted for me before I picked it up. The rest was up to me. There was some extensive parts sourcing since I was missing several small parts.

I found the purple plastics and original graphics over time. Along with a Pro Circuit pipe and silencer, Boyesen Rad valve, Tecnosel seat cover and purple Renthal bar pad. I had the PC pullrods already so I threw them on for fun.

I didn't take pictures until later in the build but here's some randoms of the progress...in very random order.

sandman768 wrote:

Very well done! Very clean ...nice job on the pipe......even have the correct carb vent hoses...Brand new airbox?

Aceofspades wrote:

Did you get that silencer from me? If it's the one we traded, it looks awesome

Aceofspades wrote:

I sold my kx also lol.

Aceofspades wrote:

probably a new ktm or husky 300 if my back gets better. Someone rear ended us last year and messed up 2 more discs in my...

probably a new ktm or husky 300 if my back gets better. Someone rear ended us last year and messed up 2 more discs in my back and one in my wife's neck. I rode the kx one day last month and was in the emergency room that night lol. Couldn't walk because my legs were locked up from disc pressure on my nerve. I sold it three days later lol.

RF145 wrote:

Ace, I was first rear ended in 2010, then again in 2014. I went to the ER three times, 2010, one year to the day in...

Ace, I was first rear ended in 2010, then again in 2014. I went to the ER three times, 2010, one year to the day in 2011 and in 2014. My back was screwed up and riding/racing was a thing of the past. I saw doctor after doctor and although I have bulging and herniated discs from both accidents, there was no operation to stop the pain according to the doctors. I did have three epidurals though, again in 2010/2011/2014 with the last one just a month before I was rear ended again.
In 2015 though, I saw a new doctor and he injected directly into my back muscles, which have been in spasm for 5 years, a cocktail of cortisone and steroids that have allowed me to ride again. I still have much work to do as far as getting the core strength back due to five years of laying in bed.........but it was a corner I had been looking to turn for a long, long time.
I visited so many doctors over the last six years that I added MD to the end of my name. I also tried very form of eastern medicine too.
Hopefully you will find the right doctor to help you overcome this life changing issue. Good luck.