What year KX80 is this?

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What year is this kx80? Or is it even a kx80?

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wfoskir 12/2/2019 6:19pm
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1984?
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vetmxr 12/2/2019 6:20pm
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83 or 84
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Jeremy Macbeth 12/2/2019 6:25pm
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KX80 didn’t have a rear disc brake until 88. The swing arm is also missing the disc guard tabs. Frame was green. What’s with the red fender? Shitty pictures. Those look like full sized wheels or am I crazy?

Maybe a frankenbike?
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Dirty Points 12/2/2019 6:25pm
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vetmxr wrote:
83 or 84
Rear wheel/disc is off something else, though.
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wfoskir 12/2/2019 6:28pm
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The rear disc looks like a poor modification. The swing arm is 83/84. 83 had a front drum brake, 84 had a front disc.
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It most likely started out as a 1984 KX80-E2. Macbeth is correct in all of his statements. The '84 was the first year for a front disc brake system, and the swingarm is the style that was used on the 1983 and 1984 KX80s. Starting in '85, the swingarm was a box style aluminum swingarm. And yes, rear disc brakes didn't show up until the '88 models. The red plastic was from the KDX80, which was offered in both lime green and red. The KX80s were so good in the early '80s that guys would ride them with the red KDX plastic because they didn't like lime green! The tank, fenders, and side panels were interchangeable between the two models, but you had to go aftermarket to find a radiator shroud, and I think they were only available in lime green or white, so the red plastic guys ran white radiator shrouds.

I'm betting that bike started out as an '84 model!
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vetmxr 12/2/2019 6:57pm
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You had to have that bike in 83 and 84 if you wanted to win........
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KYFHO699 12/2/2019 7:32pm
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I had an 84 KX 80 and 125, both bikes were awesome. This definitely looks like an 84 to me - a roached out 84.
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Hondarider68 12/2/2019 7:41pm
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thats a 1943 WWII "The big one" edition
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kzizok 12/2/2019 7:52pm
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WTF POS year?

May God have mercy on your soul. I award you no points.
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Big Daddy wrote:
It most likely started out as a 1984 KX80-E2. Macbeth is correct in all of his statements. The '84 was the first year for a front...
It most likely started out as a 1984 KX80-E2. Macbeth is correct in all of his statements. The '84 was the first year for a front disc brake system, and the swingarm is the style that was used on the 1983 and 1984 KX80s. Starting in '85, the swingarm was a box style aluminum swingarm. And yes, rear disc brakes didn't show up until the '88 models. The red plastic was from the KDX80, which was offered in both lime green and red. The KX80s were so good in the early '80s that guys would ride them with the red KDX plastic because they didn't like lime green! The tank, fenders, and side panels were interchangeable between the two models, but you had to go aftermarket to find a radiator shroud, and I think they were only available in lime green or white, so the red plastic guys ran white radiator shrouds.

I'm betting that bike started out as an '84 model!
Nailed it. Saw a few "red" KX 80"s at Ponca in 84.....and it was an ugly red at that.
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Texas Built 12/3/2019 10:24pm
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Total mess. Looks like the dropout was cut off and then they made a homemade one to try to fit the rear disk and welded it back on. Total mess. I say its an 84.
Boomslang 12/4/2019 12:20am
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Jeremy Macbeth wrote:
KX80 didn’t have a rear disc brake until 88. The swing arm is also missing the disc guard tabs. Frame was green. What’s with the red...
KX80 didn’t have a rear disc brake until 88. The swing arm is also missing the disc guard tabs. Frame was green. What’s with the red fender? Shitty pictures. Those look like full sized wheels or am I crazy?

Maybe a frankenbike?
That rear disk dont look like std equipment...
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ATKpilot99 12/4/2019 3:20am
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On craigslist it's a 2001.
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tzmike 12/4/2019 6:33am
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10th digit of the VIN is the year
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Was anyone hurt in the fire?
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dboivin 6/8/2020 9:21am
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i know this is old thread but came across it on google today. yes 84 kx 80 in red was a real thing. believe dealer swapped plastic off of KDX. Buddies of mine had 2 of them. Also are probably the ones you seen in ponca that year.


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She gone bro let her go, no saving her 😂

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