Summer Project

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 7:30pm
The deal was swapping some Banshee pipes and a little cash for........


wait for it.......







'96 KX500 (the purple tank one). Bike looks solid except for the bad crank seal (mag side) - hence the "engine in a box". Looks like I'll need another set of Ankle Saver Pegs!Wink
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ATKpilot99 6/3/2010 5:43am
6/3/2010 5:43am
Thats awesome. Keep us updated on the progress.
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calimxer91 6/3/2010 7:02am
6/3/2010 7:02am
Could be a money pit but good luck.My swingarm cracked,third went out many times,pipe mounts,stripped or siezed bolts all over,clutch basket .also one of the funnest bikes I ever had.Had it set up for third gear starts.
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wow123 6/3/2010 8:35am
6/3/2010 8:35am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 11:18pm
nice swap




where im from, atm, deals like that are impossible,

recently i saw the biggest bucketocrap mid 90s yz250 for 1k!
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was complete but a completely stuffed in every possible way

TiT
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rmpilot 6/3/2010 1:18pm
6/3/2010 1:18pm
you shall bring it to sugar camp motobill for me to race lol

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MotoBill51 6/3/2010 6:31pm
6/3/2010 6:31pm
rmpilot wrote:
you shall bring it to sugar camp motobill for me to race lol
Yea, that would be cool! But then you'd be required to ride my "Dinosaur" YZ400 in moto 2! lol!

The only real nasty thing to deal with is the crank. The bike was 100% when one of our techs got it and he did the tear-down so I doubt I'll find a huge pile of issues on the re-build, aside from the crank. I'm doing the bearings too as long as I have to do the crank seals. The jug was re-sleaved to an iron bore so I can still go oversize on the piston if I have too.

I decided to get this as a bike for ice ovals, rather than dump $$$ in a 1998 4-stroke trying to get more power. But you KNOW Sugar Camp (big outdoor sand track) will be on the schedule first......to, you know, "break in" the new bearings......."ahem"......

Check this out too: http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php?topic=3277.0 Gotta do it. Just looks too cool.
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rmpilot 6/3/2010 6:46pm
6/3/2010 6:46pm
well i should be there to see this all happen just dont make me ride the 400 lol.

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