Here's a luscious 500

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Edited Date/Time 4/19/2012 5:53pm
From the KLP site.

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mx757 4/16/2012 6:55pm
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Not a fan of the blue seat, seeing as nothing else on the bike is blue, otherwise looks pretty clean
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DownSouth 4/16/2012 7:02pm
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Is the suspension travel shortened or is it some sort of optical illusion? Something looks odd.

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Temor a la Mancha 4/16/2012 7:22pm
4/16/2012 7:22pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2012 8:07pm
Whomever put that color scheme together must be color blind. Beautiful bike otherwise.
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G Force 4/16/2012 7:26pm
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Swingarm kicks ass! Lots of attention to detail on that one!
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newmann 4/16/2012 7:28pm
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Karls swingarms are works of art, just a damn shame I had to throw that sweet chain guide he made for mine in the scrap pile and make my own with a jigsaw and a belt sander. At least I have a Bosch jigsaw....lol
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FreshTopEnd 4/16/2012 7:42pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Beautiful machine, love the swingarm!!
As is the tank.

I think the color may be a bit of a white balance issue with the file. There's a wicked color cast overall

Curious what the issue is with the blue seat. Doesn't look that far off from the TLD blue/red color scheme.
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roughneck 4/16/2012 7:45pm
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I hate the color ...blue seat..yellow number plates..white fender....the bike's sick other then that..
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500guy 4/16/2012 7:46pm
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I don't like the look, my eyes think I'm looking at 3 different brands of bike.

wouldn't stop me from riding the wheels off it though.
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ocscottie 4/16/2012 7:47pm
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Slap on some white shrouds and front fender i would be making mad love to her all night long. Woohoo
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TerryK 4/16/2012 7:48pm
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Beautiful, but the blue seat dosen't fit.

And it definitely looks to have been lowered.
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andymoto 4/16/2012 7:52pm
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Like the way it looks. Nice ride.
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bd 4/16/2012 8:01pm
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Looks like they went db 1986 style and they put modern plastic on.
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TerryK 4/16/2012 8:08pm
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bd wrote:
Looks like they went db 1986 style and they put modern plastic on.
Was thinking the same. maybe its the white rear fender that is out of place to my eye?
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ATKpilot99 4/16/2012 8:10pm
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bd wrote:
Looks like they went db 1986 style and they put modern plastic on.
TerryK wrote:
Was thinking the same. maybe its the white rear fender that is out of place to my eye?
I think all the gold is effing it up. But then I've never cared for gold on dirt bikes, especially rims.
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newmann 4/16/2012 8:14pm
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bd wrote:
Looks like they went db 1986 style and they put modern plastic on.
TerryK wrote:
Was thinking the same. maybe its the white rear fender that is out of place to my eye?
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I think all the gold is effing it up. But then I've never cared for gold on dirt bikes, especially rims.
Now now now...love me some gold rimmage on red Honda's from around 1980 or so.

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olds cool 4/16/2012 8:21pm
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I may be wrong but that looks like '03/'04 frame and plastics, gen. 2 or 3? Not sure of proper generation classification but whatever it is, that particular era looks a little "fat" or "thick", for lack of a better term, in the frame spar and shroud area. The '05-'08's, whatever generation those are, look a little "slimmer" to me. Having said all that, I think the spar area and shrouds on this bike give it the illusion of being lowered. The rear tire looks to be about right in relation to the bottom of the side number plate. I could be wrong though but that's my opinion and I know what they say about opinions! What I do know for sure is that swingarm is sweet! I have a 500 in an '06 frame and one of those KLP coke bottle swingarms is definately on my must-have list for the future. I would also like to know where this owner got his "Honda Racing" / HRC looking clutch cover and if there is a matching ignition cover on the left side. Color wise, I think the bike would look better with a red rear fender. He's got the '80s look going on with 3/4 of the bike (gold rims, coke bottle swingarm, blue seat, red plastics, etc) but that white rear fender sticks out like a sore thumb. Again, just my opinion...and yes I realize no one asked for it. Oh yea, nice aluminum tank too!
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mx757 4/16/2012 8:28pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Beautiful machine, love the swingarm!!
FreshTopEnd wrote:
As is the tank. I think the color may be a bit of a white balance issue with the file. There's a wicked color cast overall...
As is the tank.

I think the color may be a bit of a white balance issue with the file. There's a wicked color cast overall

Curious what the issue is with the blue seat. Doesn't look that far off from the TLD blue/red color scheme.
I wouldnt mind the blue seat so much if there were blue on the rest of the bike, in the graphics or something. Thats the difference from the TLD bikes to the five hundo there. Everything else looks fine to me. the gold and yellow is a good offset of the red, but the blue just throws me off.
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SEEMEFIRST 4/16/2012 8:29pm
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roughneck wrote:
I hate the color ...blue seat..yellow number plates..white fender....the bike's sick other then that..
What's wrong with blue seats and yellow plates?
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FreshTopEnd 4/16/2012 8:32pm
4/16/2012 8:32pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2012 8:34pm
olds cool wrote:
I may be wrong but that looks like '03/'04 frame and plastics, gen. 2 or 3? Not sure of proper generation classification but whatever it is...
I may be wrong but that looks like '03/'04 frame and plastics, gen. 2 or 3? Not sure of proper generation classification but whatever it is, that particular era looks a little "fat" or "thick", for lack of a better term, in the frame spar and shroud area. The '05-'08's, whatever generation those are, look a little "slimmer" to me. Having said all that, I think the spar area and shrouds on this bike give it the illusion of being lowered. The rear tire looks to be about right in relation to the bottom of the side number plate. I could be wrong though but that's my opinion and I know what they say about opinions! What I do know for sure is that swingarm is sweet! I have a 500 in an '06 frame and one of those KLP coke bottle swingarms is definately on my must-have list for the future. I would also like to know where this owner got his "Honda Racing" / HRC looking clutch cover and if there is a matching ignition cover on the left side. Color wise, I think the bike would look better with a red rear fender. He's got the '80s look going on with 3/4 of the bike (gold rims, coke bottle swingarm, blue seat, red plastics, etc) but that white rear fender sticks out like a sore thumb. Again, just my opinion...and yes I realize no one asked for it. Oh yea, nice aluminum tank too!
There's a guy in England selling the clutch and ignition covers on EBay. You may have to go to the UK Ebay site.

Agree that a red fender on the rear would look a bit more coherent, or go all white like Scottie mentioned.

Yellow is the traditional open class color background from the GP days.
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FreshTopEnd 4/16/2012 8:33pm
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TerryK wrote:
Was thinking the same. maybe its the white rear fender that is out of place to my eye?
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I think all the gold is effing it up. But then I've never cared for gold on dirt bikes, especially rims.
newmann wrote:
Now now now...love me some gold rimmage on red Honda's from around 1980 or so.
Yup. Gold fits those Hondas.
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olds cool 4/16/2012 8:43pm
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Thanks Fresh, checking on those covers in 3, 2, 1...Smile
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FreshTopEnd 4/16/2012 8:47pm
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Reese, I referenced the site, always give Karl huge props, and link his site often here. Get off your high horse.
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500guy 4/16/2012 8:49pm
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it's kind of like the HOA people, oops you have a weed in your yard here's a letter.
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Temor a la Mancha wrote:
Whomever put that color scheme together must be color blind. Beautiful bike otherwise.
I'm colorblind and even I know that looks ugly. Colorblind does not equal stupid lol.
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docwob 4/17/2012 3:10am
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I just built this KX 500 into an 09 KXF 250 chassis
Ive done a few hondas but this kx was a way better job in my opinion.
Oh i can get those honda racing covers,hit me up RDocwobbly@aol.com
cheers,wobs.
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fullfloater 4/17/2012 3:45am
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actually just swap the shrouds and front fender for white. wicked bike.
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Don't like the carbon fiber sticker on the air box either..

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