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If the shock seems whooped you may be looking at an replacement
Myself i wouldnt care if it wasnt the best bike in 82. We are racing our peers of other out of shape fat bald men Its more important to me i have tbe bike i want and that im having fun. And they weren't bad bikes either
Remember drooling over the brochure when i was a kid, they looked so cool, guess thats why i want one.
I ride the bikes, so its important that i like the handling and engine, but even if its bad it is still better then me..
I will se how much he wants for it, the ad said $800 or higher bid..
What parts are so hard to get? Its not like a Gilera or Cagiva even. The internet makes the world a whole lot smaller. I just wish there was someone like Stevie but had a love for Kawis instead of Hondas
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There was a guy on Marks with a few nos parts, not sure if still around.
There is good reason why you very rarely see them at the vintage races.
Sorry if that hurts anybody's feelings.
I will start a new thread later with pictures when i get to it.
Good info about wheels and pegs, have to research about suspension and to get handlebar more forward
Shock strut heim joints develop play if the boots crack or are missing and they are not constantly cleaned and lubed.
Shock bodies wear out pretty quickly if the oil gets too dirty. If the body is good Race Tech can rebuild, spring, and revalve the stock shock with good results for several hundred $ less than a new custom Noleen, Works Performance, or RaceTech G3 shock. Ohlins made a shock, I do not think they are in production anymore, great shock if you can find one, but expensive.
Later OEM shocks to 86 fit and offer compression damping adjustment on the reservoir. You get an upgraded shock with a close to stock look and they can be rebuilt / revalved by RaceTech.
I am not a "strictly original" guy, but I like to have period correct modifications if I can, or at least look like it.
On my CR480 -83 I have bar mounts from a Husky CR500 turned backwards(pointing forward) to get the bars more forward, don't look so good but period correct.
The guy I bought the KX from was a high level rider in Europe in 80´s and early 90´s, we talked about those bar mounts, and he told me he did that mod with Husky mounts on some bike.
In later 80´s he rode Suzuki and they had rubber inserts angled backwards(like most 80´s), so he flipped the upper triple clamp upside-down so the bar mounts was angled forward..
Video of SR 500
Ill be going to 88 KX forks and triples though. Hopefully the Ahrma will legalize the 83 to race Ultima. I dont want to push there good reasoning and my luck by showing up with modern forks and a disc brake from a crf450.
I feel the single piston caliper was a pretty decent brake.
Thinking back it was so much better than anything at the time and no one made a big a deal about it as it really was
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