New Exhaust

MaxPower
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Edited Date/Time 4/12/2016 5:40am
I put a PSI exhaust on my KX this weekend.I bought it as a rusted pitted mess. I could easily spend 8 hours more in making it nicer. But i figure if take a rock smash in the header pipe at Unadilla i won't feel as bad
I still would like a silencer , In time ill get something.
Kawasaki had the worst exhaust flange seal setups of any bike. I seal it with hi temp silicone and take full care each time i install the pipe.
I remember a lot of kx125s with leaky exhaust back in the day
I hope this pipe feels better than stock.
Same for the new shock. The bike sits so much taller now with the correct spring. If a 4.8 kg spring is right for me and 2 big shock companies says it is, then im used to riding with a spring rate for a skateboard. Because it sits so much taller
This bike is the only bike ever i like gold rims better than black
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TTperra
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4/11/2016 12:39am
Beauty!
That bike must have gold rims.

I think im one of few who like that rear fender, going to put a M Robert fender on my -79 Rocket and se how it looks..
evomx244
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4/11/2016 3:22am
Wow-awesome looking KX! I too like the rear fender/number plate on the 82/83 125's. So how hard was it to mount the late 90's RM forks on your KX? What rear shock are you running ?
newmann
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4/11/2016 5:37am
Looks good and goes good. You ever get the PVL dialed in?

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MaxPower
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4/11/2016 9:07am
newmann wrote:
Looks good and goes good. You ever get the PVL dialed in?
Thanks
I didn't. Its so easy. I think i did everything right. Has spark. Yet no start. Im so embarassed. I know its something im doing wrong. No one has pvl problems but me. I timed it spot on.1.2 before tdc isnt that hard ; Then twisted the stator around and tried just to start it. Nothing. I dont know what else to do other than run the stock ignition for now
barkhard696
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4/11/2016 9:35am
Max, you've got that scooter looking hotter than tasty Texas chili. Awesome work!
Kidkawie
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4/11/2016 9:43am
Looking sweet man, 'bout to dust off my bike.
nicko-31
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4/11/2016 10:42am Edited Date/Time 4/12/2016 8:49am
Looks nice for sure. I had a 83 250 and my favorite vintage 250 . Jon at Jemco can make you up one .Same price as to DG and I'm sure better quality. I never had any issues with my 250, handled good. around nice bike.
MaxPower
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4/11/2016 3:59pm
Are those 90's RM conventionals or Zokes?
I can see why you ask, i removed the gold anodizing. They are Showas FTE.
Had I realized tbe conventional Marzocchis were good forks i might have used them
Its just as well. I was able to find a set if billet Applied triples to work with the Showas
I couldnt believe how many people ask me about my Fox Forxs from the sticker
MaxPower
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4/11/2016 5:41pm
Max, you've got that scooter looking hotter than tasty Texas chili. Awesome work!
Thank You Barkhard. That is a nice thing to say.
Mike P.
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4/11/2016 7:49pm
Looking good Kevin, and I too had issues with the PVL on my 80 RM125. Mine has a nasty spot between the pilot & needle that never cleans up. Oh well...
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4/11/2016 11:03pm Edited Date/Time 4/12/2016 12:45am
Are those 90's RM conventionals or Zokes?
MaxPower wrote:
I can see why you ask, i removed the gold anodizing. They are Showas FTE. Had I realized tbe conventional Marzocchis were good forks i might...
I can see why you ask, i removed the gold anodizing. They are Showas FTE.
Had I realized tbe conventional Marzocchis were good forks i might have used them
Its just as well. I was able to find a set if billet Applied triples to work with the Showas
I couldnt believe how many people ask me about my Fox Forxs from the sticker
Nice bike.

I quite like the rear number plate on the fender look - of course, it's correct fitment for a few models of KX, but, when I did a 'Long shock lay down' decades ago on one of my bikes, it was the best way to have number panels. Well after, I finally got an aftermarket rear fender / number plate unit - forget the brand, but it was the type that PC ran on some Huskies.

This is Not 'Hating' : - I just don't get why so many people put on Fox Factory Forx stickers on other forks. Put the brands stickers that they are, on, not something they are definitely not. It just spoils so many great, beautifully done bikes, doing such a thing - 'wanna being', as a mate of mine rather viciously describes it as. Hell, those forks are far better than the original 44s ( as they bloody well should be, being several generations in suspension tech on - I Do own a set of 44s) Yes, the forks are Conventionals, and silver, but they are not Fox Factory Forx . It goes for any 'other product stickering' of components. Label them for what they really are, I say.

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