argclh6670
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- Jan 27, 2013
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argclh6670 said:ill also look into the kips thing. Although im NOT totally clear on what you mean on this mod. What improvement did you get from it? /also, i have a complete front end off a 96 kx250 that im thinking bout swapping stems and running, pretty sure that'll work? good info dave, jeff. thanks.
i also have bare roller frame from that 96 kx250 wonder if it would be worth while to contemplate swapping over to it? IDK....any thoughts on that one??
Hey jeff, im finally starting the swap over to the kx frame...got all parts, motor sitting in frame.....if u can remember when you cut the swingarm , did the cut go into the hollow portion of your swingarm?? I havent cut mine yet.....just tryn to get alil more info.Tony - I think the 96 frame is identical to the 95, so it should work, it's very easy to get the engine out and slip it in, so I recommend you give that a go just to check first! The swap wasn't hard though - you have to cut some off the swing-arm to fit each side of the engine, and the sleeve bushes to match, and I had to drill out the engine castings, about 1 or 2 mm to get the thicker swing-arm pivot bolt through - the carb/airbox connection is a little bit shorter as well, although it fit, you just have to try hard !
Other than that, everything fit like it was made for it, although of course you lose the speedo cable drive, so go digital, or forget it! oh, I did have to open out one of the bolt holes on the engine top mounts. Cable routing underneath the tank is a tad tricky as well - and you would need the KX radiators, even though you can mate them up with the KDX engine with a bit of adjustment.
Bottom line is that I'm no engineer - it was all done with basic tools in the shed at the bottom of the garden, so it couldn't have been hard. One thing I do miss though on the much, much, much lighter, better handling bike is the side stand !!!!!
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