97 KDX 220 Rebuild & Update done!

[Gerg]

It started out innocently enough, 'Gee, I think I'll check the bearings before riding season gets here.' It ended with all new bearing front to back, new pipe & silencer, top-end rebuild, and a new color scheme top to bottom. (I hate the purple!)

So, the list is like this:
Fredette set-up video, sandblast & powdercoat frame & swingarm, new Pivot Works bearing kits (wheels, swingarm, steering, shock, etc.) new CEET gripper seat cover, Wiseco piston kit & torque ring from Fredette Racing, new FMF Woods pipe & Turbine II silencer, new fork boots (black!), new brake pads, new 520 O-ring chain from Moose, new IMF footpegs, One Industries graphics kit, UFO headlight & bar brace from Fredette and a new computer from Trail Tech. Little bit of the new Krylon Fusion paint on the tank, and away we go!

I never expected to get this deep into a project, but oh well, I couldn't ride yet anyway! Break-in starts tomorrow morning!

Start to finish (more or less) photos are here: http://homepage.mac.com/gerg7836/PhotoAlbum7.html

 

[fatty_k]

How do you think the paint will hold up on the tank? Or will you just keep applying more as it bubbles/peels (if it will?). Very cool rebuild!

 

[Ark_220]

Man I like that seat cover, how much did it run? Also what type of fmf pipe did you get?

Thanks

 

[Gerg]

I think the paint will hold up pretty well! It went on awfully nice, and seems like a real thick, durable coat. I think since it's on the fuel tank, it'll have more problems than, say, a radiator shroud that gets painted, but I think only time will tell. I'll have a better feel for it after a few weekends of riding/fueling/cleaning, and will report back. I hope the Krylon paint lives up to their boasts.

The CEET cover came from Dennis Kirk and cost about $55. I got the info from CEET's website, but wish I had ordered the one that had a little bit of green toward the rear. This one's all black, and looks great, but I think that little bit of green would have looked better. The pipe is an FMF Woods (Gnarly?) pipe. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the Moose aluminum pipe guard I bought bent well enough to go around that fat pipe. I e-mailed Moose, and the answer I got was (more or less) just do it! Just hammer away at it until you get it right! Anybody else have any experience getting one of these molded properly?

 

[Mrobbins]

Very nice job. My used 97 came with most of those same mods including the pipe gaurd. The black tank and powder coating put it over the top. Now I know what it used to look like.