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Marque Remarks => Kawasaki => Topic started by: farmer58za on June 26, 2012, 05:33:33 am

Title: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: farmer58za on June 26, 2012, 05:33:33 am

Hi All
Got this F5 Bighorn MX'er from AZ Mike last year. It's home in my garage now and I'm fettling it up to put on our offroad stand at the local Classic Bike show. Hopefully I'll get it started up sometime before the weekend. I think that snail pipe is going to be loud!

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc198/farmer58za/?action=view&current=F5MX3.jpg

Regards
David

Title: Re: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: sudman on June 26, 2012, 06:50:09 am

One of the coolest bikes, it will handle well with a C&J frame. ;D

Title: Re: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: Doc on June 26, 2012, 08:55:04 am

Looks pretty cool David..endowed with exotic bits and rotary valve engines can put out some serious tune=able HP 8)

Title: Re: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: farmer58za on July 28, 2012, 02:21:20 am

Last night my Dirt Bike CD's arrived!

DB did a series of articles in '71-'72 in which they modified a stock Bighorn, including replacing the frame with a Hindall frame and were able to shave over 60lbs off the stocker.  [I do believe that one Firko on this board has the very frame that DB used.......]

Tomorrow, just to see, I'll take the bathroom scale out and weigh my Bighorn - it still feels pretty heavy!

Regards
David

Title: Re: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: VMX247 on July 28, 2012, 11:31:03 am

Quote from: farmer58za on July 28, 2012, 02:21:20 am

I'll take the bathroom scale out and weigh my Bighorn - it still feels pretty heavy!

David, good to see you back in the shed.  8)
Could you put your bike weigh up on this linked topic for future referance.
Thanks  :)

http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=14970.0


(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc198/farmer58za/F5MX3.jpg)

Title: Re: The Bighorn [beast] has arrived!
Post by: farmer58za on July 29, 2012, 12:44:37 am

Went and weighed the Bighorn this AM.
Weighed in at 110kg dry [44% front, 56% rear]. In USA terms, that's 242 lbs. Taking a little scale innacuracy plus some fluids, you're most probably looking at 250lbs. That's not as light as the DB bike, but certainly not disgraceful.

BTW, I weighed in my '79 KLX 250 afterwards and it came in on exactly the same weight: 110kg [45% front, 55% rear]

I also weighed 3 frames and will post the results in the topic above.

Regards
David