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Marketplace => For Sale => Topic started by: NGK on October 17, 2013, 08:48:23 pm

Title: honda XL500s engine
Post by: NGK on October 17, 2013, 08:48:23 pm

sold

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: bishboy on October 18, 2013, 11:21:00 am

What year is the motor?

And does any know will it fit in a KLX250 frame without hacking the frame??

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: g465b on October 18, 2013, 12:23:35 pm

the XL500 engine is approx  360mm long and  520mm high,the KLX cradle is approx 20mm to short and just not tall enough.there were two xl500 eng /klx hybrids at cd7 or 8,so they  will fit    g.

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: Digga on October 18, 2013, 01:00:37 pm

If you go squeezing in a big 500 engine into a KLX 250 frame, then where does that fit witin the VMX classes? How does that work, Evo???

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: bishboy on October 18, 2013, 02:44:44 pm

As long as the engine comes from a twin shock bike, it will fit evo

Sounds like there will be some cutting and shutting involved, would prefer not to cut up the frame.... 

What about fitting a XL350 engine?

Don't know a lot about four strokes, but I understand that there are plenty of aftermarket kits, cams etc for both the 500 and 350 and can be made to make good horsepower?

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: Slakewell on October 18, 2013, 02:49:45 pm

They fit KLX without much problems

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: steve234 on October 18, 2013, 04:08:17 pm

PM sent regarding forks

Cheers,
Steve

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: TT5 Matt on October 18, 2013, 06:06:05 pm

theres a tread on this site for the 500 motor in the klx250 frame but im sure there was a lot of cut and shutting to be done like extend the top tube of the frame. there was a tt350 powered klx on here as well and it would be an easier conversion to do

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: Andrew L on October 18, 2013, 06:48:09 pm

Will the 500 fit in a xl250s frame of the same era

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: silverfox on November 26, 2013, 07:07:22 pm

G/day mate. Best I could offer you would be $300.00 plus the ride to me. I have one in a 79 husky frame that I am going to rebuild, so would be using it as a spare. Would not make sense for me to spend any more, as I would be better putting the money into my own rebuild, as this one will probably need one as well. If that all makes sense!!

Title: Re: honda XL500s engine
Post by: VMX Andrew on November 26, 2013, 07:19:30 pm

Im interested... Just let me have a think about it for a while ok ???