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Marketplace => Wanted => Topic started by: Simo63 on July 08, 2014, 09:18:03 pm

Title: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 08, 2014, 09:18:03 pm: Anything considered even 84 model
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 09, 2014, 03:59:12 pm: bump
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: cyclegod on July 09, 2014, 04:08:41 pm: This guy has been trying to flog this bike for years...

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth-region/motorcycles/kawasaki-250-enduro-/1050953610
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 09, 2014, 04:23:32 pm: Quote from: cyclegod on July 09, 2014, 04:08:41 pm
This guy has been trying to flog this bike for years...

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth-region/motorcycles/kawasaki-250-enduro-/1050953610

Thanks sounds like what I'm after but would cost me more to get it over to QLD :(
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: bishboy on July 09, 2014, 04:37:14 pm: How about this one, probably Salisbury SA not Salisbury Brisbane??

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/salisbury-east/motorcycles/kawasaki-kdx/1050313216 (http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/salisbury-east/motorcycles/kawasaki-kdx/1050313216)
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: cyclegod on July 09, 2014, 04:44:37 pm: Quote from: Simo63 on July 09, 2014, 04:23:32 pm
Quote from: cyclegod on July 09, 2014, 04:08:41 pm
This guy has been trying to flog this bike for years...

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth-region/motorcycles/kawasaki-250-enduro-/1050953610

Thanks sounds like what I'm after but would cost me more to get it over to QLD :(

Bendan (Rookie) had a company called motorcycle pick-ups WA put my IT on a half pallet to make transport cheaper, that KDX broken down would be an easy pack on a half pallet.
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: mustanggrahame on July 09, 2014, 05:04:41 pm: 1985 model is exactly the same bike as well.
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 09, 2014, 05:47:50 pm: Quote from: mustanggrahame on July 09, 2014, 05:04:41 pm
1985 model is exactly the same bike as well.

Thanks
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Paul552 on July 10, 2014, 05:21:07 pm: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/barden-ridge/motorcycles/kawasaki-kdx200-1984-vmx-vinduro/1047914259
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 10, 2014, 06:18:17 pm: Quote from: Paul552 on July 10, 2014, 05:21:07 pm
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/barden-ridge/motorcycles/kawasaki-kdx200-1984-vmx-vinduro/1047914259

thanks Paul but I just want a roller so I can convert the bastardised KDX/KX250 Hybrid I already have back to a vinduro weapon it should be. Here's my bike at the moment (and no I am not responsible for these "modifications" .. I purchased it exactly like this :

(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a438/Simo63/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3661_zps64ee180a.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/Simo63/media/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3661_zps64ee180a.jpg.html)

(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a438/Simo63/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3660_zps870a8a84.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/Simo63/media/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3660_zps870a8a84.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: kdx Geoff on July 10, 2014, 07:45:32 pm: Hey Simo

would you have a pic of the frame showing the changes to fit twin shocks you could post ?

Cheers

Geoff
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 10, 2014, 08:03:53 pm: Here you go Geoff:

(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a438/Simo63/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3672_zpsdcee9c6d.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/Simo63/media/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3672_zpsdcee9c6d.jpg.html)

(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a438/Simo63/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3671_zps66630993.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/Simo63/media/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3671_zps66630993.jpg.html)

(http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a438/Simo63/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3670_zpsfc73843f.jpg) (http://s1035.photobucket.com/user/Simo63/media/Selling%20Stuff/DSCF3670_zpsfc73843f.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 10, 2014, 08:05:24 pm: Probably a bit hard to see but aside from that modification, the bike is brilliant. I rode it at a QVMX practice day one weekend and could not believe how good it was to ride.
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: bishboy on July 10, 2014, 10:40:43 pm: Is it a klx swingarm?
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 10, 2014, 10:46:34 pm: Quote from: bishboy on July 10, 2014, 10:40:43 pm
Is it a klx swingarm?

I think so .. and also KLX shocks too I believe
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: ty4 on July 11, 2014, 04:01:20 pm: i like it as it is Simo...whack some lights on it and enjoy it 8)

cheers

tony
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 12, 2014, 12:20:47 am: Quote from: ty4 on July 11, 2014, 04:01:20 pm
i like it as it is Simo...whack some lights on it and enjoy it 8)

cheers

tony

Thanks Tony but I'd just like to return it back to the bike it was instead of it being a hybrid
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: William Doe on July 12, 2014, 07:20:51 am: Simo is the bike legal for the class between pre 78 and pre 85 ( i wont dare mention the name ) ?
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: William Doe on July 12, 2014, 07:21:37 am: By the way i think it looks great :)
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: mustanggrahame on July 12, 2014, 07:39:23 am: I think anything is now Bill
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: Simo63 on July 12, 2014, 08:53:27 am: Quote from: William Doe on July 12, 2014, 07:20:51 am
Simo is the bike legal for the class between pre 78 and pre 85 ( i wont dare mention the name ) ?

I don't want to go there Bill however it is a 1983 single shock frame converted back to twin shock so only eligible for pre 85. I purchased it already modified like this and I suspect back in the day it was a cheap version of the mighty KX250A5. I'm okay with that but I just want to restore it to it's original condition. I believe I might be able to just put the swing arm and unitrak shock back in and grind off the extra brackets but I honestly don't know what else on the bike has been modded (eg wheels, forks etc) so wanted a stock roller to rebuild it with.

Quote from: William Doe on July 12, 2014, 07:21:37 am
By the way i think it looks great :)

Thanks. It's an awesome bike to ride. The KDX motor has plenty of punch and is a great motor and it handles fantastically for it's era.
Title: Re: 1983 KDX250 Frame or Roller
Post by: bishboy on July 12, 2014, 02:53:33 pm: Here's some more bits, I don't know what year exactly, but are cheap

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/drouin/parts/kdx-200-dr-200-motorbike-frames/1045740557 (http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/drouin/parts/kdx-200-dr-200-motorbike-frames/1045740557)