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Marque Remarks => Kawasaki => Topic started by: 211 on August 06, 2014, 04:22:52 pm

Title: #211 74 KX250
Post by: 211 on August 06, 2014, 04:22:52 pm

http://rs24.pbsrc.com/albums/c35/deltatango1/DT211/kx_zps32d84bbc.jpg~c200 (http://rs24.pbsrc.com/albums/c35/deltatango1/DT211/kx_zps32d84bbc.jpg~c200)

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: 211 on August 06, 2014, 04:26:41 pm

Im stuffed if I can make the picture thing work - the bike is my 74KX I bought from New York as an absolute piece of crap about 10 years ago and took all this time to do. Front wheel is a 75 KX = bike is for riding not looking at - she flies but some minor tweaks yet to make it really finished.

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: pokey on August 06, 2014, 04:34:46 pm

Nicee

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c35/deltatango1/DT211/kx_zps32d84bbc.jpg)

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: Slakewell on August 06, 2014, 05:58:25 pm

Nice Dave one of my fav 74 ,250's

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: oldfart on August 06, 2014, 07:21:25 pm

Dave it's come a long way since I saw it last  ;D     very nice indeed.

Just need to locate a 75 front end for mine and we will be on the line together

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: Hardo on August 06, 2014, 10:17:35 pm

That looks great mate. Full credit to you.  :)

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: euro bikes on August 07, 2014, 03:29:55 am

The front ends are flexible and crap steering. ,I have a 400 I put different forks which helped.

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: 211 on August 07, 2014, 07:55:22 am

Quote from: euro bikes on August 07, 2014, 03:29:55 am

The front ends are flexible and crap steering. ,I have a 400 I put different forks which helped.

Agree - the big issue is the backing plate so hence the 75 front wheel - you need to use the 75 forks to do that but there is no way I would ride it with the 74 front on it. It wont see the Nationals for that reason. The good bit is the engine, they really go quick and I rate it with my RH250 for power.
as a famous frog once said "its hard being green"

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: Brian Watson on August 07, 2014, 11:14:00 am

As you should DT..the engine is so close to a Suzuki..you'd think the same guy developed them both  ::) ... tho I haven't seen inside a Froggy..

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: Doc on August 07, 2014, 12:51:03 pm

green..I like green ;D

great job!

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: euro bikes on August 07, 2014, 11:47:56 pm

I saw one from England that had a Betor front end on a 74 but can't find a pic of it to see if it had a standard wheel or what.

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: Slakewell on August 16, 2014, 09:26:29 pm

Why not just fit a Yamaha wheel with the 90% backing plate? Its not that hard?

Title: Re: #211 74 KX250
Post by: oldyzman on August 16, 2014, 10:10:07 pm

Famous words Doc, from running on empty....