83 kx500 on ebay

[floberts]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/KAWASAKI-KX-500-83-mdl-Rebuilt-Getting-RARE-CR-YZ-RM_W0QQitemZ300289910128QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Motorcycles?hash=item300289910128&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318

[Tony T]

Not really apart from serious pinging issues.............. 

[BAHNZY]

The bike is missing some key bits (muffler, plastics, although he say he has them)
It has a headlight which would indicate its done a lot of km's, and the KX's dont like that.
The expansion chamber looks like it it's shot
The overall condition of the bike is rather tatty
AND..... He wants $3000 for it will so it will be a very expensive project.

$1500 - $2000 and it would be worth looking at, not $3000

[Tony T]

It's got 84 wheels in it and by the overspray on the carb, it looks like he's had a go at making it look a bit better which always worries me what they're hiding. 
Might be a good thing mechanically though? Who knows..............

[Tony T]

its done a lot of km's, and the KX's dont like that.

What normally goes wrong with them, Bahnsy?
Mine was registered and I did motocross, enduros, trail rides and even road racing on mine every weekend for 2 years and only ever gave it a fresh top end every now and then.
Was I just lucky? 

[floberts]

Hmmm, the more i look the more dubious it seems.

top rebuild and gearbox 4th and 5th new gears no slipping done by me being a motorcycle mech

Trying to understand the description starts to give me a headache. Does he mean 4th and 5th gears are now slipping?

It sounds like the rear guard has had the number plates butchered off too.

[Tex]

Looks like some nice spray can overspray on the carb as well...

Tex

[maicoman]

Yeh the old matt black spray has been out again. It has a 84 safety seat. Very expensive bike to start with. Mine is only a rolling chassis and the engine is in a icecream container (how many times have I seen that) but I paid $2500 less than what he wants. Long live the green machine!

[paul]

if he,s a motorcycle mechanic  he should be ashamed off him self  by the look and condition off that thing

[BAHNZY]

Tony,
The big bore air cooled KX's were like the blonde trophy wife, great to look at but high maintenace. When i started the process to do the 83 i spoke to a fair bag of riders from the day and they can vividly remember having double the maintence on a KX500 compared to a YZ or a CR of the same vintage.  Trail or Enduro riding basically compounded the issue because of the higher mileage and useage over a given time fram Vs what would be seen on a MX track. Specifically and more so when they are not serviced in line with a MX schedule. For some reason the Honda's coped pretty well and given that Yamaha had the IT versions that were all but the same, they learnt a lot from what the trail/enduro group provided as a feedback. Simple examples are things like a 125 air box and a filter that would be better of on a KX80 not a KX500. A rear brake hub that ran on a bush rather than a bearing. Piddly little hubs and spokes that needed lots of maintenace. We've pulled down plenty of IT/YZ 465/490's and the gearbox's are generally pretty good. Pull down a high mileage KX500 and they look real sad. So i guess you kinda answered your own question in your post, you did the maintenace.

Rod

[Tony T]

Well, there you go. 
I didn't think I was doing anything out of the ordinary, but I did come from a 125 to the 500. So engine maintenance was a pretty regular thing and I got used to doing it.
Also lived at home still, so I had plenty of spare time on my hands to hang out in the shed and play with the bikes.
Thanks for the feedback, Bahnsy. 

[floberts]

Well I'll be buggered, someone bought it for $2500

[cyclegod]

Well I'll be buggered, someone bought it for $2500

Here's a better deal 

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-x-Kawasaki-KX-500-Dirt-Bikes_W0QQitemZ230322962107QQihZ013QQcategoryZ102676QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem