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Hey guys im starting a rebuild soon on an 87 kdx 200. i got this bike from an old lady while cleaning out her basement things been siting for roughly 15 years so im going down to the frame. some parts have been lost over the years.[/img]

will be uploading a gallery link soon

http://alexlocke.com/index.php
heres the gallery link. ill post my updates here and most of the pics will be in the gallery

i am looking for a few things such as a rear rim with disc brakes to bolt up to this bike seeing as its a rear drum(YIKES!) and im also looking for a newer shock mines in pretty rough condition. thats all for now

A switch to a rear disc will require fabricating some kind of carrier for the swingarm and also welding mounts to the frame for the master cylinder. Certainly doable, but not exactly straight forward. If you do it, post pictures!

I just checked out your gallery--looks like most everything is there. In fact, it looks almost exactly like my 1987 did two months ago when I grabbed it off CL. I just spent a bunch of time getting mine together yesterday, and I'm just waiting on an air filter to test fire it. The hardest part, I think will be replacing the spherical bearings in the Uni Trak push rod, as well as the bolts that go through them. I've had no luck so far ordering OEM. Probably will have to get something similar from a bearing house.

i have 99% of the bike it was complete wen i got it but i had to move and lost a bucket mostly just bolts tho. i have the airfilter and stuff tho

Nothing wrong w/ the rear drum, IMO. Front brakes different story. Bulk of braking should be done with front. I'd concentrate more on a modern front end swap, swap in a 35mm PWK, and call it a day.

it has front disc that look to be in great shape just need to be cleaned

jhvg

just got my license today and looking for a truck. once that payed for im going to officially start rebuilding it. if i can get it running ill dump money into it. dont wanna get ahead of myself.

decided id start tearing into the bike today.. and i found out why it was parked 15 years ago. it was dumped into a lake or river or something. the oil is mixed with water. just about every wire is corroded in some way, and alot of the bike(as you can see from some of the pics) is rusted. but i got most of it apart today. the only thing rlly left to do is take the motor out and label as much as i can. and hopefully i can get it sanded and prepped for paint before i leave for vacation for 2 weeks. we'll see how it goes

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damn..... and i dont know how to upload pics here?

You can upload to a site like Photobucket, and then use the image codes when posting to imbedded the picture in your post.

http://photobucket.com/87kdx200

Heres the gallery. This is what it looked like when i started working on it. i have most of the parts but my idiotic stepdad lost and damaged some of it. but i have most major parts

I've just finished the chassis on my 1987 and I installed a rear disk and USD front end. Contrary to what others might think, I could not stand the drum brakes on the bikes I owned in the past (86,88). I raced and rode them hard, and the shoes wore quickly and then would lock (the cam over-centers) and once the drum is scored up, what do you do other than a major machine-shop operation to replace it? If you want performance, disk is the only way to go.
Anyhoo, I used a 2001 KX125 rear wheel as it shares the same hub, axle size and disk brake diameter as the H model KDX, and used the H model KDX rear disk ass'y. I went with a yamaha master cyl with integrated master cyl so I didn't have to worry about a separate master cyl mount and a guard.

Please, oh please show us some pictures!

dfeckel wrote:Please, oh please show us some pictures!

I don't have a picture hosting site, but if someone here does, I'd be glad to email some pictures to them. PM me if anyone is interested.