1994 rebuild

[kwakers]

well heres the befores and afters,,, put a new wiesco piston and rings ,. kx head gasket,so once ive ran a few hours "rich" ill re-jet the carb and install the fmf pipe, some graphics and vinyl to cover the faded plastics and she should look as good as she runs :0,,, now if only the snaw and winter would hurry up and go,,,,,,,,,,,,,

before :



after :





roll on april,,,,,,

cheers

ian

[KDXGarage]

Looks good. Your hard work paid off.

[559stan]

I liked the blue seat, was it in bad shape?

[flyboy]

NIce job, whats the colour name of the green?

[kwakers]

flyboy, the green powder coat was a stock polyester from Tiger drylacs fluorescent and special colours chart product code here in Canada is 49/51340, was the closest i could see that was Kawi green, that and applying the powder over the blasted frame pre-heated at 400F to get the flow , smoothness and gloss looking good :)

cheers

ian

[kwakers]

559stan, the blue seat was in ok, ish condition, i didn't fancy the pink lettering on it and just figured a re cover in black was the easiest and simplest way to go ???

[ICRage42]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Powder-Coating- ... 1c220c1255

pretty good match plus they have a ton of other varieties and ship anywhere.

For my 95 Im gonna pick up some of from link but then I see they have a metallic type pearl of a darker green but the flake kinda looks kawi green. I figured that would make a nice transition from the kawi green to that on frame and flat black powder for levers and such. Still photoshoppin till I find a good look

Really dig the bike you did a great job!

[kwakers]

anyone ever took a temp reading on the exhaust close to the barrel? any wild guesses as to the temperature it may see, the majority of hi-temp paint systems in black are good for 1000F continuous and suges to 1200F, just looking for some info before i move ahead.

cheers

ian

[kwakers]

well gents finally got time to t6ake a picture of the finished product so to say,,, still a few bits and pieces to do but 98% done motor purrs and cackles nice all in the break in stage
time to go wreck it now i guess.

Thanks

[SS109]

Looks good!

[KDXGarage]

Yeah it does.

Where did you get the graphics? Did you have them custom made?

[kwakers]

Jason, got the graphics off Ebay, will try to find the seller info, they had many modern graphics cut for the KDX :) and thanks guys

[rigidboy]

2 questions....

- brand, model and source for the green headlight?
- FMF pipe model? Gnarly? Fatty?

PS... bike looks great! Superb work!!

[KDXGarage]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I am seeing a Pro Circuit pipe.

[dingerjunkie]

You are correct about the PC pipe. It was (and may still be) available from either Chaparral or Rocky Mountain around Christmas.

That headlight is the same that I have...the Acerbis "Alien", which was the precursor to the DHH.

Those graphics look quite a bit like one of the standard packages for the KDX250 available from Senge.