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Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 04:36 pm Jul 08 2013
by dude541
CoronasAndChips wrote:That is an awesome build. There was a mid 90s 250 ninja for sale locally but I called 20 minutes too late. My plan was to put my spare 97 kx 250 motor in it.
Realizing the chance to find a Ninja dirt cheap won't happen soon so I sold the motor.
Again congrats on a terrific build.

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thanks for the comments, much appreciated :grin:
best regards
john

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 11:05 pm Jul 11 2013
by daibosatsu_tooge
Nice bike! I'm also looking to get my bike supermotard excels. But I wonder will the stock front fork fits any kind of supermotard excel? Or we need to change it to have the wider width?

Thanks,
Dan

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 12:01 pm Jul 15 2013
by carts69
Well worth the wait John! looking very nice indeed, whats she ride like then?

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 04:17 am Jul 18 2013
by dude541
carts69 wrote:Well worth the wait John! looking very nice indeed, whats she ride like then?
thanks mate :grin:
get some more pics up of your progress.
haven't rode it to far yet as its not registered, got watch the :busted:
but feels awesome :grin:
best regards
john

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 11:15 am Jul 18 2013
by KDXohio
Man that looks good! :prayer:

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 06:48 am Jul 19 2013
by dude541
KDXohio wrote:Man that looks good! :prayer:
thank you :grin:

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 11:20 am Aug 18 2013
by Robkx250
Hi there what a lovely sm I'm wanting to do this to mine. What rear fender did you use?

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 05:59 pm Aug 19 2013
by dude541
Robkx250 wrote:Hi there what a lovely sm I'm wanting to do this to mine. What rear fender did you use?
thanks :grin:
I used a maier rear fender.
best regards
john

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 06:27 pm Aug 19 2013
by jaywylie
Awesome work. Looks fun!

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 11:48 am Aug 21 2013
by KDXohio
:kick:

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 04:06 am Aug 23 2013
by dude541
jaywylie wrote:Awesome work. Looks fun!
thanks :grin:

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 12:45 pm Nov 13 2013
by sailorcolin
how did you know what wheels to get? Im looking to do a supermoto build of my 94. Im looking at second hand wheels though.

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 02:08 pm Nov 13 2013
by Roadhazardguy
Here's another thread with a little more wheel info.

Oops
http://kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.ph ... +9#p134493

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 07:28 pm Nov 13 2013
by s10gto
Now thats SWEET! :supz: Looks like you just picked it up from the show room! Well done! :bravo:

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 05:37 am Nov 15 2013
by dude541
thank you :grin:
a lot of work went into it, but if you have a bit of knowledge and a good machine shop it is pretty straight forward.

sailorcolin,
most people just choose what rims to use then get them laced to the kdx hubs, that is the easiest way by far, I managed to pick up a set of brand new talon hub/excel rim package that was built for a klx 300, knowing it would only take minor modification to fit the kdx.
just do your research well and all will go smoothly :)
best regards
john

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 06:20 am Nov 15 2013
by 6 Riders
SSo, a set of rims from a KLX will fit on a KDX? What sort of mods did you have to do?
If so, I'm gonna be in heaven!

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 07:58 am Nov 15 2013
by dude541
6 Riders wrote:SSo, a set of rims from a KLX will fit on a KDX? What sort of mods did you have to do?
If so, I'm gonna be in heaven!
not any klx wheels,
I know the klx 300 uses the same hubs as the kdx, and has same axle sizes etc, but the rear would need the spacing altered slightly as the klx uses a different rear caliper hanger.

this is why most have rims laced to the standard hub, as its much easier, and you wont get hassle with brakes etc.

as my talon/excel hubs/rims where made for a klx 300 I had to adjust the rear spacing, also taking into account I was using a 160 rear tyre!
front wheel would have bolted straight in if I was using the standard kdx forks, but im not! so I had to do a fair bit of work on the front end, which would take a while to list!

best regards
john

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 08:50 am Mar 16 2014
by dude541
Bit of an update..........

a lot of you may know I have been doing a DC conversion with a trail tech reg/rec, 85w stator, battery etc.
I completely removed the stock lighting wiring and made my own loom, so now have side lights, low beam, high beam, brake lights ( that you don't have to have full lights on to work!) indicators, horn, currently using a H4 60/55w as I have purchased a new headlight as I wanted everything to be dot legal.

new headlight........

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just need to fit the front indicators,

rear end (sorry pic isn't great!).........

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still have this to play with..............

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got a new ignition coil for it, think I may end up having timing issues? we shall see............. worst case I may make my own stator plate for it.
about it for now, will keep updating as I go along.
best regards
John

2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 10:31 am Mar 16 2014
by cornishwrecker220
Bike is looking good john :grin:

Will you be looking to run a fly wheel weight to smooth things on the road or does it behave ok as it is ?

Re: 2001 kdx220r supermotard finished!

Posted: 10:40 am Mar 16 2014
by Roadhazardguy
Everything looks sweet!

The funny thing is I was just looking at this thread yesterday haha. I like the look of your tires but I don't think I can get those over here.