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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,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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roll on april,,,,,,

cheers

ian

Looks good. Your hard work paid off.

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

NIce job, whats the colour name of the green?

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

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 ???

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!

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

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

Looks good!

Yeah it does.

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

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

2 questions....

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

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

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

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.