96' KDX200 rebuild [FINISHED]

[ced64k]

Hi, I'm Cédric from Belgium. I'm 36 years old and I work as webdesigner. My first bike was a 2001 Gas Gas EC 200 in 2004, then a Fantic 125 in 2009. Since I complety stopped motorcycle, sold the bikes, gears, etc (family, house, baby, you know). Now I restart slowly.

I intended to buy a recent road legal YZ 125 and finally I just bought this 96 KDX 200, more suited to my riding skills

It works well for her age but as you see on the pictures it needs maintenance and this winter I'd like to completely restore it. Frame powercoating, "new" motor, rebuilding suspension (maybe a kx fork), new plastics, etc. Depending of my mechanic skills (as limited as my riding skills ) and $$$$

[Bitteeinit]

Salut! Looks decent for a 96... Front sprocket might be a bit worn but still has life in it. Since you take good closeup pictures, do you mind taking a picture of the swingarm (chain side)? I'm missing the "rubber protector" that runs near the front sprocket and can't find any good pictures of what it should look like. Making myself one...

[ced64k]

You mean this ?





I'll take a better picture this weekend :)

[frenche200]

it seems me i had see this bike in another forum
welcome here!

[diymirage]

looks good to me, its missing a few rivets in the silencer but other than that very nice
oh, and the rear axle is mounted backwards ;)

just curious, what part of belgium are you from ?

(i passed through there more than once in my younger days)

[ced64k]

just curious, what part of belgium are you from ?

(i passed through there more than once in my younger days)

I'm from Chièvres, near Mons. There's an US Air Force base, so many Americans live in the area :)

[IDRIDR]

ced: Nice looking first KDX. That should give you something to keep busy over winter.

Salut! Looks decent for a 96... Front sprocket might be a bit worn but still has life in it. Since you take good closeup pictures, do you mind taking a picture of the swingarm (chain side)? I'm missing the "rubber protector" that runs near the front sprocket and can't find any good pictures of what it should look like. Making myself one...

That protector generally isn't rubber but rather a strong wearing plastic, and without it your chain could wear into the swingarm. The hotfootmoto folks make a nice product that I've installed on the KLX and KLR. http://hotfootmoto.net/store/product.ph ... 281&page=1

[Bitteeinit]

You mean this ?

I'll take a better picture this weekend :)

Yes! Thanks for the info guys. When you get a moment, can you measure the length of that plastic? Even a rough estimate would be ok. At the moment I have no choice: I'm going to use a very hard rubber. But I think the piece I have now is too short...

[ced64k]

Teardown started :)







(Bitteeinit I don't forget you for the picture, this weekend, ahum :) )

[ced64k]

Bitteeinit

[Bitteeinit]

Thanks!!!

[diymirage]

just curious, what part of belgium are you from ?

(i passed through there more than once in my younger days)

I'm from Chièvres, near Mons. There's an US Air Force base, so many Americans live in the area :)

cant say ive heard of it, but then again, im the kind of person who pronounces "liege" as "luik"

[newbbewb]

Whatever lens you were using for the first batch of shots has great DOF. Please tell me that was not a cellphone.

[ced64k]

Nikon D7000 + Nikon 105 VR 2.8 :)

[ced64k]

I've made good progress :)

[3j3j3j]

Like the purple plastics

[ced64k]

Hey, do you think it's a good idea ?

[ced64k]

Little update with the KDX stem on the KX 97 lower triple. Was made by a local shop, knurling was needed, the guy also added special glue and a new Koyo bearing.

[Beer!]

Nice bike! yeah the first thing I noticed was the rivets missing hahahah, someone repacked it and didn't have the tool to finish? wither way, nice to open it up and see the condition I suppose.

[Beer!]

BTW, I am a fan of your countries beers! I plan on doing a brouwerij tour there in the next 2 years with some friends.