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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 26, 2015, 07:59:38 PM »

Look out.....

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 26, 2015, 07:50:02 PM »

^^^ what he said

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 25, 2015, 07:20:59 PM »

The pipe will definitely be original. Our plans are to use a portion of the k5 head pipe, and the rest of it will be hand coned by Robl Engineering.

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 02, 2015, 12:17:57 PM »

Can't be giving the looks away just yet but know that we have a SWEET idea in mind. I'll keep everyone posted along the way. Thanks for the support.

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 02, 2015, 11:32:28 AM »

We had the same thought Tbone07.

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 02, 2015, 11:13:44 AM »

For now we are planning on a stock length '05 450r swingarm. We want to keep it as maneuverable as possible. Thanks for the props.

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 02, 2015, 10:41:00 AM »

Haha yep! There was one written recently. In one of the first sentences, they called it "un-rideable". They weren't far off. What little time I spent riding it was mostly on one wheel.

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Hybrid 250R / Kx500-r

« on: February 01, 2015, 06:37:05 PM »

Thought I would shed some light on a project my brother in law(troybilt) and I are working on, and are pretty excited about. We will be using a gusseted '88 250r frame, and the motor out of an '86 KX500 that I recently acquired for the power plant. I took the KX for a few laps around the property prior to dis-assembly, and the torque is unbelievable on this thing. It has a scary amount of power at every RPM range. We gusseted the frame about a month ago, and were able to strip the KX down and pull the motor last weekend. We sat the engine in the frame, and it fits surprisingly well. We will be utilizing the fabrication skills of Robl Engineering for the motor mounts, as obviously the stock ones aren't going to cut it. I will attach a few pictures of the frame we started with, the gusset kit installed, and the motor just sitting in the frame with an RE custom aluminum fuel tank mocked up. I hope to have more updates soon. Thanks!