The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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I can't be the only one that is assuming that every time there's a post on here it will be of you in shorts and flip flops, helmetless, tearing up and down your road pissing off the neighbours with a cloud of two stroke gases!

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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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lostboy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:15 am I can't be the only one that is assuming that every time there's a post on here it will be of you in shorts and flip flops, helmetless, tearing up and down your road pissing off the neighbours with a cloud of two stroke gases!

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It stops being a project if you finish it...

Just making a mount for a CRF sidestand then I'll be concentrating on finishing the rollers. Need to MOT the little CG125 also, but that can wait.

3 kids under 9yrs mean there is always something that needs fixing round the house, and with the schools out the wife and I have no spare time for much else besides stopping them killing each other at the minute.
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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lostboy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:15 am I can't be the only one that is assuming that every time there's a post on here it will be of you in shorts and flip flops, helmetless, tearing up and down your road pissing off the neighbours with a cloud of two stroke gases!

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How long exactly have you known the Badger ;)

The day that happens the sound of Boris bullshit will be drowned out by the clang of all the jaws dropping that its actually finished :mrgreen:
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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In case you wanted a bit of inspiration...

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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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derek badger wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:55 am Result.

The statement that says it was originally supplied in the UK should mean I don't need to go through the NOVA stuff as it's not been imported.

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Hi Derek

I have the same letter from kawasaki with a kx I have just purchased. Have you applied for logbook yet? Did you have to contact the nova registration or did you just do mot and full the v55/5

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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Liamblack1987 wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:52 pm
derek badger wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:55 am Result.

The statement that says it was originally supplied in the UK should mean I don't need to go through the NOVA stuff as it's not been imported.

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Hi Derek

I have the same letter from kawasaki with a kx I have just purchased. Have you applied for logbook yet? Did you have to contact the nova registration or did you just do mot and full the v55/5

Thanks Liam
He's a bit elusive is Mr Badger, worth tagging @derek badger to see if he's still communicado. :thumbup:
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Liamblack1987 wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:06 pm @derek badger
He'll have 2 pings now. If he responds we can ask him how his motorised roller bump start machine is coming along. :thumbup:
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:11 pm
Liamblack1987 wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:06 pm @derek badger
He'll have 2 pings now. If he responds we can ask him how his motorised roller bump start machine is coming along. :thumbup:
I imagine he's not on here very often because he's been killed by those rollers.
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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He's on FB,I've given him a shout.
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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Dating letters only last 12 months, I've been advised to do Nova route and send it and a letter stating I bought it as a Box of bits at an Autojumble to avoid the chance of getting charged import duty.

I registered a YZ465 years ago and it was pretty easy. MOT on frame number then apply for V5 with supporting paperwork. Didn't have a NOVA certificate for that one.
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Might be worth pinging @Liamblack1987 that there's been a reply. :)
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Re: The 10+ year KX500 rebuild thread

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