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New pictures of the rear shock already charged and installed
Hope you like them!
That Caswells kit seems to be the way to go. I tried using the Eastwood kit but wasn't happy with the results and just sent my stuff out after.
Who did the frame decal?
Sweet build man!
Thanks for your comments
All decals are custom made by www.bdesigns.ca , his name is Brian , you could tell him Martin from Miami sent you
The Shop
To clean the parts that will be powder coat, they get sandblasted
To clean all hardware that will be zinc plated, first gasoline ,second wire wheel and then a solution of HCL at 50% to remove old plating
How many hours of sanding would you estimate it took to get the tank back to that condition. How did you have the frame VIN decal made? Just really outstanding.
Bike is almost done, only the pipe and silencer are missing, i am still working on them
The wheels are already done and installed, front fender is already sanded down and polished
I am posting some pictures of the bike
front fender before
front fender after
macolmedo what size copy-cad kit did you buy from Caswell? I'm about to get one but wasn't sure if the 1.5 gallon was big enough.
I'm doing this 82 RM80 now, but it will be a racer and not done to the detail you have done that 83. But I still want to plate some stuff and get that going.
Have you started any kx80 yourself?
Pit Row
Did you have it for many years or you just got it?
Get the 3-gallon kit, I started with the 1.5 gallons and then moved to the 3-gallon kit, but that way you won't need to buy after all the 3-gallon buckets.
The 1.5 kit will do all small hardware, but you need the 3 kit for larger parts (wheel axles, swingarm axle, etc)
I've been looking for an 82 casually for a while, and this thing popped up on CL in Michigan a few months ago and I picked it up. I currently have it all stripped down and frame, etc are at powdercoater.
My friends son is a nationally ranked mini racer and he'll be racing it a bit next next year like at Mid Ohio VMD.
This year he raced my 1980 RM80 there and I want to upgrade him to the '82. I'm stil ltrying to figure out if there are any options for exhaust, I'm not finding anything so I guess I'm stuck with stock.
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If not check this color from prismatic powder coat company is called Kiwi Green, I will be using that one for my 91, I think it will be really close, give me your opinion
I finally bought that Nos tank on eBay that you told me, so thanks for that one
I am posting here a picture of my collection of Kx shrouds that I have on my garage, I know you will like them
from 89 to 97, the 91 is not on that wall cause it will be on the 91 bike
I am Still looking for the 85 86 87 and 88 one
Hope you like them!
yes it is actually a new complete seat for the 84 and 85 model, it is the same seat but different cover
I could not find a 1983 seat assy yet
I have not seen any works pipe or muffler for the 82
Actually, I have 2 of the 1980 rm's eighty, one restored completely and the other one I just found it this year and it still has the original tires(obviously dry) from the factory and not even a washer was removed from that bike, so the engine was never even touched, I replaced the engine oil, cleaned the tank and put fresh gas and it started right away ,it was sitting from that era
outside picture direct sunlight
original frame of the bike inside the garage, plastics should match frame color too, cause it is the same 7F lime green color code
what parts are you still looking for the 92?
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