Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 29th of May 2024 - Riihimäki, Finland

 Couple photos more from May and Turpakäräjät. Take a look 😎

Ford Roadster

Lahti Hela Ride-In Bike Show X - 25th of May 2024 - Lahti, Finland

 Photos from 10th Lahti Hela Ride-In Bike Show held at the end of May in Lahti. Take a look 😎

Harley-Davidson M8

Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 22nd of May 2024 - Riihimäki, Finland

 First shots of the summer 🌞 Take a look 😎

The Kustom Kulture Show 2024 @ Cable Factory - 11th of February - Helsinki, Finland

 Few nice pics from start of the year before we move on to more recent ones. Take a look 😎

1931 Ford A Pick-up

Throwback - *EX* '92 Kawasaki KDX 125 SR - Part III - Fitting '03 Kawasaki KX125 exhaust pipe and muffler

To complete the KX look of my KDX125 I decided to fit also exhaust pipe and muffler from '03 KX125 to it. Exhaust pipe itself did not require any modification other than making a small dint for the kickstarter with bit of heat and gentle hammering. Most work went into designing a new adapter and flange that would combine both KX and KDX methods of fixing exhaust pipe to the cylinder. Otherwise I just utilized old KDX125 front bracket and made a new simple rear bracket from sheet of steel and added few steel spacers to securely fix the exhaust pipe. Short piece of silicon radiator hose fixed with hose clamps made sure that exhaust fumes would not escape between pipe and muffler.

'03 Kawasaki KX125 exhaust pipe

Test fit

Parts to fit '03 KX125 exhaust pipe to KDX125

Main dimensions of adapter

Main dimensions of flange

Test fit before paint

'91 KX125 reed valve and Keihin PJ 36 mm carb

Final form

End of story

MP 24 Motorcycle Expo - Extra - Monkeys @ Jonnela - 4th of February 2024 - Helsinki, Finland

 Extra shots of Honda Z50J mopeds from Jonnela section of MP 24 motorcycle expo 😎

Throwback - *EX* '92 Kawasaki KDX 125 SR - Part II - Fitment and installation of '03 Kawasaki KX125 fuel tank, seat, rear subframe, air box, radiators and plastic kit

Let's continue the story of my ex '92 Kawasaki KDX 125 SR with how I fitted and installed bunch of parts from '03 Kawasaki KX125 motocross bike to it. I had no idea in the beginning how all of those parts would actually fit to my KDX 125 but I decided to take that risk and order them from overseas dismantler. My thought process was that since Kawasaki had used frames with similar style in KDX and KX models over the years they would have similar proportions and dimensioning. 

In the end the fitment was fairly straigthforward and I was very happy with the result which you can see below. Intake of the air box was the only thing I could not get properly aligned. Either way I had to place battery and other electrical components somewhere inside the KX125 subframe so they found a new place for themself inside the air box. That meant that I had to use an external air filter.

In the next and last part I will show you how I also fitted an exhaust pipe from '03 Kawasaki KX125 to this bike. Stay tuned for that soon 😎

Bunch of '03 Kawasaki KX125 parts for my KDX125

Starting point

Dissassembly

Test fitting '03 Kawasaki KX125 fuel tank

Hump had to be reformed with hot air gun

Test fitting of fuel tank, seat and rear subframe

Old radiator and rear subframe brackets removed

Templates for new rear subframe brackets

New rear subframe brackets cut and prepped for welding

Test fitting of rear subframe brackets

Right side

Right side bottom brackets from front

Right side bottom brackets from back

Left side

Left side bottom brackets from front

Left side bottom brackets from back

Rear subframe and radiator brackets welded

Simple radiator brackets

Right side

Left side

Top view

Bottom view

Frame after sand blasting and powder coating

Only picture I have from putting things back on

Done for now