1988 KX80 bigwheel for my son?

[firffighter]

I found a very nice '88 KX80 bigwheel for my 12 yr. old. He currently rides a XR100 and is ready to move up.

He will be riding in 2 enduros and 1 harescramble with me this year, but just low key. Mosty just trailriding.

I cannot find any specs on this bike as in weight, front and rear disc brakes?, KIPS?, etc.

OEM and aftermarket parts are available, even a FWW from Steahly.

Anyone know anything about his vintage KX80? How much hit does it have?

[alistair]

i just google imaged "1988 kx80" and it looks like it has disks.and RSU forks
http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgur ... 5%26sa%3DN

sorry cant help on the other questions though...

[firffighter]

Thanks for finding the pics.

I think it should make a nice little enduro bike for him.

I just want to make sure it does not have a wicked powerband.

[fuzzy]

Like all 80's those were pretty hard-hitting. That can be tamed down.

[firffighter]

Any suggesrtions for taming it?

[fuzzy]

That FWW will help a lot! Being a non-powervalve motor they have more of an abrupt transition when getting on the pipe. I'm sure a lot could be had in the way of porting, but a lot of times you can't reverse a 'top end' port configuraion....Which was done at the factory. It's not going to kill him. I rode one on some nasty MD trails when I was a tike....Stock.

[firffighter]

Yeah, I figured a FWW would be key to making it a good enduro bike and maybe putting a washer in the exhaust port until he gets used to it.