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Cochise
Ok so I have a 2003 KFX, I recently bought a stem from a member here who said it was off a 2005 LTZ. It looks like a honda stem, it uses honda style clamps and everything, so are they different between years or did I get took?
trailrider19
QUOTE (Cochise @ Aug 13 2009, 04:07 PM) *
Ok so I have a 2003 KFX, I recently bought a stem from a member here who said it was off a 2005 LTZ. It looks like a honda stem, it uses honda style clamps and everything, so are they different between years or did I get took?

yes they are different. i bought one for my 05 and it was off an 03 or 04 and it was different. the 05 has a tapered tierod hole on the end of the stem. at the handle bars, the 05 clamps mount with 1 big bolt instead of 2 smaller ones like the 03-04.
Camaro1976
pics?
trailrider19
QUOTE (Camaro1976 @ Aug 13 2009, 09:49 PM) *
pics?

i will try to take some and post them tomorrow. i tried to make it fit my 05 tierod ends by grinding out the holes, but i gave up and straightened my bent stem and used it.
Cochise
It looks like a honda stem at the top Camaro. Also the bases where the tie rods goe are cast instead of stamped, and the distance between the holes for the tie rod are slightly narrower, I think that might have been the fix for the 03-04 toe out landing.
Camaro1976
it look like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TRX450R-STE...sQ5fAccessories
Cochise
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-07-Z400-...d=p4506.c0.m245

Theres one^^^
trailrider19
QUOTE (Cochise @ Aug 14 2009, 05:43 AM) *

that is the 05 stem. thats what mine looks like.
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