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The friction plates are worn out on my S2. What are the favorite brands for replacement? There is a few NOS sets on ebay between $50 and $60.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

I b'lieve that they are the same as the KX125 in some of the searching I've done. With those little 125 mx'rs reaching close to 40 hp and LOTS of slam-banging gear changes in MX, they should be pretty durable. I'd check the part numbers on the two.
Side note...a million yrs. ago when I was MX'ing, I was wearing out the tops of my Big John MX boots. Because I knew the tracks by heart, I started counting up the shifts I made in a Sunday of racing two classes (the SMART GUYS only raced one class!) and 3-15 minute motos per class, including practice ended up to being about 1,000 shifts a Sunday! That's when I better understood WHY my boot tops were wearing thru. Unless you're going road racing on your S-2, I'd guess 125 plates would be good to go?
Let us know what you choose.
4 Dog

Yup, the S series friction plates are the same part number so If I buy KX125 plates I'll be buying S series plates anyway. I was mostly wondering if some preferred a certain aftermarket brand or not. I'm sure either will work fine.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

Hey Bud, I have but the one NOS plate, but you can have it if you want it for postage.
If nothing else, check the list of bikes using these plates.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/13088-025-NOS-K ... 1889056260

I have a stack of cork plates here that came with a bunch of Kaw parts I bought years ago.
I thought maybe Avenger? The bag just said 350.
Might better check it now against the one Kaw plate I guess.

to be continued......

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OK, it seems I have about 4 complete sets of larger what look like H1 or H2 Barnett corks.
Then there is a smaller set that match the outer diameter and tooth spacing on the new S2 KH Kaw cork I have.
B U T the inner diameter is about 1/8" smaller, so there is a 1/16th lip shown when laid side by each.

The A series plates I saw when researching, had a sort of lip or tang on the ends,
these look like any stock triple plates I have seen

If I had an H1 or H2 plate to compare these with, I may have a nice stash.
Still in original Barnett bags, albeit a bit worn.

pics later maybe

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Thanks for the advice fellas, I think I will buy some stock plates from Mother Kaw.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

OBSOLETE I am afraid

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/kawasaki/KP-13088-025.html

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eBay search shows there is an alternate part number as well.

Part part number = 13088-1015
Part Description = FRICTION PLATE
Model Count = 53
KD125 75 125 KD125 MOTOCROSS
KD125-A2 76 125 KD125 MOTOCROSS
KD125-A3 77 125 KD125 MOTOCROSS
KD125-A4 78 125 KD125 MOTOCROSS
KD125-A5 79 125 KD125 MOTOCROSS
KE125-A3 76 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KE125-A4 77 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KE125-A5 78 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KE125-A6 79 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KE125-A7 80 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KE125-A8 81 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KS125 74 120 KS125 DUAL PURPOSE
KS125A 75 120 KS125 DUAL PURPOSE
KX125A 75 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-A3 76 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-A4 78 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-A5 79 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-A6 80 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-A7 81 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KE125-A9 82 125 KE125 DUAL PURPOSE
KX125-B1 82 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-B2 83 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125-C1 84 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
KX125 74 125 KX125 MOTOCROSS
F7C 74 175 F7 175E ENDURO DUAL PURPOSE
F7D 75 175 F7 175E ENDURO DUAL PURPOSE
KDX175-A1 80 175 KDX175 OFF ROAD
KDX175-A2 81 175 KDX175 OFF ROAD
KD175-A1 76 175 KD175 MOTOCROSS
KD175-A2 77 175 KD175 MOTOCROSS
KD175-A3 78 175 KD175 MOTOCROSS
KD175-A4 79 175 KD175 MOTOCROSS
KE175-B1 76 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
KE175-B2 77 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
KE175-B3 78 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
KE175-D2 80 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
KE175-D3 81 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
KDX175-A3 82 175 KDX175 OFF ROAD
KE175-D4 82 175 KE175 DUAL PURPOSE
F7 71 175 175E ENDURO DUAL PURPOSE
KDX200-A1 83 200 KDX200 OFF ROAD
KDX200-A2 84 200 KDX200 OFF ROAD
KDX200-A3 85 200 KDX200 OFF ROAD
KH250-A5 76 250 KH250 STREET
KT250-A2 76 250 KT250 TRIAL
S1B 74 250 S1B STREET
S1C 75 250 S1 STREET
S2 72 350 S2 STREET
KH400-A3 76 400 KH400 STREET
KH400-A4 77 400 KH400 STREET
KH400-A5 78 400 KH400 STREET
S3 74 400 S3 STREET
S3A 75 400 S3 STREET

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CMS and Partzilla still have them, so kind of like getting them from Mother Kaw.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

Cheaper to buy right from Fartzilla than to buy from them at evilbay.
I just checked.

Most work fine if you use good oil, have hefty springs and a NEDs hydraulic pusher helps a lot too.

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