KX-500 Autoclutch! It works!

[mikesmith]

Nor-Cal?Where abouts?Yeah,nothings like the old Husky AE's,always breaking parts!I still have a 390 and a 500AE out in the shed,resting.

[Kawadougie]

I live in Folsom, near Sacramento.  I used to ride with a guy up in Oregon who rode a 430 Auto.  He was blazingly fast in the woods on that thing but every now and then he would stop, cuss out loud, throw the bike on the right side and start ripping off the left engine cover.  He carried spare parts in his bag and could repair it in about ten minutes or so.

[mikesmith]

Im in Redding Ca,I caught a few people by surprise on my auto also!

[doordie]

KXcam22 and mikesmith!

You know that Husqvarna is from Sweden and this "scooter" were awesome for that time!    
Many Endurochamps ride it, but broke a lot of races and stop race them.
It was to much maintance.    
I have race many huskys in my days,were very easy to shift engine to
another size: 125,240,250,390,420,430,488 in same frame to 1987
modell i think!    

//doordie

[mikesmith]

Yes your right Doordie,but when Cagiva bought Husky out a few years later it became real hard to get parts.Thats why my 390 and 500 auto sit out in a shed and my brother has a 410 that sits,but in the 70's to about '82 they where a great bike.Husky had built the first competitve 4 stroke that started the whole 4 stroke thing going.

[04kx500]

Just gave them a call over at efm and they are planning to keep making this conversion  for the  MIGHTY KX  but  its gonna cost ya 6-7 hundies and some good lead time to own one.Because GOODIES  aren't always there when you want them I'll put my order in soon.
            eric     04kx500

[KXcam22]

I had a 250 and 390 Husky in 1978.  I used to break the trans gears regularly, and it wasn't even the auto.  Raced the 360 auto a few times but didn't break it.  Weird on downhills.  That EFM clutch looks pretty cool. Cam.

[kawdude]

All we need now is an e starter and we'll be set.

[demographic]

All we need now is an e starter and we'll be set.

Naah, the kicker works as an anti theft device

[kawdude]

good point!

[Kawadougie]

Clutch lever, perch and cable for sale - cheap!!!

[Ramski]

If I ever get one, I'd love to show up at a GP, live engine start with one hand on the helmet and IN GEAR!  I'd also have to remove the hand guards, clutch and perch just to see people confused faces.

[Kawadougie]

I rode the big KX up in Southern Oregon this weekend.  I put the extra springs in to make the clutch kick in at a higher RPM and changed the oil to my standard Castrol GTX 20-50W.  It worked perfect.  We rode some of the gnarliest trails I've been on in many years and the clutch worked great.  I did discover it was better to start the bike in gear than to start it and then click it in gear.  It really makes the bike very easy to ride.  You know those tight woods sections where the motor gets hot and you inevitably kill the motor and have to start it a few times?  Never killed it once.  I swapped bikes so I could ride this guys 250 Honda 4 stroke and he wouldn't give my bike back!  
     I would also recommend Eric Gorr for porting.  I had him port it for increased bottom end which included milling the bottom of the cylinder and relieving the head - all for $185.00!!!  The motor hits right off the bottom and pulls cleanly.  http://ericgorr.com/services/porting.html

[Glenn_KX500]

I've got a RevLoc automatic clutch in mine, it's very cool. You can be up an extra gear or two of what you normally would be and just roll on the throttle. We've had alot of rain in my area the past few days and since I just recently got my bike I wanted to ride anyway, and the RevLoc made things much easier. I used 2nd gear in some places that had 2 foot deep water and mud and didn't have to do a thing except apply the throttle. Without the RevLoc I would have had to baby the clutch all the way through.

The KX500 has so much power that it is nice to be able to have both hands firmly on the bars when really rolling on the power.

[Glenn_KX500]

By the way, I noticed you eliminated your clutch lever completely. With the RevLoc you are still able to manually over-ride the RevLoc unit and use your clutch lever to upshift or downshift if you want to reduce the extra stress that gets applied to the transmission, to me that is important.