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Offline Brute

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #105 on: February 16, 2013, 09:31:48 AM »
Sitting here watching Curling reading KXRiders instead of working on the bike. Glad to hear someone say what I was thinking about the polishing. Looks great though!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #106 on: February 16, 2013, 09:53:24 AM »
Quote from: Larry Wiechman on February 16, 2013, 08:12:30 AM
Quote from: sandblaster on February 15, 2013, 03:24:48 PM
Or, if any of you have some suggestions......

 Quit making your fingers dirty and sore. :-D

 Put the head on and apply your talents to something beneficial. There are no gains to be had from a mirror finish, in fact it may be counterproductive, especially in the squish area.

  Polish rant over,
Larry

Thanks Larry,
This one looked so nice the way it was I wasn't going to.
I have read many articles on the subject of whether or not to polish.
The consensus seems to be evenly split.
I figured since I had to build two engines that I would do it on one and not the other and see what happens.
In the end I decided to do this one because Motorrad made me do it  :evil:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #107 on: February 16, 2013, 10:13:38 AM »
I've looked into polishing in the past too,and really did'nt find enough evidence to motivate me to give it a shot...it basicaly came down to a battle of opinions.
Sandblaster,if you happen to notice a substantial gain,I'll give it a try....

til then,I'm still hoping to bring home that one sweat-hogg from the bar one of these nights that can put a polishin on "MY" piston crown like that!! :-D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #108 on: March 09, 2013, 06:03:45 AM »
Hoooray its done.

Nice looking Job Blaster   :wink:

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #109 on: March 09, 2013, 06:55:18 AM »
Quote from: Motorrad on March 09, 2013, 06:03:45 AM
Hoooray its done.

Nice looking Job Blaster   :wink:



Thats good work Blaster......love the rake on that thing.......I bet it's stable as hell!! :-D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #110 on: March 09, 2013, 07:18:29 AM »
Thanks guys!
I built it that way because the chicks dig it  :mrgreen:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #111 on: March 19, 2013, 08:52:06 AM »
Can you guess what this is for?



Nope, not the grease  :lol:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #112 on: March 19, 2013, 10:01:06 AM »
Quote from: sandblaster on March 19, 2013, 08:52:06 AM
Can you guess what this is for?



Nope, not the grease  :lol:

its easy when you name the Picture file.   :roll:




that and there is one on several of my bikes.. so it makes it easy to spot.    
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #113 on: March 19, 2013, 12:27:40 PM »
Quote from: Motorrad on March 19, 2013, 10:01:06 AM
Quote from: sandblaster on March 19, 2013, 08:52:06 AM
Can you guess what this is for?



Nope, not the grease  :lol:

its easy when you name the Picture file.   :roll:




that and there is one on several of my bikes.. so it makes it easy to spot.    
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #114 on: March 19, 2013, 01:00:07 PM »
Takes one to know one  :-D
I had to take about 5/16" off the bottom of the knuter valve but it sure fits good now  8-)
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #115 on: March 19, 2013, 01:21:55 PM »
Quote from: Motorrad on March 19, 2013, 10:01:06 AM
Quote from: sandblaster on March 19, 2013, 08:52:06 AM
Can you guess what this is for?



Nope, not the grease  :lol:

its easy when you name the Picture file.   :roll:

that and there is one on several of my bikes.. so it makes it easy to spot.    

Natürlich wissen Sie, was es ist.
Sind Sie nicht der unglaubliche motorrad!

A little something was lost in the translation  :roll:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #116 on: March 19, 2013, 01:35:17 PM »
das ein wenig braunere Riechen war in der Ubersetzung verloren  :-P
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #117 on: March 19, 2013, 01:39:21 PM »
See,, No bueno.  8-)
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #118 on: March 19, 2013, 02:50:12 PM »
Its a pin for your Scotts Stabilizer.  Did I win? Did I win?

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #119 on: March 19, 2013, 02:57:38 PM »
Motorrad won.....
But then, who really cares  :-P
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