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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #510 on: May 30, 2014, 12:57:28 AM »
Quote from: sandblaster on May 29, 2014, 05:53:53 PM

The cool thing about riding your Supermoto at the dunes.... You can signal while passing :D

funny.   I LOVE doing that.   
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #511 on: June 07, 2014, 11:13:57 AM »
My bike is feeling dejected... Dirty oil... dirty chassis... dirty plug...
What's this world coming to?

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #512 on: June 07, 2014, 06:31:12 PM »
Could be worse. I have not touched mine since I got the front tire and brakes on it except for piling crap on it! Have repaired three outboards, built floorboards for my 12' PortaBote, made repairs to our travel trailer, made more foam rocks and a waterfall cover and took a week off for vacation among other things. Might actually get back on it sometime this summer. Geez! Took a couple of rides as well including a 300+ mile trip on my Ninja 250 just to see if I wanted to sell it. Nah, going to keep it for now. One of the most fun to ride bikes we own. Hope everyones summer is starting off well.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #513 on: July 01, 2014, 01:30:35 PM »
Like most, I've been really busy this summer with weddings, graduations, home maintenance, and only a few rides  :-(
But I took a few minutes to order some parts for my SM...
Gaskets, O-Rings, Snap Rings, Seals and bearings for the bottom end that is currently in the bike.
I'm gonna swap out the bottom end with the one I just built with the balanced crank.
Now I just need to finish building my new ported top end...
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #514 on: July 01, 2014, 02:29:11 PM »
I want to see pictures of your ported top end
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #515 on: July 01, 2014, 04:10:34 PM »
After I get it done (Thanks to all your help) I will post plenty of pics...
After checking out your Juggs I still have a little work to do  :wink:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #516 on: July 01, 2014, 06:41:29 PM »
I am getting a little turned on here. Disturbs me a bit.  :-D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #517 on: July 08, 2014, 10:53:57 AM »
I know I know.... I just got this thing together and running....
But I just can't resist...
So...... Out with the old...



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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #518 on: July 10, 2014, 12:24:06 PM »
I'm waiting for all my gaskets to come in and I'm twitching to get the show on the road....
Today I started looking at my stock cylinder  :-o
And you know, I can't port it or deck it without having it re-plated.
So, I'm gonna do what I can without porting.
What can be done?
Quite a bit....
Take a look at the cylinder before I started messing with it..
Stock bridges which were welded before plating, looks kinda rough..



Stock transfers and stock floor ports.



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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #519 on: July 10, 2014, 12:25:38 PM »
So, I whipped out the die grinder and GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRWWWWHHHHEEEEE!!!!!!



I can't use this thing.
Sure, it moves a lot of material but I can't hang onto it very well...
So, I grabbed my Dremel, I know some of you hate it but I'm not set up with air tools..
And, after a while they will move material.



And don't forget the eye protection as well as the lens correction for those of us who can't see anything unless it is at least 3 feet in front of us  8-)

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #520 on: July 10, 2014, 12:26:51 PM »
Now were starting to get somewhere..



These are looking better too...



So far I have about an hour into the project.
I'm about half way done so it's not a bad job and if I can do it, you can too..  :lol:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #521 on: July 10, 2014, 12:59:29 PM »
You missed a spot
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #522 on: July 10, 2014, 01:28:56 PM »
A big thanks goes to Motorrad for patiently showing me how to do this after about 861 emails, pics, n stuff  :-D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #523 on: July 14, 2014, 01:11:18 PM »
OCD?
Maybe  :|

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #524 on: July 14, 2014, 01:56:00 PM »
Something cool showed up today..

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