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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #525 on: July 14, 2014, 04:00:26 PM »
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #526 on: July 14, 2014, 04:49:26 PM »
Not done yet   :-P
It takes me a while cause people interrupt me all day long  :lol:
Then again I can't do it completely right without getting it re-plated...
I'm saving that for the other cylinder I have been working on that you helped me with so much  :-o
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #527 on: July 14, 2014, 06:36:28 PM »
I have leak down tester envy
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #528 on: July 14, 2014, 07:22:31 PM »
That IS a cool leak tester. Hmmm. Wife found a valve from a blood pressure cuff and brought it home. One way valve with a bleed valve built in. Was trying to figure out what to do with it. Would work. Then again I have a commercial vacuum pump (mortician, with implements and instructions!) and other high end valves so do not really need to fab something.
Still, it IS a nice kit... Nice work on the cylinder!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #529 on: July 15, 2014, 02:52:51 AM »
I would not have bought the leak down tester but we are working on too many different bikes.
It was almost a need  :-D
What got me was the price,
I just couldn't pass it up.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #530 on: July 16, 2014, 12:16:58 PM »
Still finishing the last of the cylinder clean up.
But for now I'm finishing the bottom end...
What we have is all the oil passages have been cleaned up, all mating surfaces have been lapped with Timesaver, bearings, seals, gaskets, shift forks, shift drum, and every snap ring, has been replaced.
The crank has been welded, trued, and balanced and rebuilt, using a IMS Pro rod.
Windowed Wossner piston, stock bore, fresh plate.
Transfers, bridges, and exhaust port, has been cleaned up.
Water ports have been cleaned up and the impeller clearance mod is done.
2 angle squish band with decompression on the head.
The rest is just glitter...
So, it should be just a nice, smooth, stock motor with some cleanup.
How will it run?
I should find out very soon.



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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #531 on: July 18, 2014, 09:52:47 AM »
Dirt in your rubber boot is never a good sign...
I was downright sick...
Good thing I caught it before I put it back together..





All better now thanks to a cage asy from a 99 kdx200 and some Permatex Ultra Black RTV Silicone :thumbup:

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #532 on: July 18, 2014, 10:24:04 AM »
In transition..

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #533 on: July 21, 2014, 09:40:09 AM »
A little more progress:

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #534 on: July 23, 2014, 06:30:48 AM »
A wee bit more progress...
Cheap Chinese rads look great but the holes never seem to line up  :oops:

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #535 on: July 23, 2014, 10:10:14 AM »
Almost ready...

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #536 on: July 23, 2014, 10:20:25 AM »
Nice radiators.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #537 on: July 23, 2014, 11:29:00 AM »
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #538 on: July 23, 2014, 03:19:12 PM »
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
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