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Offline Brute

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #225 on: June 17, 2013, 07:44:02 PM »
No engine build. Runs good. All stock. Stock pipe. Ran out of my old engine oil about the time I tore it down to put in the lighting coil. Probably switching to the 800 that a lot of folks here like. May have to rejet, but that is as far as I plan on going with the engine.
Wife is not serious about the Ducati, which is good! I built her a 1st gen 250 Ninja that she really likes, and picked up a track bike just like it. That should keep her happy for now. Who knows? Maybe a K5 SuMo is in her future? Kind of doubt it!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #226 on: June 18, 2013, 02:07:26 AM »
Sweet.
My wife likes HP as well.
I guess that's why she has 3 hay burners.
And you thought bikes were expensive...  :-o
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #227 on: June 25, 2013, 01:44:49 PM »
I just finished my reed and carb boot mods.
So..... it's time to bolt them on and add a 41mm carb for a top end boost.
Hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow so I can burn some knobs off  :D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #228 on: June 25, 2013, 02:15:01 PM »
I would spend the first week messing with sport bikes at stop lights. 
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #229 on: June 25, 2013, 02:21:18 PM »
Quote from: Pmcg on June 25, 2013, 02:15:01 PM
I would spend the first week messing with sport bikes at stop lights. 

Trust me.    It's fun
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #230 on: June 25, 2013, 03:05:48 PM »
We'll see  :-D
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #231 on: June 26, 2013, 10:10:41 AM »
Today I installed my V-Force 2 reed at Hi-Tension setting and a PWK 41mm Pro Series Keihin carburetor.
Starting jetting:
Pilot: 55
Main: 168
Did I notice any difference?
Just a tiny tiny bit  :o
No worries, it's very rich at the moment so I will need to figure the jetting out  :)



Ignore the yellow wire, that is for a later post .....  :lol:

Temps were all very cool...
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #232 on: June 26, 2013, 10:16:07 AM »
what needle is in there?
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #233 on: June 26, 2013, 10:18:53 AM »
A long skinny one....  :lol:
I'll find out tomorrow and let you know.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #234 on: June 26, 2013, 06:58:32 PM »
Hey! What's the yellow wire for?!?!?  :-D one of these days I will get back to working on mine... Seems like summer is going by quickly.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #235 on: June 27, 2013, 04:21:20 AM »
Yep, summer just started but it will be gone quick!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #236 on: June 27, 2013, 05:30:33 AM »
Hey, this is Washington. We had one good weather day last weekend. We had a good summer!  :-)
Just looked at the plate on the KZ1000 I have been working on every now and then and I have almost had it for a year! Should have it on the road in the next week or so. Hope to sell it to a guy at work as he has expressed interest. Get rid of it, and the 'doner' bike, paint the track bike THEN I can get the KX5 back on the lift to finish it... Geez...
Was thinking longer links on the rear to lower the KX5, but may hold off on that as the 17's front and rear may bring it down enough. Have seen some SuMo's at track days supporting the wife. Be fun to see the KX5 out there!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #237 on: June 27, 2013, 06:59:52 AM »
Yeah, Pacific Northwest summers are short  :cry:
My 17's should be here tomorrow.
I'm hoping to have the tires on next week.
I'll let you know the height difference.
In fact, before I forget, the rear part of my seat measures 39.5" with stock wheels and tires.
It might go up 1/8-1/4" of an inch if I hadn't burned off a good portion of my knob  :lol:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #238 on: June 27, 2013, 07:11:08 PM »
Loosing four inches in the front and two in the rear for rim size, plus the street tires should be shorter then the nasty knobbies on it now. Should be three and a half to four inches shorter overall. Might be enough! Easier to start if I stand on something even with the compresson release. Let's see, longer links to bring it down more, put the forks up through the clamps and install clip on's. Hey! A crotch rocket!  :-P Naw, I would rather have more of a flat track look, but don't think that will happen with this frame. Will look forward to pic's of yours!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #239 on: June 28, 2013, 09:00:05 AM »
The wheels came in today.
Now it's time to get some rubber on these babies...



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