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Offline sandblaster

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #300 on: August 01, 2013, 11:39:22 AM »
Thank you.
X-ring makes sense, less contact area, higher lubricity.
Chain lube.....
Yeah, I'll buy that.
What is your favorite for your X ring?
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #301 on: August 01, 2013, 01:33:37 PM »
Ah! Royal Purple Gear oil....
Must be good stuff.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #302 on: August 01, 2013, 02:22:22 PM »
Quote from: sandblaster on August 01, 2013, 01:33:37 PM
Ah! Royal Purple Gear oil....
Must be good stuff.

Did you find my method of application?
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #303 on: August 01, 2013, 04:27:37 PM »
If you move the rear sprocket out how do you adjust the front sprocket?
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #304 on: August 01, 2013, 04:38:48 PM »
Quote from: Motorrad on August 01, 2013, 02:22:22 PM
Quote from: sandblaster on August 01, 2013, 01:33:37 PM
Ah! Royal Purple Gear oil....
Must be good stuff.

Did you find my method of application?

Yep  :lol:
Did you want me to post it?

Quote from: Pmcg on August 01, 2013, 04:27:37 PM
If you move the rear sprocket out how do you adjust the front sprocket?

You don't.
From everything I have read it's not enough to cause any problems.
I'm looking about .080" for the shim, not 1/4" as you see in the pics I posted..

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #305 on: August 02, 2013, 01:48:35 AM »
Any place that "grinds" flywheels should be able to fixture that sprocket & grind it thinner. Take the bolts or a whole sprocket would be easier to hold. Also I got an 86 or 87 sprocket awhile back & it didnt have the taper for the bolt head, I dont know if it was a fluke or not but ...
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #306 on: August 02, 2013, 02:40:46 AM »
Good to know.
Across the street from my shop is a machine shop I worked at for 12 years.
The surface grinder owes me a favor  :-)
I was going to make the fixture for holding the sprocket today..
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #307 on: August 02, 2013, 04:30:16 AM »
Quote from: sandblaster on August 02, 2013, 02:40:46 AM
Good to know.
Across the street from my shop is a machine shop I worked at for 12 years.
The surface grinder owes me a favor  :-)
I was going to make the fixture for holding the sprocket today..

I'd be surprised if the would do it..   The shop I grew up in wouldn't...    Alum  dorks up the $$$ grinder wheel..


Now. Go get a steel sprocket.   It may be differant
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #308 on: August 02, 2013, 04:56:47 AM »
They have a couple of different wheels for grinding aluminum...
They use to do aluminum surface plates and straight edges so I know they still have the wheels or pads depending on the grinder they use.
But, I may not go this route at all...
Still looking at the possibilities.
I thought about using a steel sprocket because I wouldn't have to make a fixture  :-)
But, steel is harder for me to work with.
I looked around on your build thread last night Motorrad.
I didn't see a pic of your spacer for the sprocket.
Do you have a pic, or can you describe what you did?
Thanks!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #309 on: August 02, 2013, 05:37:36 AM »








The guy who operates the surface grinders isn't at the shop today so I don't know which wheel is which.
I know they have diamond, aluminum oxide, and Silicon carbide wheels.
I think they use the Silicon carbide for aluminum.
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #310 on: August 02, 2013, 08:05:09 AM »
Neat old surface grinder! I ran a smaller one years ago. Was fun, for a job. Used a Shaper for a while as well. More brutal, but it would cut keyways (straight) as well as surface. I bet Motorrad was tempted on the piston. He probably does not have many that look like that!  :wink: Probably worse!
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #311 on: August 02, 2013, 08:08:06 AM »
Quote from: Brute on August 02, 2013, 08:05:09 AM
I bet Motorrad was tempted on the piston. He probably does not have many that look like that!  :wink: Probably worse!

 :evil: :evil: :evil:

New chain and moved the axle as far back as I could with the sprockets I am running.
It does make a small difference in unintended wheelies :D

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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #312 on: August 03, 2013, 10:54:35 AM »
Had a little adventure today...
After I installed my new chain I took it for a couple of short rides.
Since I just installed the wheels I haven't really had an opportunity to start pushing them.
Today was the first time I leaned it far enough over to the left and right where I really felt I was getting close to the edge.
In a nice left hand turn about 45 mph I starting loosing it  :o
Lucky for me my butt puckered just enough to get the bike upright to get it off the edge and I rode out of it.
Felt like I was trying to flat track for a moment.
When I got back to the shop I took a look at the tire and found black greasy stuff on the edge of the tire...
Guess what it was?
Oh yeah, remember that new chain I put on?
It had a heavy amount of lube on it.
I didn't both wiping it off.
Since the tire rubs just a wee bit on the chain it got covered in chain lube.



You can bet that I will finish my spacer and get it installed and keep the chain lube off my tire   :-o
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #313 on: August 03, 2013, 10:57:46 AM »
that's one way to learn how to "Drift" a motorcycle :lol:
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Re: 2001 KX500 Kawasaki Supermoto
« Reply #314 on: August 03, 2013, 11:12:15 AM »
O man I got the pucker just reading that
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