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Offline jBernard

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #45 on: November 01, 2013, 08:09:59 AM »
ah to bad.
well nice machining there. I ran a Doosan PUMA 280L lathe for about a year on 4340 and Inconel.
miss being out of that industry but it gave me some nice tools to design and make dirt bike parts!  :evil:
'09 KX500AF - never ending project
'14 KTM 300SX

Offline dave916

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #46 on: November 01, 2013, 08:33:51 AM »
hi kxpegger....Im running an auto decomp that kickstarts like a minibike....im also using the updated 410w starter off the new model....Also running a bit of oil in the case seems to help a bit as they are only pissy bushes on the bendix drive....infact i think because of my decomp i reckon my starter will be having an easy time comared to the undecomped 300 its designed to work with....no turning back....ive already paid for the parts....Im prepared to take one for the team ;)

fair play i am looking forward to see how this turn out  
running the flywheel/generator/pulse pickup and a mappable CDI should be great mod

Most starter motors  are pretty similiar in alot of models[the differance being the  rear  mounting bolt housing which is simple to change
 The sm14 starter motor which i think the ktm  has is common to R6 Cbr600 gsx600 etc
It may have the shorter sm14 which is fitted to a lot of tumpers 450 singles
i replaced my smr510 starter with the longer r6{cost about 20 quid}
good luck.



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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #47 on: November 01, 2013, 05:34:33 PM »
put a bumbag off a kdx200 on yesterday :)

Offline ylwgtr

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #48 on: November 01, 2013, 05:35:41 PM »
heres the ktm flywheel sitting on the kx engine


Offline ylwgtr

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #49 on: November 01, 2013, 05:40:31 PM »
ktm vs kx500 flywheel




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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #50 on: November 01, 2013, 05:41:10 PM »
the test mule

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #51 on: November 02, 2013, 02:04:34 AM »
Good stuff.
We are watching with great interest  :-o
The four stroke engine: That's one stroke for producing power and three for wearing the engine out.

Offline Twosmokerfan

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #52 on: November 03, 2013, 01:20:25 PM »
I am still in line for getting one.... :-D

Glad I converted my KLX now rather than a KX with all the starting system and electrics still on it.

TSF

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #53 on: November 04, 2013, 01:26:54 PM »
Clocking up/plotting kx case for adapter plate dimensions
 
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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #54 on: November 04, 2013, 01:34:32 PM »
I see some cool things are gonna happen  :-o
The four stroke engine: That's one stroke for producing power and three for wearing the engine out.

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2013, 10:01:30 PM »
Not much to report yet....made a 3mm plate that fits on the kx case and one that fits on the ktm cover and drilled a hole directly in the centre of both...I then bolted them together via the centre bolt with the ktm one on the top and bolted it to the kx engine...this allows me to rotate the top 3mm plate on the centre bolt letting me find the best possible position for the degree of rotation of the ktm cover as I need to find the best fitment for clearance of the bendix drive....hope that sort of makes sense!!!

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #56 on: November 09, 2013, 12:55:12 PM »
on another note we took this POS out the other day....my mate rode it,i rode the honda another mate on his ktm...we managed to do approx 80 klms,pretty sedate forest riding as the guy on the kx was a novice....He commented it was very easy to ride....which he should have been scared of it....i thought id check the fuel today....the klx was bone dry (looks like we just made it back) the honda.....wait for it.....i drained the fuel out of the honda and completely filled the klx with it....and had 750ml left over!!!!!!!d**n this green POS!!!!!!!!!!!!Ive checked with the other guys to make sure they didnt put any fuel in the honda...they said they didnt....Im stunned that the honda used so little fuel....and the klx used so much and produced bugger all power :( the only other possibility is we didn't I fact do that many klms as I'm only going off what the guy with the ktm said as he has a GPS dash thingo fitted ....we will take the both out again next week end and I will police the fuel on them both myself
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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #57 on: November 09, 2013, 01:35:53 PM »
Just another thought...it is possible the fuel was left on on the klx....it doesn't leak but we did trailer the bikes on a very bumpy road...maybe it was doing wee wee's for a while??although I'm still flabbergasted on the amount that was left in the honda

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #58 on: November 09, 2013, 02:03:53 PM »
Ok...we done 65klms that day

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Re: klx450/kx500
« Reply #59 on: November 10, 2013, 11:02:30 PM »
Hey mate,

You may want to check the jetting as I played with my klx on the weekend and used the n84a needle and it was doughy. Changed to the n82m and it made the world of difference in snap and delivery. Still used a fair bit of fuel, but made a huge difference to the performance. I also will try the float level as I think it may be too high, causing me to loose some fuel on the move. 

I am checking my floats and seeing how that goes.