I recently picked up a KX500 from an older guy. In another post, I asked about the KIPS valve because the bike would not build revs and accelerated really slow. I thought that this was a little strange, so I decided to do some inspecting.
I tore the pipe and reeds off the bike to inspect the head, piston and valve. Everything looked awesome, and everything looked clean.
As I got to looking, the stock reed cage was replaced by a reed cage assembly out of a KX125....
The reeds fit great, but the size of the intake hole is substantially smaller in size....
Would this cause the KX500 to be tamed down?
Just want everyone's thoughts on this!!!!
Thanks!