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Offline Spencer-VDTRA

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"Looks like we got another one....Great"
« on: February 20, 2011, 01:54:25 PM »
The name is Spencer Guinn,22 years old from Joplin, Missouri. I race hare scrambles and a little bit of motocross with my '91 Kawasaki KX500. Just a typical hare scrambles KX500. Hand guards, flywheel weight, converted 18" back wheel, engine/brake guards, etc. Yes, I know...Someone's going to blurt out "Great, some young kid on a 500, thinking he's Charles Bronson, revving and two stepping at people, while doing doughtnuts and wheelies in the riding area parking lot."
I'm not one of those...I've been racing since the age of four and it's something that won't ever leave me. Though, I mostly own vintage Yamahas, Triumphs, and Suzukis, I do own a few Kawasakis. The '91 KX500, a '87 KX125, and a Champion framed '81 KX250. And yes, I race flat track in the VDTRA.
I'm not here to blab on about my dyno results, show pictures of me next to my brand new truck with the Kawi in the back with a pair of $100 sunglasses on, or brag about beating a DRZ125L. I'm just here to get some assistance, get some suggestions and maybe even throw in a few cents myself. Hopefully this site has some great people on here. I've heard a lot of good things about this site.
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Offline 1989kawasaki

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2011, 02:03:35 PM »
c'mon show me some pics
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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 02:33:06 PM »
Hi & Welcome. Joplin is near and dear to some of us on this website and if you listen real close and read between the lines you might be able to figure out why. I'm even surprised you know who Cahrles Bronson is/was....... I remain impressed........
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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2011, 02:36:06 PM »
Hello Spencer-VDTRA.
Welcome to KX Riders.
I can assure you that there is an abundance of good guys here as well as all the technical information you can digest  :-o
Enjoy!
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The four stroke engine: That's one stroke for producing power and three for wearing the engine out.

Offline kaw rider

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2011, 02:55:30 PM »
one of the reason why we dont have the problem that others site have is because most of the young kids dont have a k5. great site and great guys.
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Offline meangreen

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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2011, 03:23:07 PM »
Welcome - some great folks here and lot of info to be had.

You have yours set up about like mine - I used to race Hare and Hound though, so I have the big tank.

Ben
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Offline Spencer-VDTRA

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2011, 04:38:48 PM »
Geez, and not post for harassment of the newbie! Thanks! Hahaha!

Here's a few pics of my KX500, before I added the Barkbuster handguards and the 18" inch rear wheel.





Just a typical KX500, though, it may seem "clean", it's had a hard life. And yesterday, it even decide to go full throttle without me pulling the trigger, almost winding me up in the nearby trees. Maybe it's telling me to take it Stewart. Hahaha!
Speaking of Stewart Rouse, I got to meet him yesterday and got to ride one of his KX500's. Man, that thing was crisp. Really awesome guy, and he was some real help out there. But I do plan on taking it to him.
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Offline 1989kawasaki

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 04:48:36 PM »
nice bike man!!! BTW who is Stewart Rouse??
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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2011, 04:55:16 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2011, 05:12:30 PM »
wow , that sounds really cool that some farm boys made a 5th gear from a piece of steel and that set a record. very cool
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Offline D0N

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2011, 01:30:21 AM »
Quote from: Spencer-VDTRA on February 20, 2011, 01:54:25 PM
show pictures of me next to my brand new truck with the Kawi in the back with a pair of $100 sunglasses on

Ahhh post em up! We love pics.  :-D

Welcome
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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2011, 08:58:06 AM »
Welcome, Let us know what you find on that revving problem, Scary.... Don't ride it till you get it fixed.
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Offline Spencer-VDTRA

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2011, 09:04:09 AM »
Don't plan on it! Hahaha! I had to take a 5 minute piss after the second time it did that.
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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2011, 10:08:36 AM »
Welcome to the forum Spencer,

As stated, Great Guys here willing to help out however they can. Looks like your bike is a 1992 model & not a 91 as the 92/93 had the Blue Stanchion/Fork tubes & the sticker on the swingarm looks 92 also. Check your VIN on the steering head, we can tell for sure that way & I have been wrong before (just ask my Wife :x) & usually we see it the other way as a owner thinks he has a 2001 model & it's actually a 93.

You said you got to ride one of Stewarts K5s, as many of us are curious as to how well they run, is it a Huge Difference between yours & his? I have heard of others taking a ride in the alley (behind the shop) and almost looping out, or at the Chat piles the motor just keeps pulling no matter how steep.

On your revving issue make sure you have the clip in the cable where it goes into the Carb Top. :-D

DoldGuy
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Offline Spencer-VDTRA

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Re: "Looks like we got another one....Great"
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2011, 10:29:18 AM »
They're about the most crisp running engines I've ever rode. The power was explosive, but not violent. Pulls soooooooo clean off the bottom end. How ever he did his engine, is the way I want it to run!
The throttle assembly is fine, but I'm really starting to think it may be the base gasket.
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