MONUMENT TO THE 2-STROKE, PART 2 - FINAL ASSEMBLY

[flyingfitz]

Did you bleed the head with the bleeder screw? If you didnt, the air bubble at the top of the head could make the motor run dangerously hot.

[81cr450]

flyingfitz is quite on the money. When we install , at work, a newly rebuilt motor you must bleed the air pocket out of the head. 350 chevys you just leave off the theremostat housing & fill to there , 6cyl jeeps have have a heat temp sensor you leave out till it spews, fords are a heater hose fitting...... If you didnt bleed you could have really warped the head on the first fire up.
Also have you replaced the head gasket with all this torqing & retorking. They're pretty well made to bolt down once, with clean prepped surfaces. If you get oilly af on the gasket your pretty well fighting a lost battle in my expierience . I have reused before but you pull the gasket clear out, carb clean surfaces & the gasket, then coppercoat the hell out it on both, or all 6 sides if its the 3 layer . & I would only recommend this on MLS/steel or copper that aint been run long

[delphipro5]

Never took the original tourqe off the nuts. never loosened them. just loosened the engine mounts and put a tourqe wrench to the nuts up to 22 ft.-Lbs. then tightened the engine mounts again. ran it for the break-in. leaking stopped. rode it all day today no coolant lost. have not had to put any in at all. so obviously I didnt lose that much. it was well bled, and looks clean. THANK GOD!

 So far so good. Had it do something funky to me one time when I came back to the truck today. I was revving it in neutral and the engine grabbed and made this weird spooling noise... Trust me I was not happy, I got it on vid too! But I ran it again after checking it as best I could and it ran fine no problems. Got on it pretty hard at the end of the day and it didnt do anything weired so I really don't know what that was about.

Runs good really, popped a pretty nasty wheelie in 4th today.... wasnt even trying to! you could say it's got some power!

[delphipro5]

Heading There.

At the trails.
Heading home.
Finally got it dirty. (well, dusty at least!)

This is what came off the magnetic drain plug. Not bad for a break-in.
The oil looked O.K. and I got 800ml out. I put in 800ml., so thats good.

Here are the links to the vids:
http://youtu.be/ckhqQlsfaFg
http://youtu.be/jKs6VmcdJdI
http://youtu.be/Lwm4dduS7es
http://youtu.be/7YEp9qOnwAs

[delphipro5]

Does anyone have any insight as to what this may have been?? Looking at the vid again, I was getting on it too much for being in neutral, on only about it's 5th mile of driving. If you whatch close you can see the bike try to pull itself forward right when the noise happens. Immeidiatly I hit the kill. ran O.K. all day after this too... no slip in the clutch. Also the tranny is so close now, feels brand new! neutral is so small between 1st and 2nd it's tough to find.
 
 :?Maybe the tourqe from the revvs made it drag on second gear somehow. Don't know for sure.           

Chk It out:  http://youtu.be/jKs6VmcdJdI

[Camo]

its spitting af out the overflow because your getting blow by going through the gasket and into the water jacket causing excessive pressure in your cooling system. willing to bet its got af in the combustion chamber 

I had a bad head gasket and it did exactly this. It ran just fine but would almost instantly start dripping out of the overflow on a cold start up. Once it was warm, mine sealed so I only lost a little coolant at first. I thought it was the rad cap but it did nothing. I replaced the head gasket with a cometic and it was fixed.

[delphipro5]

Ran it all day again today..... runs fine..... except for the fact that my rear wheel just spins on this dusty hardpack and rocky s**t i'm riding on. Need a new place to ride. Already because of all the rocks, ive put a nice ding in my new pipe and took a good chunk out of the side of the scotts sharkfin. oh well it's just a dirtbike right. YEAH RIGHT. NEED A NEW PLACE TO RIDE!! I have put about 5 gal. of gas thru it so far no real issues. the suspension is the shiznit it's sooo nice and plush, but firm when needed! They really worked wonders for this bikes handling.

Nothing new to show really.... Doesnt look like anyones interested anymore anyway.

[Friar-Tuck]

  Not True!
  I don't think there is much going on today account the long weekend. 
      Sorry to hear you got the bike dinged up a bit, it's just part of the territory I suppose...
 Glad to hear it's running well! 
   Tuck\o/ 

[Marco810]

Wonder how hard it would be to make a carbon fiber pipe guard? seems simple enough kinda want to try it

[alward25]

Eline makes them for the Pro Circuit and FMF pipes.  $140 save some time I guess.
http://www.elineaccessories.com/ecommerce/kawasaki/kawasaki-kx500

[Marco810]

Eline makes them for the Pro Circuit and FMF pipes.  $140 save some time I guess.
http://www.elineaccessories.com/ecommerce/kawasaki/kawasaki-kx500

cool didnt think they made them for the k5. need one for a cr5 pipe but if they make them for kawi... google time

[delphipro5]

yup, looks like I gotta get me one of those! I always hated the look of the pipe guard and skid plates, but on this terrain they are needed I guess.

I wish I rode sand!

[Motorrad]

Eline makes them for the Pro Circuit and FMF pipes.  $140 save some time I guess.
http://www.elineaccessories.com/ecommerce/kawasaki/kawasaki-kx500

Alex.. any Idea if either of those fit our pipes? (zip-ty)

[Friar-Tuck]

 How about one like Cam Made
http://www.kxriders.com/forums/index.php/topic,2352.0.html
  Tuck\o/

[alward25]

No idea,  it might take some shaving but I would like to try one out.  I have a guard and it is hard to justify $140 for something I have.  I also like the looks of my aluminum one powder coated candy green

Eline makes them for the Pro Circuit and FMF pipes.  $140 save some time I guess.
http://www.elineaccessories.com/ecommerce/kawasaki/kawasaki-kx500

Alex.. any Idea if either of those fit our pipes? (zip-ty)