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Offline Arrogant17

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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2013, 12:15:24 PM »
Ill buy another gauge and test it to see what it says,
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Offline J.ellwanger

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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2013, 03:26:11 PM »
wow...
 i thought 119lbs.  was good,
  what is a good number to replace rings and ETC..
?
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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2013, 03:59:15 PM »
Quote from: J.ellwanger on August 28, 2013, 03:26:11 PM
wow...
 i thought 119lbs.  was good,
  what is a good number to replace rings and ETC..
?

Someone posted a link to a manual this morning.
This is the numbers for a 1988 kx125
109-171 psi

KX250
119-185 psi

KX500
105- 164 psi
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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2013, 04:22:10 PM »
Quote from: sandblaster on August 28, 2013, 03:59:15 PM
Quote from: J.ellwanger on August 28, 2013, 03:26:11 PM
wow...
 i thought 119lbs.  was good,
  what is a good number to replace rings and ETC..
?

Someone posted a link to a manual this morning.
This is the numbers for a 1988 kx125
109-171 psi

KX250
119-185 psi

KX500
105- 164 psi

a properly built stocker will read about 175.  (ahem.  usmc's that he melted)
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Offline ELRUKO

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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2013, 06:19:00 PM »
Team Greens Baja bikes from the 90's were geared 16 / 42   I don't know how they got the 16 in there.  Thats how they got 110 mph.  Normal people don't go there...
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Offline alward25

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Re: Kx500 best gearing for top speed?
« Reply #20 on: August 28, 2013, 07:34:26 PM »
Quote from: ELRUKO on August 28, 2013, 06:19:00 PM
Team Greens Baja bikes from the 90's were geared 16 / 42   I don't know how they got the 16 in there.  Thats how they got 110 mph.  Normal people don't go there...

Hehehehe  :lol:  since when were any of us "normal"?  World record bike was 17/33
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