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Offline 01_5hunna

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kx500 on the street
« on: August 18, 2014, 01:59:11 PM »
A buddy of mine told me that the way my bike is geared i shouldn't ride it on the road. Its a 13t or 14t on the front and a 56t on the back. He said theres too much torque and i would ruin my gears, true or not?

I dont know if it makes a difference but it has vforce reeds and a pro circuit platinum pipe and exhaust, other than that its stock.
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2014, 12:23:02 AM »
you have a very short gearing...  standard is 14-47 ... 
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Offline 01_5hunna

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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2014, 12:56:52 PM »
So if I put the original sprockets on it, I could ride street?
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2014, 01:34:42 PM »
I'm not clear on the original question.  Are you referring to the k5 not having a cush hub?
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Offline 01_5hunna

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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2014, 08:45:04 AM »
My friend said that the way my dirt bike is geared, i have too much torque to ride it on the road. Said I would ruin my tranny

I'm not sure what a cush hub is
« Last Edit: August 20, 2014, 01:26:46 PM by 01_5hunna »
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Offline stujordan

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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2014, 11:24:07 AM »
Cush hub is rubber buffers that dappens the shock/torsion applied to the rear huband by extension the nipples and spokes and rim....like on a klr650 (best enduro in the world).

If u dont use a tire that gets a great deal of traction...u should be fine as far as the rear hub is concerned...
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Offline 01_5hunna

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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2014, 01:28:02 PM »
no, it doesnt have one of those, just googled it. its all stock except the previously mentioned
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2014, 11:52:47 PM »
with the stock gearing 14-47 you could ride it on the road thats a good compromise for everything...  if you want to have a faster bike you have to gear it up to 14-40 or simply add a 15 or 16 sprocket to 15-47 or 16-47 ... 

you could simply calculate the rate of the gearing that you want. divide the rear sprocket and front sprocket.

for example:  47 / 14 = 3,357  thats the gearing rate.
 if you want a faster gearing the rate must get smaller like: 47 / 15 = 3,133 
 if you want more torque for offroad or mx, the rate must be bigger like 50 / 14 =  3,571

and now i wish you much fun by testing the right gearing for your needs...   8-) 
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2014, 12:00:33 PM »
Be carefull about running a 16T front sprocket, I tried it when I was goofing around with gearing for high speed ice runs, and you can't run a 16T on a stock case. The sprocket guard bosses interfere with the chain. If you want to saw off the posts then you are ok. The biggest I could fit was a 15T. You have a ton of choices with the rear , so no real need to run a 16T up front. I ran 15/45 and that was pretty good for high speed blasting at lesser rpm's on logging roads. Keep in mind as you gear higher for speed you loose a fair amount of acceleration..
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2014, 01:32:19 PM »
Running a 16T on my Supermoto....
No issues except I had to move my shift lever down a spline or two so I didn't grind it while up shifting  :-)
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Re: kx500 on the street
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2014, 02:10:34 PM »
thanks for all the suggestions, will probably spend the winter ordering parts, i hate snow
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