Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Crank-seals
Motorrad:
Ohhh the troubble you back east people go through...
here... our off season is the sumer.. as the desert is to hot..
81cr450:
My story aint back east its high desert with high temp flux, it doesnt even take a humid environment its just the temp change. 110 in the middle of the day down to 60's at night.
kiwikx500:
--- Quote from: Goat on February 28, 2012, 03:27:32 AM ---Re-jet it and put some studs in the tires and run it. Lol
I try to start mine once every couple weeks and let it get to normal operating temp before shutting down. Takes about 20 minutes or so depending how cold it is. Also keeps the carb from getting completely nasty.
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Every couple of weeks sounds excessive when 80% of wear is on cold start up, you doing a top end rebuild often ? "20 minutes depending how cold" Sure the outside temperature maybe cold but does not take long for the motor internals to warm up to operating temperature.
Cheers to all the replies
Goat:
I completely rebuild the entire engine 3 years ago now and still has just as much compression as when I first put it together. I just pulled the flywheel a couple weeks ago to check the crank seal and it's still good. Runs smooth and no odd noises at all. I store mine inside the garage that gets heated almost every day as I'm always working on something.
If there is no snow on the ground I actually ride it in the winter as much as possible.
kwakman:
mine lives indoors.you might think it wont fit through the door, but the other sex fit through it just fine...... :wink:
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