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Very rare kx500 cylinder
cobbs:
So i guess i have a very rare factory race cylinder (came off a 95) has anyone come across one of these before? I sent my cylinder to kustom kraft to have it sleeved (just my personal preference) and they called me back and told me that there is no sleeve that will match my cylinder mostly because their are two EXTRA exhaust ports that dont exist on any other kx500 cylinder hes ever seen (and he has seen hundreds)and then he tells me that its a very very rare factory race team cylinder which is very likely the case because when i took the cylinder off it had no cut marks ANYWHERE it was totally untouched with no tool marks it looks just like a crude factory cast cylinder but with extra exhaust ports its pretty cool to have such a rare cylinder but now i cant have it sleeved because it will cost big bucks to have a custom sleeve made so i guess its back to plating. If anyone knows anything about it or where it came from please let me know i will also post pics of it when i get it back from plating.
Motorrad:
Id like to see pics... If we cant sort it out.. no one can.... I have owned 2 team green CYL"s myself...
And there is a mod some of us have done that involves 2 more intake ports.
have him snap a picture for us..
RoostiusMaximus:
its just a sleeve, why cant he poke a hole in it?
I could do it
cobbs:
kustom kraft said they could do it but its just alot of work to match those ports just the sleeve would be over 400$ plus everything else so its getting plated im just going to have to make sure i seat the rings properly the previous owner did not and it had alot of blowby which is the reason im rebuilding it plus i had some nikasil flaking off ohh and my extra ports are exhaust ports not intake so does that mean it could be a team green cylinder possibly even danny hamels or jeff wards?
cobbs:
Hey motorad you seem to know ALOT about these bike so what your method on seating rings nice and tight with a coated cylinder i know the new technology coatings are very hard so it makes it difficult to seat the rings properly and have never broke in a plated motor before
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