Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
mill head or not??/
Motorrad:
Sorry for the short replys... was on my phone..
none are welded.
the front right, is more aggressive... more like the ones you were thinking (welding)... but is done without welding.. but you need a fresh uncut head to start with...
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: kelcrist on June 04, 2012, 02:00:41 PM ---well i have searched the site many times but cant find what im looking for. i have my top end off to address a leaking base gasket. ill put in new rings (OEM) but other than that im just sealing things up. the piston and cylinder are in super shape and the bottom end is solid so i wont be doing anything else. its pretty much entirely stock except for boyesen rad valve, and fmf gnarly pipe.
should i mill my head at all and if so how much or will the short head gasket give me the compression boost i want.
i ride everything, mountains, desert, dunes, hill climb, slow old timer MX............ oh ya and im a bigger guy too, probably 240 with all the gear on.
thanks for the input.....
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Kawi makes an optional "thin" KX500 HG. Do some searching I can't remember the p/n off the top of my "head" :D
kelcrist:
ah i see. there is a ton of info out there on this stuff and with the diagrams i was seeing it seemed like you needed to modify the area nearest the gasket. i have plenty of stuff to mess up a good piece of metal so how are you measuring your angles?
kelcrist:
also you said no need to mill head so i assumed welding was needed if you were going to make that area closer to the piston. ????
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: kelcrist on June 05, 2012, 12:23:46 AM ---ah i see. there is a ton of info out there on this stuff and with the diagrams i was seeing it seemed like you needed to modify the area nearest the gasket. i have plenty of stuff to mess up a good piece of metal so how are you measuring your angles?
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Use a lathe... has all the angles for you..
Guess you could do it with a rotary table in the mill also....
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