Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
KX-500 Autoclutch! It works!
Kawadougie:
Clutch lever, perch and cable for sale - cheap!!!
Ramski:
If I ever get one, I'd love to show up at a GP, live engine start with one hand on the helmet and IN GEAR! I'd also have to remove the hand guards, clutch and perch just to see people confused faces. :)
Kawadougie:
I rode the big KX up in Southern Oregon this weekend. I put the extra springs in to make the clutch kick in at a higher RPM and changed the oil to my standard Castrol GTX 20-50W. It worked perfect. We rode some of the gnarliest trails I've been on in many years and the clutch worked great. I did discover it was better to start the bike in gear than to start it and then click it in gear. It really makes the bike very easy to ride. You know those tight woods sections where the motor gets hot and you inevitably kill the motor and have to start it a few times? Never killed it once. I swapped bikes so I could ride this guys 250 Honda 4 stroke and he wouldn't give my bike back!
I would also recommend Eric Gorr for porting. I had him port it for increased bottom end which included milling the bottom of the cylinder and relieving the head - all for $185.00!!! The motor hits right off the bottom and pulls cleanly. http://ericgorr.com/services/porting.html
Glenn_KX500:
I've got a RevLoc automatic clutch in mine, it's very cool. You can be up an extra gear or two of what you normally would be and just roll on the throttle. We've had alot of rain in my area the past few days and since I just recently got my bike I wanted to ride anyway, and the RevLoc made things much easier. I used 2nd gear in some places that had 2 foot deep water and mud and didn't have to do a thing except apply the throttle. Without the RevLoc I would have had to baby the clutch all the way through.
The KX500 has so much power that it is nice to be able to have both hands firmly on the bars when really rolling on the power.
Glenn_KX500:
By the way, I noticed you eliminated your clutch lever completely. With the RevLoc you are still able to manually over-ride the RevLoc unit and use your clutch lever to upshift or downshift if you want to reduce the extra stress that gets applied to the transmission, to me that is important.
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