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Checking for Sleeved Cylinder

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Motorrad:

--- Quote from: m1886 on September 19, 2012, 09:58:28 AM ---Ouch!! I may have to rethink this. On my son's KTM 50 I can wiggle the pipe off the exhaust outlet without taking it clear off. Sounds like no such luck with this beast. He's only eight but I'm tired of him bragging about how his 2 stroke is so superior to my klx400. Thanks for the information. I might just have to lower my offer a bit and gamble. If I lose is there a source of replacement cylinders other than ordering a $550 part from one of the oem parts suppliers?

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just run the sleeve in that case..   I ran one for years.      no differance except you had to pay attention to warm up  (cold seize)

m1886:
Well that makes me feel a little bit better about it.  I'm going this afternoon to check it out so we'll see what happens.  If I bring home a new toy I'll take some photos and officially introduce myself in the 'Introductions' section.  It just didn't seem right to do so until I actually own a KX500 even though I've been using this site a ton the last month.

DoldGuy:

--- Quote from: Motorrad on September 19, 2012, 06:31:11 AM ---to get pipe off you will have to pull gas tank, and side panel as well as 3 pipe mounts, and the springs

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????   :roll: Stock Tank you do not need to remove to get the pipe off. If it has a Valdez tank like Motorrads, I can not say.
DoldGuy

tobys 2 strokes:
Not to start a war, but when I buy a bike I always hope it has a sleeve and always sleeve them when I have to repair one. I like sleeves!!

m1886:
Thanks for all the input guys, and it makes me feel good to know that this has started a whole new topic.  I will say based on the reading I've done on this site I did get the feeling that plated was better than sleeved, but we'll see how that discussion turns out. In case anybody is wondering I took a look at the bike today and I came home with my money and no bike.  It was actually an easy pass.  These poor guys had no clue what they had. They traded a small utility trailer for the bike knowing nothing about it.  The chain was junk and had chewed up the swingarm and subframe, and it had a major carburetor problem.  It started up very nicely but then the idle speed just kept getting higher and higher with no limit in sight until you hit the kill switch all without you even touching the throttle AND gas was pouring out of one of the vent lines.  I'm guessing a bad needle/seat or possibly a leaky float but who knows?  The scariest thing was what I just described combined with the fact that I swear they had straight gas in the tank.  The first time I started it I didn't see any smoke from the exhaust and I asked them if they put mixed gas in there.  He told me yes, but I insisted that we drain the gas tank and put in some fresh 40:1 Maxima K2 I brought along with me.  The gas we drained out didn't look or smell like premix. It didn't fix any of the other problems, but sure enough she started to smoke and smell like a 2 stroke.  Who knows what damage has been done already?  So, the search continues and I keep reminding myself I'm not in a hurry, this riding season is pretty much over here anyway and I have all winter to scan the classifieds.

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