Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
2 piece clutch cover
motopunk:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on February 07, 2014, 10:39:32 PM ---Okay....sooooo, back to some productive conversation...it sounds like Roostius has a great idea to get things going as well. Does anyone have easy access to provide him with the measurements and dimensions he's requesting?
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... soooo, here my realistic idea: a conversion of an 88-91 kx250 2piece-cover (or alternativ from 2007 kx125) with the kx500 cover (because, the same clutch is in both) .. in the way like sandblaster started with cutting and then welding together.
that will look like stock after a little bit mashining and sandblasting. at least comes the dificultest part: you need a company that is able to copy / reproduce it, for an fair price.
second idea : reproducing only the little part of the 250 covers with the "weld on adapter" as a conversion-kit or repair-kit for damaged kx500 clutch covers. for the reproduce you can contact some manufacturers like boyesen, that had this covers as aftermarket custom parts.
my thinking is ,for the bling factor it should not look like bad handcrafted with parts of diferent diameters ... it should look like there were never an other part like this before. :wink:
at the moment i personally dont have the possibilitys to do it, but in this way it is makeable.
sandblaster:
Update...
I will be sending Roost some files on Monday along with some materials :-o
There are a lot of other ideas for doing this.
I encourage everyone to pursue your idea and show us how you did it along with the results.
Like most of you I am no mechanical genius and I don't have deep pockets like Foxx does :lol:
I have to make things simple, easy, and cheap, so that I can do them.
The beauty of doing it like this is most of us have broken clutch covers that need to be repaired.
You can cut your broken clutch cover down, have the adapter welded on, get a stock or aftermarket kx450f cover and bolt it on and have some bling.
If and when you stick your brake lever through your clutch cover again, you simply order a another and be done with it.
The bling will be addressed more on the phase 2 adapters which I have not started so don't ask :wink:
I want to prove this concept first before we get carried away with a lot more time and expense.
There are a lot of good reasons for just repairing what you have (Cheap) or doing it some other way and I appreciate all the input.
But for now we'll see how this works and make changes as required.
Foxx4Beaver:
--- Quote from: sandblaster on February 08, 2014, 07:30:20 AM ---Update...
I don't have deep pockets like Foxx does :lol:
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wow, that was way below the belt :-P
In all seriousness though, that is great news Sandblaster....believe me, I wish I had a 1/4 of the "shops" and "tools" some of you guys do....not too many of us could ever house a water jet, let alone afford one....and I think it's really cool for Roostius ,yourself, alward25 and everyone else to dedicate the many hours of work and time it takes, and share their progress, for all of "us" to have the opportunity to enjoy the outcome!
Thank you!
motopunk:
--- Quote from: sandblaster on February 08, 2014, 07:30:20 AM ---Update...
I will be sending Roost some files on Monday along with some materials :-o
There are a lot of other ideas for doing this.
I encourage everyone to pursue your idea and show us how you did it along with the results.
Like most of you I am no mechanical genius and I don't have deep pockets like Foxx does :lol:
I have to make things simple, easy, and cheap, so that I can do them.
The beauty of doing it like this is most of us have broken clutch covers that need to be repaired.
You can cut your broken clutch cover down, have the adapter welded on, get a stock or aftermarket kx450f cover and bolt it on and have some bling.
If and when you stick your brake lever through your clutch cover again, you simply order a another and be done with it.
The bling will be addressed more on the phase 2 adapters which I have not started so don't ask :wink:
I want to prove this concept first before we get carried away with a lot more time and expense.
There are a lot of good reasons for just repairing what you have (Cheap) or doing it some other way and I appreciate all the input.
But for now we'll see how this works and make changes as required.
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sandblaster my friend, if you have an 88-91 kx250 clutch cover in your junk piles, you could compare it directly to the k5-cover and you will see what i mean and how easy it could be done with the awesome factory-look . your version is a good start ,there is no question.
for my second idea as a weld on conversion or repair-kit, for all kx250´s 83-87 and kx500´s 83-2004,
it needs only one good used 88-91 kx250 cover for copy the outer cover plus the adapter ring in sandcast or maybe better: cnc-milled from a block as bling bling billet part . i prefer to one of these ways..
at least it is only money to make it real.
so guys, now i´m looking for 1 or 2 cheap and good used 2 peace clutch covers of the kx250 88-91 one for my 87 kx250 , the other for the k5-engine ... :wink:
sandblaster:
I don't have any older clutch covers right now but I may on Monday.
If I reel one in I will compare and see.
For some reason I think we did compare them at one time but we'll see :-o
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