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IMS KX500 tank question..

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USMC 500:

--- Quote from: conbread on March 02, 2013, 04:46:49 AM ---so you think that may hurt the power some??

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It won't let the kx500 run at its full potential but then again......its a kx500, are you gonna use all that power anyways? :-D

81cr450:
The fmf cr500 pipe does plug the motor up some but the cpi cr500 pipe lets it breathe right

Enginerd:

--- Quote from: 81cr450 on March 02, 2013, 05:18:02 AM ---...the CPI CR500 pipe lets it breathe right.

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Oh really?  Awesome!  I've been wondering about that, but I didn't want to spend that much money to find out. 

Have you personally tried the CPI CR500 pipe?

Which pipe model was it?  The sand pipe or the race pipe?

USMC 500:
Thinking about it and forming a mental picture in my twisted head I can say that a Service Honda pipe would not fit with the Zip Ty tank......

The pipe will fit under the tank but the outlet of the pipe ends up way too low and has no chance of alignment with the silencer on the KX500 frame. :|  Sorry for misleading everyone.

81cr450:


Yup actually tried both pipes  :evil:

It definitely would have to be cut & turned. Directly behind the front tire, basically inline with the bike so you could roll it up to get the outlet to line up. Nobodys nutted up & actually tried  it on a steel frame yet , though this topic has been covered a few times. Having used both the cr500 fmf & the cr500 cpi it is no contest though. You could use the fmf to detune it & choke it up some if you are riding in really tight stuff, but I know your not Enginerd, you could drop your bike with a zipty tank on it there in Morgan & do alot of guys the favor of having CPI make up a pipe for that combo.

 I actually got my pipe before they were making both, so honestly I dont know which one it sposed to be + 9hp over any competitor was how it was listed

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