Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Project "I needed to clean the air filter so I blew the motor"
Motorrad:
"Thou shalt not wash bike so much as water creaps down stud threads and rusts them out. Warm bike up after washing to cook off excess water in hidden places" - ˭M˭ 19:19
USMC 500:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on May 21, 2013, 12:08:01 PM ---"Thou shalt not run 2 sizes too small main in a 41mm carb on a K5 wide open down fire road with s**tty oil." - ˭M˭ 3:16
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Dave.....for all those who may be running the Maxima mix like I was, could you please explain the whole "flashpoint" thing and why it affects the K5 so much. :-D
2-Stroke Tom:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on May 21, 2013, 12:09:32 PM ---"Thou shalt not wash bike so much as water creaps down stud threads and rusts them out. Warm bike up after washing to cook off excess water in hidden places" - ˭M˭ 19:19
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I learned this the hard way years ago. I had the same exact bike as my dad, and he would wash his bike after every ride and I would not (not due to knowledge, due to lazyness). Pulled the heads off and mine looked new and his was a rust bucket. Here was how we dealt with it from then on out. Wash the bike every 3 rides or so, not every ride; only wash on a warm day, start in the morning so it can dry out all day; take a yard blower (more volume, less pressure than your air hose so you won't go blowing water into places you don't want to) and spend a few minutes getting rid of excess water; fire the bike up and cook all the remaining water out of it; and lastly, spray the whole bike (minus brakes, wheels, seat, etc.) with WD 40. The WD 40 will prevent rust, and keep things looking new.
sandblaster:
So what's it looking like?
Plate and piston or worse?
USMC 500:
--- Quote from: sandblaster on May 21, 2013, 12:47:25 PM ---So what's it looking like?
Plate and piston or worse?
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Definitly piston......possible plate.........no other damage than that.........I shut her down just as I felt it starting to stick.
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