Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
KX500 Wish List... Parts.... Mods.... ect
Motorrad:
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--- Quote from: sandblaster on May 20, 2014, 05:04:29 PM ---My leg is strong as well but, there is a lot less stress on the whole right side of your engine by using a decomp head.
I think everything on that side will last a lot longer.
I've had my decomp head for two years or so and just put it on today.
For some reason I resisted putting it on.
Now I won't run mine without it.
It makes me look forward to starting my bike tomorrow 8-)
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Can't disagree with most of what you have said other than most of the failures I have experienced have nothing to do with starting compression. Broken springs and water pump shafts on the clutch side?
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I've always scratched my head over your failures. They are all very abnormal. I even asked Dave Pyle about them. He never experienced those parts failing either. But I do agree the k5 isn't as reliable as some other bikes I own
ToomanyKaws:
Definitely some bad luck. You can see a single parts failure with anything thats mechanical. Wonder if the Kaw K5 engine parts are still made in Japan by the same machines, tools and processes or todays " replacement" parts we all use and need are done in another country....
kxpegger:
--- Quote from: ToomanyKaws on May 21, 2014, 05:25:36 AM ---Definitely some bad luck. You can see a single parts failure with anything thats mechanical. Wonder if the Kaw K5 engine parts are still made in Japan by the same machines, tools and processes or todays " replacement" parts we all use and need are done in another country....
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I know they moved some of their assembly plants to Indonesia, Thailand and the Phillipines. My understanding from a few years ago was that they still made the parts in Japan unless they recently outsourced some of that too?
Craptabulous:
Im personally a fan of the two piece clutch cover and the billet brake lever .
dirk_411:
Whats the idea behind the modified star gear?
--- Quote from: sandblaster on May 20, 2014, 03:24:30 PM ---KX500 Wish List.
What do you want someone to start making next?
I want something simple and mundane..
Billet rear brake lever should be doable with a bearing instead of a bushing like this
I want a shift star like this, but coated in some super slick whatever.
And a bearing like this,
A modded piston would be nice... slightly longer skirt and better reinforcement where we need it so we can trim some more in other places.
What do you guys want?
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