Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
springs and valving for 240lb rider
KXDINO:
The only trouble with race tech you only get 1 setting of there site for a gold valve , the days of the spec sheets are gone so if you arnt happy with the settings you got you have to contact them and get a new valving code for the new specs , cheap skates to save paper, not good.
cwtoyota:
--- Quote from: KXDINO on June 18, 2020, 08:32:15 AM ---The only trouble with race tech you only get 1 setting of there site for a gold valve , the days of the spec sheets are gone so if you arnt happy with the settings you got you have to contact them and get a new valving code for the new specs , cheap skates to save paper, not good.
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They should have stuck with the spec-sheets. Now they give you a code to log in to a website.
My buddy's code didn't work. Then they sent him another code and it didn't work. It took them an extra week to e-mail him the setting.
I have a few of the old spec sheets and some gold valves that my 80 year old buddy gave me.
That stuff is all from the late 1990's and early 2000's when he was still racing these big green bikes.
I don't think they're trying to save paper, but trying to protect their settings.
That's the angle behind selling the piston with the setting in the first place.
Their shim setting is useless unless you buy their pistons.
Personally, I just stick with the stock pistons and shuffle my own shims and springs.
KXDINO:
That right cw , i was only joking about the paper , we dont need the extra hassle with codes etc , especially as i do this for a 2nd job at my son bike shop.It a endless gathering of information on all types of makes and models and forever changing , interesting stuff.
1980mcneil:
So I've don't some more research and I might just go through the suspension, new o-rings and springs and call it good. We have dampening and rebound settings on the forks already right? Couldn't I just get the new springs from racetech, rebuild and call it good? If we already have the adjustments what does "revalving" do?
sandblaster:
Springs are super important.
Depending on your skill level that my be all you need... with the addition of new seals, bushings, and oil.
Valving allows you to take your riding to the next level.
It's the difference between this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPHu4WgZCKg
and this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz-qr3M3VpI
For me on my 500 it was the difference between 3rd gear pinned over the whoops and 4th gear.
But know yourself and be honest with your riding goals.
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