Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
new project for winter 08/09
KX500freak:
well after taking off the cylinder ,it looks brandnew
piston also 8-) kips is ok also
but when i went to let the oil off,it was not good ! :x
the lever for the clutch on the ignition side had a totally worn out seal,
due to this ,it has collected lot,s of dirt inside the cases and clutchcase
oh and clutchbasket and hub are new just as the plates soft/hard
did some research yet,issue is pointed out
KX500freak:
the shape of the oil is analyzed by a great mechanic.
the water in it came through the cl.arm seal.
the stuff in it is from to little oil .
it has been sitting there at least 2 years so then its degenerated into separated layers of fluid,
glad i didn,t fire her up after purchase .
he said ,new oil for a one off flush then again new oil and then ready to race :-D
got pics cummin
KX500freak:
i have a nice anecdote ,need to tell bout it :mrgreen:
got a message on our forum that some guy was visiting family 150 miles away,near the loc. the k5 was .
just to meet a guy who told him ..
he,d raced his nephews 125 now and then ,and figured he could go pick this k5 up to go ride it...
so my received message was about the guy so beeing happy i was buying it,
his relative prob.would live LONG and happy without getting killed by that particular k5 :-D
2 smoke juan:
Looking forward to seeing your progress - nothing better than a winter resto!
Can't believe you picked that bike up for 350 euros, total bargain.
I missed a '92 K5 earlier this year, completely original in mint condition, still on original chain and sprocket and rear tyre. It was owned by a 78 year old who still races a YZ490 in vintage events here in Scotland.
It went for ?1750, which i thought was a gift, maybe i need to plan a trip to Holland!
KX500freak:
thanks ,your project is also very very inspiring :-P
got this bike so cheap because its fairly broken and stood there for like 2 years :cry:
3rd gear is gone and probably a lill more is damaged
also it came to me by a close friend of the shop it did belong to
so the price came down big time ,he needed the space :-P
lill update :
found out the clutchbasket is a pro-X
in the next weekend ill split the cases
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version