Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original

Reliability on the road.

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Packman:

As you know ive posted some pics up on my kx 500 project , now its only going to be used on the road back and forth to work 16 miles along the lanes plus some messing at the weekends. Its going to be quick enough in standard form so what can i do in the build to put in some relibility fuel & oil mixture , running in , warming up ect ect also whats a good pipe to use.  :-D

KX500freak:
i,d say go get a fmf fatty
mine has one ,also worked cylinder .larger squish by 2 x 1 mm headgaskets
the real bite is a bit flattened out ,so you can reach work kinda safe way  :-D
mine does run 1:40 and i carry a measured quantity in a small container,
this way you always can fuel up  :-)

i do my rides this way ,start it up then easy take off.
after a min or less i can start cleanin the pipe.
then when its clean i do  not rev the heck outta it .
i ride ease for another couple o miles ,then WOT :lol:

pic of my sweet

Packman:

Thanks for that , have you rebuilt the engine  ?  im after some info regarding a rebuild and is there anything i can add to make it relible , im ok on 4 stroke but this 2 stroke thing is new to me  :-D

KX500freak:
actually ,reliability depends in majority how it,s jetted
if jetting is good ,no plug will foul
and quality oil for gearbox
also take the best premix
and keep the airfilter clean

even 2 more tips for reliable riding
 
i allways carry a plug and homemade plugtool everywhere we go (me & me kawi)
just to be on the safe side .

so to answer you ,best mod for use on the road is the double stock headgasket,
this lowers compression a bit and the machine is even more rideable then.
my bike has lights and brakelight .
the coil delivering that current also provides a bit swing(like a flywheelweight)

im on 15/42 sprockets and btw thats just ok forimo
 

gowen:
I thought about buying a KX to make road worthy or even buy a on/off road bike. But, decided against it when a friend let me borrow his XR650L and I decided that it was too tempting to have a dirtbike on the road, since I found that over half my riding was doing wheelies and passing cars in the grass was too much fun. I'll stick to road bikes on the road, but to each his own.

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