Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Vibration!
93KX5Rider:
Sweet, all very good and cheap things I can try before going out and spending too much money. I rode a whole tank on my KX5 today. Sooo fun :D
KXcam22:
You have no idea what vibration is until you ride a 400 CZ (yes that is an old bike). I was given one to race in a 1 hour GP. Couldn't sit down since it would tingle your knackers. Couldn't feel my hands for a few days afterwards. Like having white finger disease, though thankfully not permanent. Cam.
93KX5Rider:
Nice, we have an old yamaha 490 sitting around and I heard those are even crazier to ride then the kx500. My brother in-law bought a bran new Maico 490 back in the day but he couldn't handle it so he sold it. He regrets it every time he thinks about it. Not that any of that had anything to do with vibration. lol. Thanks for all the recommendations guys I really appreciate it.
bunk:
I bought my 01' in sometime around august of 08' and it vibrated pretty good. I knew 500's did that so I didn't pay any attention to it. Until new years weekend when it seemed to get worse. I checked the flywheel and sure enough it was sloppy. So now hundreds of dollars later and new cases its back together and feels much more solid, and vibrated half as bad at it used to. Check your flywheel now before it causes more damage. If i would have earlier i probably would of saves my cases.
Hillclimb#42:
Cases are what wear. The big bearring wobbles out the race, but still the cause is the crank out of clock or whatever its called. Some call it trueing the crank, but from what I understand from previous posts, assembling the crank right, reduces vibration in a certain rpm range, but is never truely "balanced" And it was also mentioned the the majority of cranks are out. Check out Stewarts Crank Press Thread. You think all engine shops have one of those? Think he and his Dad made that for a good reason? I think it is a big deal, but not an easy fix.
Handlebars and rubber mounting helps symptoms, not the cause. Cases are too expensive.
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