Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Preaching from the soap box.
Polar-Bus:
--- Quote from: lumpy790 on March 01, 2010, 09:17:03 AM ---
BTW.....you dont just dump the clutch....you feed it out controling the amount of power put to the ground.
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I've owned 5 KX's spanning the past 19 years, raced MX and Hare Scrambles for 21 years, been riding for 32 years..... thanks for the tip on clutch management....
BDI:
--- Quote from: lumpy790 on September 21, 2009, 05:30:44 AM ---500's should all come off the line in 3rd gear........slipping the clutch for the 1st 25 or 30 feet.
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HUH :-o
ThrottleJunky:
Yeah guy, CAM's right. Third gear is the way to go. Rag the clutch for the holeshot!!!!!!! Proved it many times....
BDI:
Maybe in motocross third works but for all out drag racing second gear is what you want to be launching in. If you can launch in third your gear ratio is way to low, :oops: opps there goes one of those speed secrets just flying out my mouth. :roll: aaa now worries no one is listening anyway.
BDI:
--- Quote from: RoostDaddy on September 21, 2009, 08:04:28 AM ---I'd rather pull a holeshot in 2nd gear. With 3rd gear being in the middle of the tranny, if you start pushing some power out of these things, something bad could happen if the tranny flexes.
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I know my bike feels like it's going to break something if you try launching it in third. :roll:
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