Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
93 K5 complete rebuild from the ground up
Goat:
Got some pics of the reed spacer I made yesterday. I decided to polish it this morning. It measure 1/4 inch thick. Not sure if it will make a difference or not. We will see. I will be bolting it on in a little bit and firing the bike up. Will have to wait to ride it unless I decide to take my bike to my parents house today. Depends how bored I get. Can't think of anything else to make or do to the bike at the moment.
Got it bolted on turned out perfect.
Goat:
Got to test out the bike with the 1/4 inch spacer on Monday at my parents house. For something I made with hand tools and a buffer out of aluminum scrap I had laying around for 10 years I couldn't be happier. Even though it's not as thick as all the ones I have found for sale on the internet it made a huge difference. It will tractor around but still snappy. Will pull the front up in and type of dirt now. I was in some sugar sand and before when I hit that spot it would spin and start drifting through the curve. Now it pulls the front wheel up and goes while still throwing a roost 20 feet behind me :D It's quite controllable. I recommend this cheap and easy mod to anyone that can handle the K5 in the first place.
bob larry:
Hey good job! Just found your build.
Do you know where you got the Seal kit and gasket kits for the bottom end? Are they Kawi seals?
blueoval:
Nice Goat, I made one for my k5 and my kdx. Liked the performance improvement in low end on the k5. I am going to remove it from the kdx200 (think it hurt overall performance).
Goat:
Traded a PC 304 silencer for some plastics with Kx5rider. Got my plastics and it looks good. Just need to get a new rear fender. Thanks Kx5rider.
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