Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
My new 99' KX500
dubious01:
Beautiful bike! Nice find!
sandman540:
Lucky Bastard!! That is one kick ass ride!!!! Im Jealous..Make sure the headpipe is tight to the cylinder, o rings are sealing. You dont want it sucking in dirt. Clean the air filter and case oils, check swingarm bushings, grease susp. Thats a NICE ride..Have a good one..Sandman
ToomanyKaws:
That is a bitchin bike. Wouldn't want to ride and get it dirty. :-) The desert out here is so hard on a bike. Trashes them out pretty quickly.
snoopjonnyjon:
Check the upper pipe mount on the frame, and keep an eye on the chain rubbing into the swingarm. If it's the original kickstart lever, it will probably break soon and need to be replaced by a later-model kicker. I had all these problems with a near-virgin (under 10hrs) 1998 KX500 I bought last year.
I originally was stubborn and ran 32:1 like the book says. I was fouling plugs all the time, and had a bad bog unless I could hold it wide open for extended periods. Since switching to 50:1 Belray MC1, I haven't had a single fouled plug, and it runs much better.
HammeredFlat4:
Wow thanks for all the advice and comments guys, this site is great tons of useful info and helpful people! I checked out a couple of the things you guys mentioned, the pipe mounts are brand new the PO had just replaced them. I checked the sub frame also and there is a little wear from the chain but not bad at all, the PO also told me that is an aftermarket steel sub frame that is supposed to be much stronger than stock, it there anything I can do to prevent the wear from the chain? Thanks again.
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