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2004 Team Green KX500

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2-Stroke Tom:
The Pro Circuit pull rods are extremely hard to find these days. I check ebay, craigslist, etc., all of the time and can never seem to find a set of these. I think I've ridden this bike enough now to tell if these things would make a noticeable difference.

It's too bad ACME suspension isn't around anymore because everyone I talked to that had their suspension done by them were always very happy.

amra500:
yeah it worked real good for me it seemed like the harder i charged the smoother it was , i remember i had the pc pullrods on my 2000 and i did notice a differance in turning but felt a little higher in the rear mabye my imagination not sure but i was running 18's in the rear also on my 01 i wanted daryl too valve and spring it at acme but no more so i had pro-action in prescott az do it and it is phenominal now thanx travis at pro-action

bob larry:

--- Quote from: 2-Stroke Tom on April 23, 2010, 08:55:18 AM ---A few more. One picture shows the subframe mod they did to prevent the chain from eating through it.

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Sweet thanks for that swingarm pic.....mine is getting worn.
going to make up that plate!  I guess four S/S rivets would work.  Maybe put some gb weld on the rivets too.  Did they wrap it around three side or just the two sides........?

2-Stroke Tom:
Bob,
They wapped the stainless piece around 3 sides of the subframe.

I took the bike for another ride yesterday out at El Mirage Dry Lake and it seems to run flawless. The thing that seems crazy to me is that the bike ran good when I got it, but I noticed the fuel bowl overflow was plugged off. I unplugged it and fuel would run out of the overflow at random times (I checked the float level), so I figured I would rebiuld the carb including replacing the needle and float. Problem solved!

I have a brand new FMF Turbine Core on the bike right now and I don't like it. After a few rides, the rivet at the bottom of the silencer leaks oil (if you let it go long enough, it will leak onto the brake caliper), and this happens when the packing isn't even that wet. I have to beat on the thing every time I need to repack it too. I still have the stock silencer, so I'm going to look for a sparky, chop 3 inches off the stock silencer and weld the sparky on. Team Green figured this out a long time ago! This was the last setup they used on Destry Abbott's bike in 2005, and they claimed it was the only spark arrestors they tested that didn't hinder power.

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