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Project "I was only gonna clean the air filter!"
USMC 500:
Update.....still getting her cleaned up after the Gorman ride....also waiting on a new OEM cable to replace the junk motion pro that is giving me hell......
I also now have a promoto billet kick stand installed on the bike which will make looking for a tree to lean the bike on a thing of the past. A huge thanks to (you know who you are) for the hook up......you've got a life long friend and riding partner!!
Still messing with the PWK 41 (Huge thanks to you know who you are) but I think I've got the overflow problem kicked. I will have photos and a nice little write up towards the end of the week once she is back together and I have the jetting dialed in.
Stay tuned to the next episode of Project "I was only gonna clean the air filter".......
sandblaster:
I can't wait :-D
USMC 500:
This is what I picture when I think of Motorrad..........
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: USMC 500 on March 04, 2013, 02:11:00 PM ---Update.....still getting her cleaned up after the Gorman ride....also waiting on a new OEM cable to replace the junk motion pro that is giving me hell......
I also now have a promoto billet kick stand installed on the bike which will make looking for a tree to lean the bike on a thing of the past. A huge thanks to (you know who you are) for the hook up......you've got a life long friend and riding partner!!
Still messing with the PWK 41 (Huge thanks to you know who you are) but I think I've got the overflow problem kicked. I will have photos and a nice little write up towards the end of the week once she is back together and I have the jetting dialed in.
Stay tuned to the next episode of Project "I was only gonna clean the air filter".......
--- End quote ---
well??!!
you have the JEtS. I know I mailed them to you.
Have you fixed all the YETIES?
Yeties in your intake are never good
USMC 500:
Ok update time.....My clutch cable hasn't shown up yet so I did what I could today.....
Started with the intake....In speaking with my engine builder I was informed that upsizing to a PWK 41 from a 39 might present a problem. Inside the intake boot there is a lip that the carb seats against and when upsizing to a 41 that lip then becomes an obstruction......
Here you can see the lip inside the intake boot that the carb seats against
Here is the PWK 41 installed and you can see that the intake boot lip is still visable which will decrease the new carb size back to stock.......pointless to upsize the carburetor with this issue
So out came Mr. Dremel and I proceded to "match port" the intake boot to the carb...
A bit hard to tell in this photo but here is the carb installed into the intake boot after some trimming....
I also prerformed a little fix to my clutch arm mod.....I had to use Mr. Dremel again to increase the slot for the clutch cable mounting point. Before I trimmed it the end of the cable had a bit of a kink to it.....not anymore.
Next on the punch list was the aluminum piece that protects the subframe from the chain rubbing on it. The previous owner had this piece on there but it was crude and held on with a hose clamp. I trimmed the piece as needed (again using Mr. Dremel) and then used rivets to mount it....
And the last thing on the list until the OEM clutch cable shows up was to finish mounting my new kickstand...
Once again a big thanks to both "You Know Who's" for providing me with this kickstand and the tip on the intake boot....
And thank you to Mr. Dremel for helping me out today with all the trimming
I just looked at my theoretical top speeds used the gearing commander website......All tranny ratios and tire sizes were accounted for so I got some interesting numbers....Not quite sure how accurate they are but here goes...
According to the calculator not factoring wind resistance and various other types of friction, with the stock 14/47 gearing in 5th gear at 8500 rpm the kx500 will go 103mph......
I currently have 14/45 which equates to 107 mph........I ordered a 15 front so with 15/45 my theoretical top speed will be 115mph....does this sound right to everyone?
Here is the link for the gearing commander website and all you have to do is load up the kx500 info from the drop down windows.
http://www.gearingcommander.com/
Being realistic I think I'm good for about 90-95 mph with the 14/45 and I think I'll be around 105mph with the 15/45 combo
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