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MONUMENT TO THE 2-STROKE, PART 2 - FINAL ASSEMBLY
delphipro5:
Yeah, this thing was well taken care of! Came apart like butter, didnt have to force a thing! Unfortunatley, the pipe cracked before the mount did! :lol:
O.K. Been busy and weather has been awesome, so I have been spending any free time in the day riding the KLX on the street, LOTS of fun. BUT I have been doing my best to provide some eye candy for you guys, so here goes :
Everything has been going together nice! looks balls out. The brakes came out great and I have a spare set of calipers I will rework in the meantime. Did not get a good shot of the speed bleeders on the forks, but they are there. Everythings going smooth at this point! :wink: I have really been trying to go over this thing with "a fine tooth comb" as I assemble, to make sure it is done correctly. And I am beginning to gain some confidence that I actually know what I am doing here! Cant wait to get my muff back from bristol pack and yell thru it to see if any sound comes out the other side! :lol:
I have been dreaming up a build like this for over 14 years. I am so happy to see it happening! 8-)
By the way, the only gain in the aftermarket clamps is they are a little stiffer in fork torsion. And look wild. :-D
Next up- Carb. work, airbox, and subframe/ kickstand.
Then- Radiators and hoses, and electricals/ cables, controls.
Last- Body panels, tank, seat, and Stickers! :roll:
:evil: FIRE THIS BEAST FROM THE EAST UP :evil:
delphipro5:
I Have some info about this Carb.
It is a C.P.W. 39.5mm PWK.
C.P.W. supposedly does the carbs. for service hondas 500's And this is supposedly set up the same as those carbs are. So I gave it a look today and this is what I found:
39.5 PWK
SLIDE= #7
Needle= DE K
Clip position= 3rd down from top of needle
MAIN= #170
SLOW= #85 !!CORRECTION!! = #58 (06/10/11)
AIRSCREW= Out one turn. (not even a full turn out really!)
Fuel level= 2mm ABOVE float bowl mating surface.
Now here are the stock settings from the manual.
39mm PWK
Slide, they call it throttle valve cutaway= #7
Needle= N82M
Clip Position= 3rd down from top of needle
MAIN= #168
SLOW= #58
AIRSCREW= 2 full turns out
Fuel level= 1mm BELOW float bowl mating surface.
I just figured I would relay this information to see what you thought might not be set right on the carb. The fuel level seems to be high to me.
Check out my fuel level test jig:
sniper1:
Looks fantastic delphi!
Friar-Tuck:
Looking Good Amigo!
You have lot's of goodies I would like to have that's for sure. :-D
There is a Team Green Jetting chart (around here somewhere) that has been an excellent place to start if you didn't
start with the stock jets. (I'll look and post back on that) I'm defineatly no tuner, but a #68 pilot ?
Maybe they thought you were running alcohol at the Ice Races :|
You'll have her up and running in no time at this pace.
Tuck\o/
delphipro5:
--- Quote from: Friar-Tuck on June 07, 2011, 02:52:03 PM ---Looking Good Amigo!
You have lot's of goodies I would like to have that's for sure. :-D
There is a Team Green Jetting chart (around here somewhere) that has been an excellent place to start if you didn't
start with the stock jets. (I'll look and post back on that) I'm defineatly no tuner, but a #68 pilot ?
Maybe they thought you were running alcohol at the Ice Races :|
You'll have her up and running in no time at this pace.
Tuck\o/
--- End quote ---
Not a #68 pilot, an #85 ! stock is saying #58 (CORRECTION: IT'S A #58, 06/10/11)
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