Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
First batch of parts just came in :)
sniper1:
Thanks tuck and you have a great pulse on what's happening right now and we have seen corn go from $3.30 a bushel last year to $7.20 this year due to ethenol so now we're changing from hay to corn and I have 53 acres and my dad has the same but his is used for cattle and hay to feed them.
Dad was in 2 wars and I've been in one so we're just retired soldiers that headed back to doing what we like after our military days but you are right about food costs and land we've had the government on our butts about putting windmills on our land and paying us a good chunk of change to rent our land but nobody is going to tell us how to use our land it will be needed to feed people and in our neck of the woods we take care of our own first everyone eats in my parts.
I wanted to put a few doubles and a few tabletops around the edge of the field but worried that it would cause problems for the equipement snagging the dirt or losing farmland by doing it so I left it alone :) plus I know how ignorant I get when it comes to jumping at 43 years old I don't need laid up in the hospital and my wife on the tractor lol.
This is when we first bought the land before tilling and planting and this only shows 1/3 of the land 50 acres never sounds like much but it's enough to make a decent living if the weather doesn't really turn on ya :)
Friar-Tuck:
Right on Snipe,
I grew up in N.E. Ohio, and it looks very similar to what you have. 50 acres is Plenty to work if it's just you and the wife....and now you have a "New Home" on the way!.. Best of Luck to you and the family!
Tuck\o/
sniper1:
I am in hillsdale michigan and 50 acres has been quite good to me without having to buy a massive tractor I can get away with 45hp and 1000lb round baler it's great and NE ohio you know the deal :) I guess the new home will be nice but I liked having the $$ in the bank :)
Barnett steel plates, moose exhaust springs, UFO fork guards, magnetic drain plug, motion pro clutch and throttle cables, rock guard for baja headlight
ASV C6 pro clutch perch/lever
ASV C6 brake lever and works connection brake fluid cover I am waiting on the dust boot for the lever, G2 aluminum throttle housing installed with new pro taper pillow top grips the G2 is very smooth
Boyeson cover installed and sidewinder titanium sprocket with new circlip
Galfer stainless rear brake line
sniper1:
Just a note to anyone thinking of using motion pro cables the throttle cable requires that you swap the boot off the old cable as the new one isn't big enough to cover the brass fitting on top of the carb and good luck getting the little clip back on the brass fitting I pitched it after talking to a motorcycle mechanic at the local shop he said it isn't needed with the slide and spring pressure holding the cable tight and the tension at the lever it's not needed.
Friar-Tuck:
Snipe,
I have to warn you about that little clip you tossed :-o
I have to preface this by stating I Have no formal training as a mechanic or machinist etc..However...
There have been some really nasty accidents account the sheath on the cableactuall comes out of the brass insert and hang the throttle wide open. Yeah the little clip may be a pain in the tukus but I would really urge you to put it on.
I had mine hang open when I swapped out my 39 for a 38 a.s. and once on my CR5 when I swapped out carbs on it.
There are more than a few threads dealing with STC Stuck Throttle Condition most of them don't end well.
It happens at the worst time it could , with the bike WOT.
Maybe some of the other guys will see the thread and chime in...
Tuck\o/
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