Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
First batch of parts just came in :)
Motorrad:
Wish I knew about that Clevis before I spent as much time as I did making mine up to my standards...
sniper1:
It was the cheapest mod I've done that gave such a huge results and the spring return setup was only $19.95 I can't believe that with what these places usually charge for everything.
No more annoying spring between the pedal and case no more movement it's very very solid I'm very happy with this money spent and the clevis was $40 but again well worth the end result now I have a very short brake movement on the pedal it's a nice piece of engineering.
With these EBC pads and the ASV levers, galfer stainless line and rebuilding the caliper I have the brakes I always wanted on my 500 I'm very impressed going from having to push down hard on the pedal and the bike stopping like crap to barely applying pressure to the pedal no kidding around here I call them as I see them.
I can't wait to do the front :) you can see the spring return and the cup in this picture
delphipro5:
WOW! hey snipe I have not been looking at this thread for a while! holy gonads your getting some interesting stuff on that thing! Giving me a run for the $$! :lol: I am most likeley going to wait for winter to do the brakes. got a LOT of ideas. That Clevis setup is THE WAY TO GO! Gotta get myself one. How do you like the fit of the gaff S.S. lines?
What do you have planned for the front brake? Does the new top cap for the front res. do anything beside look sick? Gonna have to get a new brake lever for mine too, just to match the renthal intellilever on the clutch side :roll:
:? I have a motion pro th. cable and the boot that came on it worked fine for me as far as going over the brass fitting on the top of carb. :?
Best pic I could find of it.
And that little clip you spoke of, I think it crazy to toss it! :| I had no trouble getting it into mine, BUT if you push the cable fitting all the way down into the fitting on the carb. it makes it impossible to get the clip in the groove! you have to pull it up till you can see the groove thru the little slit in the carb. fitting(1-2mm) then push your clip on with the broad side of a flat blade screwdriver and it should pop right in. :-D
One thing about the M. Pro cable is it seems a bit short to me? I'd like a little more play on it's routing.
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sniper1:
Thanks delphi and that is one heck of a project you have going on :) the rear galfter line fit perfect but the front they sent me was the wrong line instead of being nearly flat like it should they sent me one that had a 90 degree bend in it no way to mount it without it hanging off the back of the caliper unsupported not a good idea so I ordered another one and am still waiting on it but I'm going to rebuild the front caliper I have all the parts and new EBC MX pads all new rubber parts and springs then hook it up to the ASV lever and if it's half as good as the rear now I'll be happy.
The billet master cover just looks good and fits real nice but other than that it's mostly cosmetic from what I can tell :)
OEM fibers are here and the gasket just waiting on the hinson basket :)
I hated that little clip by the way it was almost responsible for a mass homocide lol so I went out and smacked one of the steer lol nah just kidding.
The motion pro cables are a little short for my liking too but I turn the bars and nothing binds or pulls just a couple inches shorter than OEM.
I have all the parts to rebuild my water pump too from bearings to seals and gasket but I'm not looking forward to taking that job on it looks a tad intimidating lol.
Nice looking carb work too by the way :)
1989kawasaki:
sweet stuff!! doing the water pump is a piece of cake. just be careful (as always)
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