KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: smithpa68 on June 16, 2012, 02:54:42 AM

Title: Mount an hour meter
Post by: smithpa68 on June 16, 2012, 02:54:42 AM

Where do you guys mount an hour meter on your 500s?   I bought a 2001 KX 500.  The guy said it had 8 or 9 "rides" on it from a full motor rebuild.  I am not sure if a ride was an all day event or an hour or two at the moto track.   I do know the engine builder so I am not questioning that.. but I want to mount an hour meter to keep track of my time on it.   I am spoiled by my KTM's build in hour meter in the odometer.  :-)


What's the guideline on how many hours before a piston and ring on these bikes?  I am not a desert/dune rider.  Just a slow guy on vet/GP type MX tracks and trail rides. Saw a few posts about it but what's the book say?  (Don't have one yet)

Title: Re: Mount an hour meter
Post by: Motoroost1 on June 16, 2012, 04:16:27 AM

I mounted my hour meter on the side of the frame just ahead of the fuel tank . Fits perfect without drilling any holes and there have been zero issues with it . Easy to read as well .

Title: Re: Mount an hour meter
Post by: smithpa68 on June 16, 2012, 04:25:17 AM

How did you mount it?  Is there already some sort of bolt there you can reuse?

Title: Re: Mount an hour meter
Post by: Motoroost1 on June 16, 2012, 05:11:57 AM

The back of the hour meter had adhesive tape on it . So I just literally stuck it on to the CDI unit . As a safeguard , I wrapped a zip tie around the hour meter and the CDI unit . So far , the adhesive tape has worked perfectly and it has not moved one little bit .

Title: Re: Mount an hour meter
Post by: smithpa68 on June 16, 2012, 10:50:25 AM

Cool.  Thanks.   

Title: Re: Mount an hour meter
Post by: smithpa68 on June 17, 2012, 07:05:59 AM

Looks like it is going to work great.   Now I need to go get some gas and see if this thing works.  Thanks for the tips.

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d105/smithpa68/KX500hourmeterinstalled.jpg)