KX Riders

Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: cmotodad on October 16, 2012, 05:24:25 PM

Title: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: cmotodad on October 16, 2012, 05:24:25 PM

Took the 89 apart and found all 3 steel powervalves? Is this normal, I thought they were aluminum? Any help is appreciated. Bob

Title: Re: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: Ims Roll on October 17, 2012, 01:47:14 AM

my 01 has steel power valves i think. not sure if they thought alm ones would hold up? id ask sandblaster or motorrad they would most likely know for sure, i believe one of them has a detailed manual for the 5k as well.

Title: Re: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: sandblaster on October 17, 2012, 06:53:10 AM

I wish I had a cool detailed manual.
All I have is thousands of pics from bikes I have parted out, a shop manual, and a ton of interchange info I have researched:
http://www.oem-cycle.com/KAWASAKIKX500BIKEID.shtml (http://www.oem-cycle.com/KAWASAKIKX500BIKEID.shtml)

Hopefully this will help clear up a few things:

(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu165/oemcycle/KX500%20KAWASAKI%201989/KX500CYLINDERANDTOPEND.jpg)

Title: Re: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: cmotodad on October 17, 2012, 10:56:25 AM

That helps clear that up but are the gears that drive the valves alu.? Mine are steel?

Title: Re: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: sandblaster on October 17, 2012, 12:13:47 PM

(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu165/oemcycle/KX500%20KAWASAKI%201989/DSCN1882.jpg)

(http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu165/oemcycle/KX500%20KAWASAKI%201989/KX500CYLINDERANDTOPEND2.jpg)

Let me know if this is better.

Title: Re: 89 K5 powervalves
Post by: cmotodad on October 18, 2012, 05:16:44 PM

Thanks for telling me I am just normal like everyone else's k5. I will sleep good tonight. Thanks, Bob