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KX500 shifter kart build
Motorrad:
sweet!
didnt we used to have a member that had a kx500 outlaw kart? I remember stewart building a motor for him?
Polar-Bus:
I also fabricated a new J-arm. The CR arm is almost identical to the KX, but the CR has a finer spline count than the KX. So I bought a Moose steel KX500 shifter and cut off the shaft mount, then fabbed everything else. KX's are notorious for hard shifting so I added about 5/16" of length to the KX arm to get more leverage on the shift shaft. The shifting feels excellent. Here's a few pics. The std CR arm is on the right, and the KX500 extended arm is on the left
Polar-Bus:
I was able to get a few more accesories fitted up. I have the lower rad hose routed, I also fabbed a new hanger strut for the air filter. I'm now working on getting the clutch cable to work. I need to machine a special bushing to adapt the shifter kart clutch cable to the KX500's mount at the base of the cyl. Once I gave the parts machined i'll add more pics.
Here's a pic with the nerf pod installed :
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: Motorrad on February 15, 2012, 12:00:30 PM ---sweet!
didnt we used to have a member that had a kx500 outlaw kart? I remember stewart building a motor for him?
--- End quote ---
I think it was Flyin9
kwakman:
is he still alive or was it a fireball/pearly gates interface type thing? :-D
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