Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Aluminum Frame Conversion (AFC)
klx450/kx500
ylwgtr:
Not much to report yet....made a 3mm plate that fits on the kx case and one that fits on the ktm cover and drilled a hole directly in the centre of both...I then bolted them together via the centre bolt with the ktm one on the top and bolted it to the kx engine...this allows me to rotate the top 3mm plate on the centre bolt letting me find the best possible position for the degree of rotation of the ktm cover as I need to find the best fitment for clearance of the bendix drive....hope that sort of makes sense!!!
ylwgtr:
on another note we took this POS out the other day....my mate rode it,i rode the honda another mate on his ktm...we managed to do approx 80 klms,pretty sedate forest riding as the guy on the kx was a novice....He commented it was very easy to ride....which he should have been scared of it....i thought id check the fuel today....the klx was bone dry (looks like we just made it back) the honda.....wait for it.....i drained the fuel out of the honda and completely filled the klx with it....and had 750ml left over!!!!!!!d**n this green POS!!!!!!!!!!!!Ive checked with the other guys to make sure they didnt put any fuel in the honda...they said they didnt....Im stunned that the honda used so little fuel....and the klx used so much and produced bugger all power :( the only other possibility is we didn't I fact do that many klms as I'm only going off what the guy with the ktm said as he has a GPS dash thingo fitted ....we will take the both out again next week end and I will police the fuel on them both myself
ylwgtr:
Just another thought...it is possible the fuel was left on on the klx....it doesn't leak but we did trailer the bikes on a very bumpy road...maybe it was doing wee wee's for a while??although I'm still flabbergasted on the amount that was left in the honda
ylwgtr:
Ok...we done 65klms that day
Twosmokerfan:
Hey mate,
You may want to check the jetting as I played with my klx on the weekend and used the n84a needle and it was doughy. Changed to the n82m and it made the world of difference in snap and delivery. Still used a fair bit of fuel, but made a huge difference to the performance. I also will try the float level as I think it may be too high, causing me to loose some fuel on the move.
I am checking my floats and seeing how that goes.
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