Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Aluminum Frame Conversion (AFC)
2006 kx500af Done Building, Needs Tuning
Larry Wiechman:
--- Quote from: crooscroos on January 26, 2015, 09:28:50 AM ---Here is a rough diagram of my radiator routing. Should I take the cylinder off and check that gasket?
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Cody,
Change the hose routing so that the radiators are in series, like the stock system. An infrared temp gauge is a quick way to spot problems.
Larry
sandblaster:
Hey Larry,
I have been wanting to try it the way Cody has it in parallel but apparently you have already tried it and found it lacking.
Did you ever try reverse cooling in parallel or series?
crooscroos:
Larry,
I'll try the same routing the stock kx500 uses if you have found that it yields more efficient cooling. As for the air boot, I think I'm going to go with a 2001 again. I just hope it doesn't rip on me again :|
scooterVOOII:
Just a thought on your vibration problem, here's something I learned from another site. If you have a gap between your frame mounts and your engine, shim them. I bought a frame conversion from MPS, and it sucked DONKEY BALLS. I had a guy I knew at home correct it, but we took to much meat off the frame tabs, leaving a gap at all 4 points. As per recommendation, I torqued my swingarm to spec, and then made shims to fit the gaps. they weren't very thick, but every one had to be slightly forced into positon. When this is done, you have zero tension on your frame rails, and that reduces the transfer of vibration into the bike. I can honestly say, that my AF vibrates less then the original steel frame bike, as in almost non existent. The difference is huge, so if you didn't weld your mounts snug to the motor during fabrication, spend the time to do this mod. I remember how bad my Kwacker vibrated in the steel frame, I can't imagine how bad it would be in a high tension AF frame.
cmotodad:
On a CRF/500 I did, we had to make the airbox plate out of 3/8 plexiglass to get the boot to fit properly. It just takes up the gap and makes no stretching
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