Maintenance & Technical > KX250 / KX125
'99 KX250 Rehab (Budget Rebuild)
ecdeyzel:
Hey guys. So a guy on a local forum gave me the number for a shop in Johannesburg who could get me a new boss for like half the price of the dealers, but was still a bit out of the range of what I was willing to spend. I guess if the bike had no boss at all I would have just bought it. But I thought about it and decided to try and make what I have work for me.
I built up the kick start arm with metal epoxy putty and filed it down to size to accommodate the small size of the boss. I got a new OEM bolt from Kawi and seal for under R80, which is about $14.
I had to tap the tread for the bold in the kickstart arm and drill away some metal debris (not in that particular order :-P). Not sure if someone tried to modify it and make it smaller, but things where very messed up in there. Then I had to modify the boss and cut away some metal to take the OEM bolt because the bolt really didn't want to go in with the boss in there. I managed to make it work with my tools and space available and its working great now. No play or rattling. Very please with the outcome and glad I went this route.
Ed
ecdeyzel:
While I am here, here is the top end. Squeaky clean. Power valve system nice and smooth.
ecdeyzel:
Hi there everyone. It's been a while since I have been able to do some work on the build. Today I managed to get some fork oil, dust and oil seals so I am ready to give the forks a good clean and rebuild.
On page 4 of my thread alward25 suggested I go with 10w fork oil, so I got me some 10W Motul fork oil. Can anybody else confirm that this will work for me? Not sure if it matters but I weigh about 220 pounds and will mostly do a good mix of sand riding and off road technical riding. I can still go change it out for something else, but just thought I'd double check and maybe get a few more opinions on this.
Ed
Foxx4Beaver:
as alward25 suggested, 10w should do you just fine.
you can always play with oil level heights(to some extent),and the rebound/compression clickers once you get some riding time on it to see how it feels.
ecdeyzel:
--- Quote from: Foxx4Beaver on December 01, 2015, 01:32:50 AM ---as alward25 suggested, 10w should do you just fine.
you can always play with oil level heights(to some extent),and the rebound/compression clickers once you get some riding time on it to see how it feels.
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Awesome, thanks Foxx. Will post pics soon.
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