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New KX500 converted to snowbike owner with some questions

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reklessj:

--- Quote from: Bcsnowbiker on May 02, 2019, 04:08:01 AM ---Figured out how to post a photo here. From last week and last ride on the snowbike this season.

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f**kin sweet man!! Snow getting rotten up there in B.C. too?

Bcsnowbiker:

--- Quote from: reklessj on May 02, 2019, 02:04:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bcsnowbiker on May 02, 2019, 04:08:01 AM ---Figured out how to post a photo here. From last week and last ride on the snowbike this season.

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f**kin sweet man!! Snow getting rotten up there in B.C. too?

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That day it was rotten until treeline and then just perfectly transformed in the alpine. A little bit of powder on the very high north faces. Since that day it has actually been cold and the snow has stayed icy all day. Would not be fun.
Biggest reason to hang up the hat for the season around here is all the dirt riding you have to do on the access roads. You will hit lots of snow, unload from your truck, and then a mile down the trail hit a sunny section and be dirt riding. Painful for you and the bike.
Where abouts are you located?

Bcsnowbiker:
Here's what the snowline looks like looking into the valley

reklessj:

--- Quote from: Bcsnowbiker on May 02, 2019, 03:33:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: reklessj on May 02, 2019, 02:04:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bcsnowbiker on May 02, 2019, 04:08:01 AM ---Figured out how to post a photo here. From last week and last ride on the snowbike this season.

--- End quote ---
f**kin sweet man!! Snow getting rotten up there in B.C. too?

--- End quote ---

That day it was rotten until treeline and then just perfectly transformed in the alpine. A little bit of powder on the very high north faces. Since that day it has actually been cold and the snow has stayed icy all day. Would not be fun.
Biggest reason to hang up the hat for the season around here is all the dirt riding you have to do on the access roads. You will hit lots of snow, unload from your truck, and then a mile down the trail hit a sunny section and be dirt riding. Painful for you and the bike.
Where abouts are you located?

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We still have snow at most trailheads here in Colorado but it's starting to go fast. I'm gonna go out beginning of the week for a couple days n see how many times I get stuck!! Lol

1901306708:
I don’t like doing things part ways.

To get more real top end you need to do the whole meal deal. 44mm carb, a couple pounds of aluminum shavings on the floor, re-nic, a real pipe, a real head, crank the timing, and then run good fuel. Do just a couple and you get no real change. The thing can’t breathe in or out. Just doesn’t want to rev. Ya you can get it to 9000 but it won’t be moving any more air than at 5000

Honestly...strap a nitrous bottle under the fender.  It’s a pile of work to make decent size changes and without a dyno you are just guessing. I have some boondocker stuff ide practically give you if you are in the Revy area. Start with a small jet to gain maybe 10hp and run straight av. No better bang for the buck, esp if you value your time.

I do a piston every year (barrel of c111) and a crank every 2. Might be overkill but I find they are easier to change when in one piece.  Run that Lucas oil stabilizer in your gear oil at 10%. The dumb stuff at Napa sitting on the bench where you turn the gears and the oil sticks to it. I thought it was a joke but some Ice racers turned me on to it. It lasts way longer and my gears all still look mint  

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