Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Aluminum Frame Conversion (AFC)
HELP w assembly
Motorrad:
Hot glue guns work wonders.
81cr450:
I was thinkin duck tape, then you get the awesome imitation chrome look too :mrgreen:52
My pics really dont do the powder coat justice though, its a sparkly rainbow prizmatic metal flake that the light coming in through the window is hitting right now, this'll even look cooler than fake chrome in the sun
81cr450:
I'm trying to help someone here because once you go AF your prettywell bastardized & just as well use whats easiest. How does no cutting of the Y sound, if you like read on. My ideal conversion is "gen3 & CPI". but this second round is a gen 2 which you can make work while getting the stiffest frame & the good forks but the swinger is a bigger PITA. Heres some pics of swinger clearance on the gen 2. That radius sucks. Your so close to the seal surface its hard not to cut into it, tip leave the old seal in while you do it.
Just a hind sight here looking at the pic I'd bet you could push the seal back to the bearing & just grind it flat easily.
81cr450:
Still with me ? We gotta cut the case with a decent end mill. .125 off the kicker side I think its .535 off the sproket side but I'm not sure there. Cant find my standard. Well I ended up with mockup cases on this cause my main bore is shot. Tool for the next build I guess. On the gen 3 it worked out opposite like 125 off the sproket side & the 535 off the kicker side. When you set up your mount height you want set it off of the kicker move it to 3/4 stroke & set your mounts from there. When you have it right you will see that your pipe will clear the Y . Lower pic is where I'm showing what I mean by 3/4 stroke, as thats the tightest spot for clearance.
81cr450:
If your balls aint sweating cutting up a $350 pipe kudos to you.
Yes livenlife699 it is the CPI sand pipe, I'm hoping where I'm going 550cc that it will help bring powerband back a little lower as it is a topend pipe
Also just gotta show the Teraflex again if you havent seen one you should. Its the way to get the power to the ground & they arent really that heavy
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