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first ride on the KX5 today, corral canyon
BronkoRob:
yup......IM HOOKED! went to corral canyon today near san diego. lots a trails, and some tight single track and had a blast! wasnt sure what to expect in those conditions, and it was the first time riding the bike, other than around the neighborhood. it pulled great, , never had plug issues, never had any stalling issues, ran a gear high and it muscled up everything with ease. im coming off a 250f which i considered fairly nimble and easy to ride, but the 500 seemed fairly easy to ride also. i was surprised out how easy it was. very impressed! i cant wait to take it back out there. bottom line, i dont think this will be a bike i get rid of anytime soon. glad to be back on a 2 stroke also, forgot how fun it was to get in the pipe and take off! only issue i had was, hard clutch pull got to me after a few hours, and when i shut down to wait for buddies to show up, i was in some awkward terrain and slightly off balance so kicking was interesting. usually just got off the bike and kicked with my left foot. so on the list of stuff to do is a compression release and somehow lighten the clutch pull.
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: BronkoRob on October 06, 2011, 02:47:22 PM ---yup......IM HOOKED! went to corral canyon today near san diego. lots a trails, and some tight single track and had a blast! wasnt sure what to expect in those conditions, and it was the first time riding the bike, other than around the neighborhood. it pulled great, , never had plug issues, never had any stalling issues, ran a gear high and it muscled up everything with ease. im coming off a 250f which i considered fairly nimble and easy to ride, but the 500 seemed fairly easy to ride also. i was surprised out how easy it was. very impressed! i cant wait to take it back out there. bottom line, i dont think this will be a bike i get rid of anytime soon. glad to be back on a 2 stroke also, forgot how fun it was to get in the pipe and take off! only issue i had was, hard clutch pull got to me after a few hours, and when i shut down to wait for buddies to show up, i was in some awkward terrain and slightly off balance so kicking was interesting. usually just got off the bike and kicked with my left foot. so on the list of stuff to do is a compression release and somehow lighten the clutch pull.
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Crap dude... thats up the street from me... Should have warned me... I would have met up with ya...
I know all the nifty places to ride at corral.....
Motorrad:
--- Quote from: BronkoRob on October 06, 2011, 02:47:22 PM ---yup......IM HOOKED! went to corral canyon today near san diego. lots a trails, and some tight single track and had a blast! wasnt sure what to expect in those conditions, and it was the first time riding the bike, other than around the neighborhood. it pulled great, , never had plug issues, never had any stalling issues, ran a gear high and it muscled up everything with ease. im coming off a 250f which i considered fairly nimble and easy to ride, but the 500 seemed fairly easy to ride also. i was surprised out how easy it was. very impressed! i cant wait to take it back out there. bottom line, i dont think this will be a bike i get rid of anytime soon. glad to be back on a 2 stroke also, forgot how fun it was to get in the pipe and take off! only issue i had was, hard clutch pull got to me after a few hours, and when i shut down to wait for buddies to show up, i was in some awkward terrain and slightly off balance so kicking was interesting. usually just got off the bike and kicked with my left foot. so on the list of stuff to do is a compression release and somehow lighten the clutch pull.
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Comp release is easy.... just send off to larry... Mine kicks like a 250... and Im up at 14:1 compression....
there are several fix's for the clutch.... just search... (honda perch, MSR lever... etc)
Motorrad:
Oh.. and if your in a hurry... I may have a comp release head you can use / Borrow while yours is off visiting larry :-D
BronkoRob:
it was a short notice ride. ive been slowly getting a friend of mined hooked on riding bikes, and it was all short notice. im sure it would have been fairly boring and slow going with us. i havent been on a 2 stroke in a while,let alone this one, and forgot how different they are. my buddy was riding my 250f and it was his first time on a bike in the dirt. so i was learning how to ride the 500 and he was just learning to ride period.
im trying to go back out next week, either tuesday, thursday, or friday morning. those are my days off, friday i work nights. i will let you know when i do go out. otherwise, if you ever get an urge to do a weekday day on any of those days let me know. im just in oceanside, an ready to ride.
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