This KX500 Nearly Ended Me!
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Order your parts from Rocky Mountain atv mc using the link below and you will be automatically entered into winning our CRF450R give away bike when the channel hits 100K subs!
www.rockymount...
Talk about lucky! That could've turned out real bad. You ended up with 6 more inches of shaft than you bargained for
Sounds like it’s time for kx450 front end conversion 🤘 I’d be stoked to watch the process and improvements afterwards.
Why when yamaha's sss fork is so much better. At that point same process. As the kx 450 frame is nothing like that 500. All balls should sell the conversion bearings for both kx and yz front end swap. A dam near any combination
Never had a problem had about 200 odd hours on a '97 and another 50 plus on an '04 KX500. Bought both bikes new. Both have the 46mm fork though. The new 46mm fork came out on the '97. Still got the '04.
Can't comment on the older fork but good luck with the work you're doing.
Doesn't everyone want more suspension travel?... I think you're onto something here Clint! You should patent it and sell the idea to Race Tech... Also what is a puny 8 paddle doing on that thing... !0 paddle FTW! Dump the clutch in 2nd gear and hold on for one hell of a ride!!!!!!! BANG BANG BA BANG BANG BA BANG BANG BANG!!!!!! BRRRRRRRRAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!
I also have a 92 kx but mines a 250. Good luck trying to find parts to fix them. I sent mine to factory connection and got them back all tore apart eith some crazy bill and was told they could t get parts for those forks and they said id be further ahead updating! Well that aint cheap my friend!
I did a 06 KX250f fork and triples on my 97 KX 500. Works great. Had a machinist friend of mine make my aluminum steering stop adapter.
Happy to know you're ok bro.
Great show Clint. Been missing seeing your show.🏁💯👍
Making things harder on yourself creates great content for us viewers 😂
92-93 kx250 uses same blue fork tubes i believe if you want to pick up a set of used ones
Probly didnt have the damper rod threaded into your fork cap the proper distance or correct amount of threads.Another scenario might be the lack of using a torque wrench during Re-assembly causing the nut to back off and let the rod unthread from the fork cap,but at least you didnt get hurt.Hope replacement parts are still available for your Bike.
Reminds of a front shock on a cheap banshee I bought. I’d stop for a rest in the dunes and after a few minutes of sitting there be a “thunk” and the banshee would shake enough to notice. Turns out a front shock was getting stuck compressed and then releasing after sitting. Pretty hilarious once I figured it out.
Totally get it about riding
Big bore bikes.1 have owned 2 kx 500's and a cr500.i prefer
The kawi. I am now riding a 2022 beta 300rr which might be the best bike I have ever riden.
If ur gonna do a newer fork conversion would only make sense to get the whole suspension and bike in proper order
LMAO the cut scenes are classic.
Glad youre ok Clint
This exact same thing happened to my buddy on his 03 YZ125. He was afraid to over torque the cap to the rods. Thankfully I spotted it before he headed out for a moto. Glad you didn't end up hurt.
A bad ass 500 two-stroke Honda or Kawasaki is like Viagra 😂😂😂 love it
Cool to know that you get store credit instead of just actual money for a kickback.
This fork was assambled incorrect. The rods were not threaded into the cap fully. This releases the rebound adjuster fully. (like all clicks out), which explaines the mushy damping. I would do a full service only. and no fork conversion. Imho a revalve by a pro can follow or be done in tje same step.
My 88 never had any mechanical problems with my 5 hundee. But it sure bit me good a few times.
“I’m the guy”……. Been that guy soo many times
4:34 its the vibrations😂
I got a 430... does it count?
Don't worry your brake line is holding it on too
KISS. The simplest explanation is obviously sabotage, like in the movies when the bad guys cut the protagonist brake line. Perhaps a rival RUclipsr.
I'm glad your ok.
Maybe from them intense vibrations caused them to slowly unthread??
Ye should a done a live stream for it but still a great video and ye must be blessed🤣
Got the blue fork blues. My 93 gave'm to me.
throw a set of dal saggio fsr 48 on it there a unreal fork pricey but worth it
They are visceral!! Like a old muscle car or a dyna. Not the best at anything. But just feel good. I've owned a few cr 500 but never a kx 500. Rode them.. owned kx 250s lol. The ones I rode felt like slinkys compared to the crs. Fast! But wasn't a fan of the suspension
Yz 450 forks sss all balls should sell conversion bearings
I have three of them. I ordered one from Rocky Mountain
Oh shoot I’ve never seen that before, you lucked out and made it out with yourself in one piece. Hey I have a set of 1993 forks in my garage haven’t touched them in 25 years you want them?
Glad that thing didnt kill u man! Love eatching yout videos
Awesome channel 👍
Holy 💩 that’s nutty
Maybe it had been tampered with. I cannot understand how this happened
Vibration!
Talk to the master Kawasaki mechanic Mitch Payton
Just a noob here but , what about contacting a suspension company? They might hook you up.
I love your bike
Lucky you ! Grts tomotovintagemx
Anyway to register for give away without purchase? I don't currently have a ride n may never again.
damper rods broke in the forks?
Question:
I have a 2003 Honda Crf450r . One of the valves broke, dropped into the cylinder and destroyed the piston, cylinder and crank case. What do I need to to do to bulletproof the motor on these bikes?
How are the Enticknap brothers doing???
Are you capable of revalving/respringing front forks for a certain weight and better performance? If your capable I’ll send you a set to get them setup for dining with a 150lb rider.
It's such a sweet bike do you know anyone who has a yz 490 motor for sale
So no chopper forks?
Love the channel.
Make new part on lathe
Just one of those unfortunate failures that you were lucky to dodge without injury.
PLEASE shorten the silencer. I Can’t stand how long they are on these older bikes. They look so goofy the way they stick out. Shorten it so the tip is even with the end of the side plate. They look so much cleaner that way. Please Lund for love of 2 strokes.
You made too many left turns without turning right...they unscrewed....🤨
Jesus that is sketchy. Glad you’re ok man. As if a 500 wasn’t scary enough 😅😂
What do you mean by hamburgered
Hamburger is Ground meat...
@@garymallard4699 thanks Gary for the blown mind
@@TheStevo420
i think he means it is ground up like the meat is through a grinder....i know you know what the meat is...duh
@@TheStevo420
as in all twisted and chewed up not looking like it was before the process....that is how we understood it when used that way....
@@garymallard4699 thanks fella I’m new to the game so asking that I knew some one would be snarky haha but we’ll said sir and thank you for the lesson 🤟grip it and rip it
Someone didn't check if they were Tight !! Locktight too needed.... Bad Mechanic !! Bad....No Ice Cream treat after the race for You !!
yammy sss
Ride a 500 and you will end up with a few more kids Clint lol 😅 your testosterone will be out the roof.
First here
You Mean you Didn’t Fooork The Thing at Full Pin, WFO! 🥢🦖
First here