Originally Posted by
tapper190
It's been a while since we got back from the invasion, lol. Had a great time! the 500 would tractor up anything I put in it's path, lol. Had some minor things with the motor, it sounded like it was running lean at mid throttle, wide open the sound was gone. Still haven't totally figured the noise out yet. It's not nearly as bad now, I found a tear in a diaphram in one of the carbs, replaced all the o-rings to make sure that it wasn't sucking air. Another thing I had to do was change my air filter. I was using a K&N from the 500, my seat was hitting it when I was riding on ruff terrian. I just happen to stumble across an xr600 in a box and switched out the air filter. It is a better fit now. I have since bumped up my rear sprocket to a 43 tooth for more low end grunt. I couldn't pull second gear on the drag strip. Hopefully thats all the problems fixed now, I'll be trying it out next weekend at Silverlake!
Tapper
What gearing do you think I should go with. I mostly putt around in the woods and occasionally make my friends 400's eat dust for a length or two. I love to jump anything I can(nothing over a gap, got a daughter to think about).
I havent even decided what rear and carrier to use in my 85 350x swinger yet.
10 Buy it
20 Beat it
30 Break it <----- Sometimes this is the end of the routine
40 Fix it
50 Sell it
60 Goto 10
Current
1985 @TC 350x, 1986 @TC 600x <---need to make a 250r into a 500r next.
Past
81 KLT 200 ,82 ATC 185S Restored, 84 Tri Moto 125,
84 200es Big Red, 85 250es Big Red
85 1/2 TRI-Z 250 Fully Restored 2nd place in competition @ Metrolina bike show March 2011
85 350x, 86 350x
86 250r Restored ,87 250es Big Red, 87 200x Restored