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I'd say it's pretty much like how the hybrids work, ICE engine for acceleration , then onto electric for cruising. In this case , 2t for accel, 4t for gutless cruising, DFI & ignition will just cut to every 2nd stroke injection & firing. Wonder if it is like a 2t diesel? Just hope this ( the...

Check this link out: http://twostrokemotocross.com/2009/06/two-strokes-strike-back/ It's a bit long, but very informative on many levels. I wonder how the 4 stroke fanatics on KTM talk in the MX section will read or attempt to take it in - the usual response is "2 strokes are done in MX/SX"...

Here's some pics - the bike stand is mounted on a castor wheeled base so I can scoot the bike(s) between all my machinery/bikes etc- makes life a lot easier! A KS stop may be a small thing but if you have done a AF or any bike, why not attend to the smaller details? - this detail can save you expens...

Don't weld the KS. Looks like stop on KS or on knuckle is worn enough so the KS is rotating to far - correct that with weld on knuckle stop & file. Try to end up with the foot of the KS at right angles ( or indeed pointing very slightly to the rear of bike ), less foot slipping off the lever dra...

Weld a block onto the footpeg that the KS can key into. I do this to any bike I've had as even OEM usually let the lever get trashed by the FP. Or the peg gets trashed by the lever This is even more important as you can break the case/flog out the KS shaft on the outer case - the std 500 lever has a...

Bob, you are a BASTARD!!!!!!! If that's real, that is the perfect Hungry Bum - I've just copied it & sent it on to my ladies e'mail with the comment (meant to be a joke) that this is what I expect with all her gym junky work she's been doing. I think she may respond with her own version of that ...

Roostious, have you got more pictures? At the risk of getting excommunicated, this one & the yellow one I've seen really look good. Sort of , Right , if you get my meaning? The less bulky frame members just seem to sit right with the 500 motor. And in white, it gets away from being so obviously ...

Fucked knees go with the territory on bikes.............I bet we could start an argument that would last forever here, and elsewhere, as to who's got the worst knees (it's always your own). I walk with sticks most of the time nowadays. First time my lady went to a race, she commented that she didn't...

Late model KTM pegs fit, with approx 1mm of width removed from the foot pegs pivot point - I use std KTM ones with the KTM springs and a small block welded on to perfectly match the short Gas Gas KS (when it hits the peg) that I use. This is on my 02 CRE500. The pegs are about 7mm lower & you sh...

Got it in one, Sonic! You've arrowed the forces well - as you can see, the cast uprights/shock tower sure as hell isn't going anywhere, so to speak, so the bowing & the twist you've indicated is spot on & it concentrates right at the spar//tower interface. The "twist" is why it cra...

CR500R7, Here's my take on the cracks on pstoffers frame -dannygraves ones being a big part as well ( I assume the "being made to fit "refers to SH's work as I understand this is a SH from pstoffers previous posts ) - especially the one about the hammering that HC bikes take. I did my Dip....

I love the lateral thinking that people show, a block & holesaw - absofuckinglutely brilliant :idea: :idea: :idea: ! And the "well exercised fuck word" - yup, works better than meds. at times :lol: I've probably got it wrong with this (took out a low hanging tree with my head yesterday...

Bloody Hell Xylicon. Mate, you are lucky you didn't end up with trashed cases from that. I've only ever seen that amount of cracking ( video showed well ) on cheap crap chains, or ones rated for only small capacity use - this one being rated for up to 500cc on dirt, so that can't be the cause. I'd c...

Roostius, you sir , are a mad man , pulling a stunt like that. Especially with a woman that likes Wolf Creek. Perhaps she might do the old "head on a stick" routine with you. They had it on TV here last week, haven't watched it again yet. I'm doing an all nighter trying a few things for a ...

Heh Heh, someone got the reference, on ya 07. Here's the thing: I worked at Staintune in Mittagong at that time (before then all they knew about dirt bikes was to call them chook chasers - I got them into the dirt bike market). With all that going on with the murders and the police touting it as bei...

Honda, specifically Soichiro (sp?) himself, were always anti 2 stroke - check it out guys, it's well documented . I think the last year targeted for their corporate demise of 2t was 2007, which they met. There must be a lot of guys who would remember how Honda engineers disguised the CR development ...

Hey Coley, Yes, I read your Crank Shaft as my Countershaft measurements- 7mm forward & 4mm down sounds more like it . Sounds perfect - the 15 &14 really threw me as my dimming memory of the TM didn't really correlate with those measurements.. As I said, mimics what Honda did with the 09 450 ...

V4 2000cc 2t 200hp with CR500 barrels -motor used in back pack flight device ( think jet pack ones from 60s, but 5 times the size ) thats made in NZ . Motor tuned for torque as it drives fans for flight. Classified as ultralight - can't remember the name. you have to go to NZ to pick it up & get...

Brembo - Galfer 270 front / 240/250(?) rear. Mindblowing brakes that are just a bit better than Nissan production brakes to put it mildly. The sort of stuff people pay a lot of money for, along with billet hubs, triple clamps, Ohlins suspension, a Swing Arm that's a work of art & a frame made of...

Hey Coley, I've been on & off the phone to my mate who had the TMs. The CR has 65mm ( roughly)center to centre - 15mm less sounded very short but he did confirm he was limited to possibly (he's a bit blank is Murph) 13 &12 tooth sprockets. 14mm lower seems massive to , means the TM went very...

I was just getting ready for a mid-week ride & checked the other site & posted there. Top Stuff Mate. As I said there - most just don't know how good the TM chassis & suspension are - as far as I'm concerned, much better than any AF/CRF. That might upset a few, but I've ridden all types ...

Hey Coley, I'm in OZ - think I recall you as being from Broken Hill on other 500 forum? Head stay on a 500 would be fairly important - it's a big , vibrationy motor with only 4 mounting points. Mind you, I know of several blokes who remove the headstay on their KTM 450/505 SXFs to improve ( to them ...

Geeze you must of had a lemon of a motor Coley - my mates 2 300s were fantastic motors..............mind you ,the second one was a complete dog that fouled plugs constantly until he replaced the carb (something about a split o'ring in the pressed in needle jet area ) with a fellow sponsored riders o...

You only have to clearance a couple of spots - its one of these things that makes you think why the hell didn't Honda do it in the factory ? Take pressure plate & plates out, remove hube nut & slide out basket - you'll soon seen the interference points. I removed the inner case to do the cle...

From conversations with other suspension tuners I found that the Ohlins forks on the TMs were regarded as nothing special - their production bike level forks basically. A mate of mine had 4 TMs ( 2x 450s, 2 x 300s) & I eventually worked on them. From that I saw they were still above the spec lev...