JUST ANOTHER 2016 KTM 250SXF CHASSIS KX500 ENGINE CONVERSION GONE MAD!

It's been almost a year since my last update

This is a quickie history of the KtX500e Kawakazi since the Motocross Action Magazine build off.
When I got back home I put the bike on display at MotoGear Speed Shop in Eugene, Oregon.
Then it went to the One Moto Show and was on display therr.
Next, it came home and sat for a while as I had a lot of other projects going on.
When Arik Swan dropped off his KX500's for rebuilds he saw the bike and wanted to race it.
I did not have the correct cylinder or head on it but I let him take it anyway.
Arik was coming off a 2 year healing from a bad wreck.
He did very well on the bike getting a couple of 3rds and a second.
He was getting fast and faster every time he rode it.
Here is a little secret.
The cylinder on it was almost completely stock and had been ran on my Supermoto for almost 10 years and really needed a plate job
Unfortunately Arik ate it on his 4T and needed shoulder surgery.
I figured that it would be a while before he would be ready to race it, so I started building a new top end.
Jason Tanner (JT EngineWorks) and I tested and tuned to dial the new top end in.
It is making more power everywhere and the RPM range starts even lower.
This thing is a torque monster and yet has more top end.
Meanwhile Arik told me that he didn't like the feel of the hydraulic clutch and wanted to go back to cable.
In order to do it I had to build a completely new bottom end.
No biggie... if you can find the parts
Then I discovered that that the custom mounting bracket for the E-start would not fit stock cases.
Nothing could be done but to build another bracket.





I should have the new engine running by the end of the week.
More updates to follow...