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I carried on about the air filter like a lunatic before and after getting the bike so glad it's not just me! Lol Waiting for the Power Flow kit but thinking it's not going to be cheap.
How much louder does it become?
Gets louder but not horrible. Have some extra packing on hand. Some aren't packed that great. Moose sells the loose stringy packing.
Yep filter is a horrible design. My DT1 filters and grease seem to be sealing good. My exhaust was packed nicely.
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I bet you picked up some grunt just repacking the muffler. People don’t understand how important back pressure is. Sounds like that zero turn will be put off for a year. Good for you!
No zero turn, just moved and found out rental company takes care of the yard. I did buy a grill though. Have a kid otw so I felt guilty buying a new bike. After the last ride I did feel okay with the investment.
The yz was a great bike but I sold it cos after 30hrs I was still playing with settings and not completely comfortable with it. It was very hit and miss, some days it was awesome others not so. The motor was the best part about the bike and probably what I miss the most.
The kx is almost completely opposite to the yz, comfortable compliant chassis with a very mellow usable poweband. With only 6hrs on it I already feel more comfortable and my lap times are as good or better than yz.
If your a super fast pro guy or just want the most powerful 450 then the yz would be the better choice. But I believe for most others the kx will probably be the better choice.
Happy to answer any other questions you have.
FYI My oil pump gear broke today.
Gear is behind the clutch basket and broke today after 10 hours on the bike, and scattered metal shrapnel through the engine.
changed the oil and filter every 2 hours using Maxima synthetic,
motor is trash and needs cases split, upper and lower bearings replaced.
oy vey.
Dammit man, I don't know what to say.
Fuuuuuuck
https://youtube.com/shorts/XQnlZznRmQY?feature=share
Blown rod and crankshaft - 10 hours on 2024 KX 450
Lovely.
Omg. I’d be calling Kawi asap
Ok KMC, time to step up!
Vortex tuned ECU and Pro Circuit full system is $$$
ECU was on my Honda, so just a remap isn’t too bad. Otherwise I would run the stock one, which seems pretty good.
Sorry....I meant it is money, like this combo is amazing.........although, yes....it is expensive.
Yeah I really think these new adjustable ecu's can give most of us all we need. I was able to get what I wanted from my yz with a bit of tinkering and hopefully be the same with this kx.
Damn, that is horrible. No damage to the cams or head from oil starvation?
Pit Row
I haven't recieved my bike yet and my dealer said it could be delayed due to a recall.
I thought it was bs but maybe this is the reason?
Same bottom end as previous gen… have not heard of this before. Lesser quality part crept in, poor factory assembly job, or just bad luck?
On my 21 the same thing happened to me, but I was the one that caused it. Was swapping out the clutch basket and didn't do a good enough job engaging all of the gears. Assuming Brent had never touched the clutch basket, I would guess there was some initial damage done during factory assembly.
Not sure about the same bottom end, some parts such as the crank and other internals have a different part number.
waiting to hear back from Kawi to see if they care…
Clutch was not opened yet since I got the bike…
Please let us know if they do or not 😆
This.
It is BS. I just checked with my dealer and there is no recall on the bike. I'm picking mine up Wednesday.
Yeah, I ran my VIN through the Kawasaki recall check system and didn't get anything.
Notice poster with the recall post is in Europe. Recalls vary in different world markets.
Yeah thats true, Sweden. Atleast that is what my dealer told me i'll ask again what the recall was for,
But i got the feeling that it was something they said because they didn't recieved the bike yet. But who knows.
So, our motor guy pulled the crank and noticed it was manufactured with no free play on the connecting rod- it appears that the crank journals were pressed too tight. On the right is a Honda 450 crank - it has spacers and some play, and the crank on the left is from my Kawi 450- notice zero tolerance between the crank and the rod.
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