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Going to try to pull the spark arrestor (think that's what it is?) and the 'snorkel' from the air box this weekend.
After that…going to find out if Engines Only still sells their carb I guess and debate doing that first or a pipe (full or slip on?) or the big bore kit first. Opinions on order?
If I do all 3, I'm at about the price of the 150r that the lack of power still has me thinking about, ha.
Bbrmotorsports.com is where I got my bore kit. Give them a call and they’ll get you setup. Super nice guys and have been in the pitbike game a long time.
The Shop
The BBR bore kit shows as out of stock on their site, and I was curious about the SX Parts one as it was said to be cheaper, but both the engine kits I see on their site are more expensive than the BBR.
They have this https://sxparts.com/klx140-klx150-big-bore-kit and I emailed and they have one without a camshaft for $90. Do I need or want the camshaft? Not getting a clear answer from them.
As for wheelies, my son is about 240 and will wheelie all around the yard. But I'm about 200 and can't pull the front end up other than from a dead stop.
Racetech got back to me with a quote of 250 for the springs...bit steeper than I’d imagined. Still trying to figure out if I can just drop them in for now...
the guy doing my work has the exhaust & bars installed. just waiting on the big bore kit to arrive, then installing that and rejetting with a kit from 6 sigma. then he's going to try riding it around with and without the airbox cover to see if it's worth drilling it.
last thing to order is springs. hoping to hear back from some more of the places i contacted (tbt, cannon, one other i can't recall off the top of my head).
crossing my fingers this all gets me something that won't make me wonder about the 150r, ha.
Pit Row
I bought the KX85 fender, so wondering if a KX85 front plate would mount up and fit well?
Imagine grabbing some brand of rim (excel?) and trying to get them laced would be cheaper than a new complete set, especially when my hubs are practically new.
Just want that and a green plate, and I'm visually happy.
Would love a tall seat but from reading other threads, sounds like nobody ever made one.
As far as the front I put on green kx plate and front fender but the plate does mount differently so I had to do a little custom crap.
Could use one more bit of advice if anyone is familiar with suspension. Race Tech told me:
FRSP 314233 – RT FRK SPR 31.2x422 .33kg
SRSP 552471 – RT SK SPR 55x56.5x240 7.1kg
"The shock spring I was able to get the correct rate for your weight. The fork springs however the stiffest we make is a .33 and we would like to run a little stiffer spring ideally. This will be far better then stock for you but the fork spring is not the “ideal” rate and is rather a close enough scenario."
I contacted Cannon Racecraft, and it sounds like they could do a custom one for $140. Waiting to hear back if they would also recommend a slightly stiffer spring—if I can get the ideal from Cannon, is that a no brainer for probably $20 extra?
The 85 front number plate will work, but you have to do some modding. I have a couple buddies that have done it, haven’t done it myself though.
Cheapest way to do black rims is powder coat the stock ones. That’s the way I’d do it.
Race Tech just emailed me back that they can make me a 0.44 for $180…probably going to go with that.
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