kicker Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 Steel tank is one of the obvious differences plus the oil injection gear (if there is an oil tank accessed from under seat. You can always grab the engine number, if it's DX200G***** then it's the road one (DX200E***** would be offroad) I'll try to find the model recognition pdf's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 A few things have been happening lately with the KDX. Since I had it sitting in a drawer I fitted an O2 sensor and wideband gauge to see if it will help with tuning my new carb. Manufacturer advice is to locate the sensor on the upper half of the belly of the chamber and to expect a shorter life span. I had a few bungs so put one where it was convenient at the end of the belly. I hooked it up to the battery pack under the seat, hose clamped the gauge to the bars, calibrated it then fired it up. Seems to be doing something and doing it consistently. Current carb needs jetting to suit my exhaust changes but I won't bother with that one yet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted October 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2021 I finally got around to looking at the 250SR oil pump and good news, it'll add the extra oil I need. After seeing that its gear ratio was similar I opened up both pumps, the 200 uses a 3mm piston where the 250 has a 4mm one, yuss. The drive gear also stuck out further but it swapped over to the other pump fine. Ready to go back in. The other part of this problem was that there was no oil feed port on either the intake boot or the carb. The carb had an unused boss (probably for this purpose) so drilling that would be easiest. I pulled a nipple out of another carb I had and pressed it in with a bit of loctite. The last bit was fitting the valve that stops the oil tank from draining when the engine isn't running. This normally sits in the boot but a few minutes in a drill with a file and now I can put it inline between the pump and carb. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted November 2, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2021 I blasted my spare hubs In preparation for Waiting on the front then I can order some spokes. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessemk2 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Do you get the hubs anodised/coated while there stripped down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 Na, will just give them a spray with some AC50 every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 ive got some bronze coloured cerakote on hand if you wanted to be fancy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 I should have cerakoted the cases and cylinder silver when I had them apart, I could at least do the sidecovers, they are the worst of it at least. Where can you buy it from? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Is it just the can of bronze or custom mix? Old suzukis have a much lighter version I wanna replicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 Reg'd KDX125 on TM at the mo https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/dual-purpose/kawasaki/listing/3326036154?bof=BhS43wn1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Fuuu thats sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 A few bits have arrived so I whipped the carb off. Some new jets to try and float bowl, aliexpress special so will see how long it lasts and some new reeds 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Clean sheet wof, as it should since it was only complied 6 months ago. I have swapped back to the OG smaller carb for now, I hadn't made much progress with tuning the bigger carb so it was a bit gutless in comparison. I tried a few combos from the KDX jetting database (155ish main, 42 pilot) but it was flat up in the revs. A previous owner had removed the carb bowl overflow tube so I'll sort that first then try again nearer the end of summer. The wideband wasn't much help for anything other than idle, expansion chamber magic would have it reading all over the place, don't know if a different spot would give a better reading, some of the 2t snowmobile crowd have them working fine but I can't be bothered trying any further 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 @peteretephttps://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/dual-purpose/kawasaki/listing/3519802523?bof=8yFPNCGa https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/dual-purpose/kawasaki/listing/3529890012?bof=8yFPNCGa 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted September 15, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2022 WOF day! Not much happening at the mo but I now seem to be putting together 2 sets of road wheels now. One spoked and the other will be 90's style using wheels off a small capacity sportbike. 20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted October 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2022 It was a busy day on the KDX yesterday, I started with this lot and ended up with this I went with a 140 rear which turned out to be a good decision 15 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Quick poll I have some black fork guards too, what are peoples opinions Stock or black (ignore dropnuts in the background there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 i like the blk. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Yeah, I'm leaning that way now, was unsure with the old wheels but now with the black rims it does look better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 That is so fucking chur. eggplant emoji IN MY PANTS!! Yeh black looks good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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