Well, aside from the carnage it was a proud day for the trials tire equipped 89 saturday. We went through some really technical single track stuff at Brown. Lots of boulder hopping, rock face climbs, muddy roots, sink holes, and some of the trickiest sections I've ever ridden. I was riding with several guys who I consider much better riders than myself, however, I consistently wheeled past them as the spun and cursed up the rocky slick hill climbs. One of my buddies on the yz450f said I should be in a commercial for KDX. This right after he said, "maybe I could make it up that if I was a trials rider like you!". Another friend on a 200 EXC is going to pick up a MT43 after watching me ride through some of that stuff. He was full of questions when we got back to the truck. There were 7 of us out. One of my favorite rides yet, great stuff....
Anyway, throughout the day the KDX ran great, but lacked the top end I'm use to. Not a big deal since I didn't have much occasion to get out of 2nd, much less wind out third. I pulled the RH KIPS cover when I got home and noticed that the rod was extending with revs as it should. I disconnected the arm and could just pull the rod in and out with little to no resistance. So I yanked the pipe off and checked the valve operation. LH subvalve is about halfway between open/closed, RH is closed, and neither move when pulling the rod by hand. The mainvalve still works properly. I guess I'll yank the jug this evening and see what went wrong where. Everything was spotless when I cleaned/reassembled the top end about a month ago. This is the 2nd trip out since then.
Anyway, I was still awfully proud of myself and my bike on saturday. I was making guys twice as good as me look like fools trying to get up through some of those sections. Truly fun stuff!!
I'll post back with details of the powervalve carnage....
J.
Anyway, throughout the day the KDX ran great, but lacked the top end I'm use to. Not a big deal since I didn't have much occasion to get out of 2nd, much less wind out third. I pulled the RH KIPS cover when I got home and noticed that the rod was extending with revs as it should. I disconnected the arm and could just pull the rod in and out with little to no resistance. So I yanked the pipe off and checked the valve operation. LH subvalve is about halfway between open/closed, RH is closed, and neither move when pulling the rod by hand. The mainvalve still works properly. I guess I'll yank the jug this evening and see what went wrong where. Everything was spotless when I cleaned/reassembled the top end about a month ago. This is the 2nd trip out since then.
Anyway, I was still awfully proud of myself and my bike on saturday. I was making guys twice as good as me look like fools trying to get up through some of those sections. Truly fun stuff!!
I'll post back with details of the powervalve carnage....
J.
