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engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 09:06 pm Mar 05 2020
by DeKay
Hi Planning to do my first top end rebuild and kips valve clean on a KDX200 year 2005 would like some comments on should i do this with the engine in the bike or removed. cheers :roll:

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 10:53 pm Mar 05 2020
by KDXGarage
in!!

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 10:54 pm Mar 05 2020
by doakley
In.
Got a service manual? Strongly suggest getting one before you start if not.

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 10:55 pm Mar 05 2020
by KDXGarage
YEP!!

THE best money one can spend on a bike, car, truck, etc.!!

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 11:11 pm Mar 05 2020
by bufftester
and a torque wrench...two tools that are indispensable. BTW I say out just because I'm old and hate working hunched over :grin: plus it gives you a chance to look over your frame cradle/swingarm/linkage mounts.

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 11:59 pm Mar 05 2020
by KDXGarage
bufftester, Google a very recent invention for mechanics. It is called a ... (drum roll please) chair. :-) Sitting down low or having the bike up high is so much better than stooping over. Hunched over sucks. :-)

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 09:56 am Mar 06 2020
by doakley
KDXGarage wrote: 11:59 pm Mar 05 2020 bufftester, Google a very recent invention for mechanics. It is called a ... (drum roll please) chair. :-) Sitting down low or having the bike up high is so much better than stooping over. Hunched over sucks. :-)
ROTFLMAO!!
If I come back to Alabama this November for the National Enduro we have GOT to meet this time!

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 05:23 pm Mar 06 2020
by KDXGarage
I hope it happens!

I hate getting scrunched over. Another one I love is the little pads for gardening that I can put a knee or two on without it hurting. Heck, I used to live in a different place and had the entire garage (KDXGarage, yuck yuck) covered in the foam pads from Harbor Freight. It made it easy to squat down onto my knees. Also, dropping a bolt, it did not run off so easily.

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 10:01 am Mar 07 2020
by Twinsig
Where is that enduro in Bama held?

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 03:04 pm Mar 07 2020
by doakley
Twinsig wrote: 10:01 am Mar 07 2020 Where is that enduro in Bama held?
Stanton, AL, November 1st. Gobbler Getter National Enduro typically the final enduro of the National series and where they award season awards.

Re: engine in or out for top end/ KIPS rebuild

Posted: 03:06 pm Mar 08 2020
by DeKay
Thanks for all the advice