I bought clutch and brake handles for it, new OEM handguards, etc before I ever cranked it. When I did crank it, it had very little power and at idle it made the awfulest sound. I figured it was piston slap, so I installed a new wiseco piston, this took care of the piston slap sound and helped a little on the power. But it just didn't feel that powerful to me. (keep in mind I'm a novice and I can pretty much keep th throttle wide open with no fear. Plus I've been fouling plugs pretty regularly. Somethin was amiss.
Last night I took the right side of the case off and just as I thought, the bottom end of the kips shaft was broken off and laying in the case.
I'm gonna get it ordred today, but I'm curious, with the kips valve just floatin around half open, would that not hurt my top AND bottome end of power band? (due to lack of compression on bottom end)?
I'm hoping getting this fixed will make a huge difference in power.
My brother has a 00 KLX 300, with my bike tuned right, shouldn't I be able to run with him? because he's been smokin me on it. We weigh about the same (220)
Shouldn't my bike be abel to carry the front wheel in three gears if everything is right (yeah I've thought of jetting the carb, but I've gotta get everyting else right first)
My bike has the pro circuit platinum pipe. everything else appears stock.
Thanks for any info.