1992 KX500 Snow bike engine for Brent

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Plating is hashed..

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Exhaust Port work is rough..

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Clutch cover is jacked up..

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Oh, good ole JB Weld... Someone knew they had an issue..

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I'd like to build one KX500 that did not need a new sprocket guard tower...

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Cases are in sad shape,,

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But no worries... After Jason and I get done with them.... You won't recognize them...

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Here is what the left case looks like just before I sent it off to weld..

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This is what we call our Pre-clean up..
Gotta make sure the welder has nice clean material to work with..

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Wossner rod after polishing..

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I like eye candy

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The top rack has the parts for this project.
All these are in their pre-cleaning stage..

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[Kx500fan]

Do you build a snobike engine different then a dirt bike engine?

[Hartmanbw]

It's all about the power man, something tells me this bike would be scary on the dirt!

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Welcome to the forum Hartmanb
You are so right...
Actually it would make a great desert or dunes motor but for a dirt bike it would be a wild child.
Yet, some of the mods we are going to do to it will also give it some decent low end power.
The fact is, I should go down to the garage and do some of the cylinder mods tonight... But I'm too lazy..

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I went ahead and spent some time last night porting the cylinder.
Normally the exhaust ports look like this..

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But not for long... Just starting to whittle away some material..

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