Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing, TMR, Racer X Magazine, KX500 build

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Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing, TMR, Racer X Magazine, KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:12 pm

KX Guru Racing is building a bike for Sunny Garcia :o :shock: 8-)
We are going to build him something special...


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Here is where we are headed.
This is by no means a complete list but just getting things started so check it from time to time as you never know what we will be adding next 8-)

* 01 KX500 bike in very nice condition.
* Swing arm conversion to run 450 wheels, brake, chain guide, and chain slider, by Bormi.
* Aluminum gas tank also by Bormi.
38mm Air striker.
Throttle and cable
KX450f forks and re-valve and spring
KX500 shock and re-valve and spring
Ti fork and shock springs.
KX450 brakes... front and rear..
Triples.
TM Designs chain guide and slider.
VF2 reed for a kx500
Extended clutch arm.. Billet.
Check Stator for ohm specs. If bad send to Ricky Stator
FMF Fatty pipe and muffler
Reinforce the frame.
Powder coat Kiwi Green with clear over the top.
2 piece clutch cover.
Thinking of REM Micropolish, Cryo treatment, and microblue...
Radiators (Brand?)
Hammerhead brake pedal
Hammerhead shift lever
Hammerhead rear brake master clevis kit
Radiator hoses
Clutch cover
Stator cover
Cables
Guts seat
Chassis and engine SS or Ti bolt kit
Chain and sprockets.
Custom wheels.
Tubeless
Tires
Rim Locks
Graphics kit
Guts Racing seat
Grips
Hydraulic clutch
Perches and levers ASV
plastics
tank
tank cap
Flex bars
Flex pegs
chassis bear kit
TSR Cases with hydraulic clutch.
TSR Covers

Engine specs, all preliminary.
Decomp head and re-chamber to be determined...
Guru Valves? Depends on how they dyno out.
Turbo crank depending on how it dyno's.
Balance
88mm sleeve, plated
Wosser Rod
Wossner piston
Power Dynomo ignition
KX Guru porting :lol:
Cometic everything
Billet shift forks :shock: or Hard chrome plate and micro-polish OEM
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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:24 pm

Oscar Picked up the bike today :o


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:25 pm

The story is the bike sat for years in storage.
I believe it, this thing is clean!!
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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:17 pm

Oscar is getting ready to make room so he can get ready to get more bikes in his garage :lol:


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Wed May 02, 2018 5:14 pm

Sunny showed up for a visit at Oscar's garage this morning.
This is what Oscar said, "Got to spend 3 hours this morning shooting the breeze with Surfing legend Sunny Garcia! Super cool easy going dude!! Discussed everything from food to bikes!! We have some amazing ideas on the direction we will be taking with the Hawaiian Beast build!!"

I hope we get the engine soon up in Oregon.
Jason can't wait to get his mits on it :lol:


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:29 pm

Ok... We got the engine in from Oscar and Jason and I started right in on it.
From the outside it looks about right for the age..


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:32 pm

The next step is to pop the head and measure the port timing.

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And of course measure and record the head step, overall thickness, gasket thicknesses, ect.


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:36 pm

So much fun...


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Next, I split the crank halves and cleaned them up a bit.
Remember, if you want a dirty crank in your bike, send the crank builder a dirty crank...
You'll get back a dirty crank with a nice new rod :o

Normally we do all our own porting but this time we are sending the head and cylinder to Tom Morgan at TMR for one of his world famous port jobs.
Also, he will true, balance, and assemble the crank for us. Normally Jason or I do our own porting but this is a collaborative effort with Tom, Racer X magazine, Jay Clark, and others. We have another project that we will be working with Tom on in the future for another Motocross action magazine build so stay tuned.


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

Post by Sandblaster » Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:08 pm

More Sunny Garcia hardware...
How about a Bormi Parts KX500 swingarm ready for a 450 rear wheel and brake set up 8-)


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Re: Sunny Garcia Pro surfer KX Guru Racing KX500 build

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