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Please help, KX500 idle issue and kickstart lever
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[QUOTE="RideMore, post: 1094279, member: 70641"] Well I ended up with a 88 KX500. Real clean and $500 so I couldn't resist. I typically ride a YZ250 and a TE450 Husky. I took it up to a local area for a little shakedown and it was hard to start. Once i got it going it was very hard to keep idling. I rode a short loop and came back to the truck to try and sort it out. Seems like a vacuum leak but I took the reed black out and cleaned up the carb and everything looks good. As received the jetting set up for Oregon dunes was: main - 175 Pilot - 60 needle - top grove (full lean) I switched is out for 500-3000 foot woods riding and so it would run and not just load up. Main - 170 Pilot - 50 needle middle groove I had these jets on hand and were very close to what others reported running with success. I fired it up and it still runs on and will not idle. I was in the process of warming it up and the idle was all over the place and hard to keep running. I went to re start it and broke off the kickstarter!!!! ****. So what do you think my hanging idle / will not idle issue is? What jetting should I be running? As far as I know the motor is stock other than a PC pipe and SA muffler. 500-7000 feet, 60-90 degrees. It looks like it has the two stage Boyseen reeds and they look to be in serviceable condition although I will be switching them out. As for the kick starter is there any aftermarket units? Slightly shorter might be good. Thanks a lot. K [/QUOTE]
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