KX Guru Racing

Got the motor in this weekend.

Drilled the hole for the swingarm pivot bolt bigger and ground the collars very lightly to make the motor fit.

Then I cut the frame in front for the exhaust to fit.

I saw on your 500AF build you used the headstay and frame rails from JFabMotorsport.

Is it best to order from him?

I would like to start the prep work on my frame.

Picked up my new piston Man its big.. I took my powervalves and studs out and everything has been booked in for plating.

I also got around to cleaning up my 250F

The engineering place said they sandblast the outside of the head somewhere during or after the nikasil plating process.

This gives it a very dull look. When i get it back should i send it in for vapour blasting and it will come out looking like that?

Apparently they sandblast it to get a blue ...

So it doesn't actually get coated with something it is just vapour blasted?

The outside of the motor. So cases on the outside, sleeve gets nikasil on the inside but when i get it back the outside will be sandblasted. So do i leave it like that or what needs to be done? And then the head on the outside.

When i am done i would like the motor to look brand spanking new.

ok, so I think I am going to split the motor, just for that extra peace of mind.

I took the sleeve to a engineering shop today and they said I need to strip everything out. even the head bolts.

But what I would like to know is. They say that they sandblast the head on the outside which gives it a ...

I suppose for the effort and money in the long run it will be a lot better to split the cases, and make sure everything is 100%.

Not that much more money, especially that the crank seems good. Just more effort. Will sleep on it tonight.

Thank you. Will give it a try.

I also found a few cracks in my cylinder that needs repair.

My Cylinder needs to go in for Nikasil plating. So I need to remove everything from the cylinder.

I am battling to remove the KIPS system.
I am following the manual but the idle gear moves slightly up and down but does not pull out. Not sure if I am missing something?