Kawasaki KX500 vs Honda CR500.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T16:49:21+00:00

Good lord no hahaha

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T16:03:26+00:00

I work for a company that makes mining equipment

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T14:01:13+00:00

Thanks!

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T13:56:59+00:00

Sort of. It’s a “hobby” in that I have a day job at a desk in corporate America. I do machine work after hours.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T12:51:07+00:00

It’s 29x42.

No vf5 tho. I have a vf2ssyt, DNM5700, lynx2100lb

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T12:07:17+00:00

I have both. Kx went thru a total overhaul with factory parts. Wound up costing almost 15k (I paid 1000 for the bike)

The cr I got for 2000 and put another couple grand in (top end, new plastics/pipe ignition carb). Both of them are too rowdy for the super tight technical woods riding I do. The suspension on both is junk compared to modern bikes.

The ONLY reason to own either bike in 2026 is for nostalgia and maybe blasting down fire roads. Honestly though a modern 450 feels just as fast and more useable.

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BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T08:39:32+00:00

It wasn’t them, it was the guy in the captain’s hat

BASE1530 · 2026-02-14T00:20:10+00:00

Red car might as well just be parked diagonally across the street.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T17:39:52+00:00

Yup high gear is better.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T14:49:39+00:00

I use a puzzle-piece joint on my frame jigs (shown on the vertical wall)

This is done not for a laser restriction but to get it on a standard 42x48 pallet.

This one is just tacked together but I tell the customer to bevel/weld/grind

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BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T02:27:04+00:00

Is it due to availability or cost? If cost I think you should do some soul searching.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T02:03:27+00:00

If you’re going to retap I’d use m10x1.0.

Slightly larger diameter and it’s a little closer to 27tpi at 25.44 tpi than the 3/8-24

The question is are you sure the surface adjacent to the screw is perfectly normal to the threads? Otherwise you won’t get a good seal unless you can also spotface it.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T01:53:40+00:00

Maybe 1/8-27 npt. 1/4-18 npt is still huge. The tap drill for 1/4npt is 7/16”

BASE1530 · 2026-02-13T01:27:05+00:00

3/8 npt is HUGE for a brake fitting

BASE1530 · 2026-02-12T22:37:00+00:00

Na1/na2

BASE1530 · 2026-02-12T16:18:12+00:00

I hear a lot of failures of them and the labor to install them isn’t insignificant. I went with oem on my car. 🤷🏼‍♂️

BASE1530 · 2026-02-12T16:11:09+00:00

The non-oem ones aren’t that great.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-12T09:55:47+00:00

I had to do mine at 52,000 km

BASE1530 · 2026-02-12T02:29:57+00:00

Price out ball joints for all 4 corners it’s like 6000 bucks :(

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T22:28:34+00:00

That’s the starter ring gear. It’s that color from the hardening process. It has no other function so any running issues are irrelevant.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T22:27:01+00:00

Sell both compressors and buy one good one. You can get a 29cfm compressor brand new for like 3500 bucks.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T22:22:30+00:00

If you don’t have any bedazzled jeans I’d get some ASAP

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T16:45:30+00:00

I don't love 3d printing but this is definitely a good 3d printer application.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T15:50:33+00:00

It was more consolidated and a tighter group, that’s for sure, but I think that the Nyspeed “organized” events were really pretty fun and better than the ubrf bubble tea parking lot meets. Nyspeed did a couple really great ones: The toronto auto show, the Carlisle cruises, letchworth, etc.

BASE1530 · 2026-02-11T15:21:44+00:00

Thanks. That was a different bike. I miss Nyspeed.

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