Im looking at tuning my KDX200 1989F AUSTRALIAN model my wife is pregnant so money is limited here are my ideas
1 FMF FATTY PIPE STOCK SILENCER repacked KEIHIN 35mm Carb new from a ausie shop and V
FORCE DELTA 3 REEDS and my air box lid removed
2 FMF FATTY PIPE STOCK SILENCER repacked RON BLACK AIR STRIKER carb BOYSON REEDS and my airbox lid removed
3 as above but with a RON BLACK PWK 35 instead of the air striker
all help much appreciated mike
Posted: 10:18 am Apr 08 2009
by NewMexico505
Is the question should you spend money on the bike or save it because you have a baby on the way?
-Erik
Posted: 10:32 am Apr 08 2009
by KarlP
I'd do the RBD PWK 35 and the RBD head.
With the pipe you list it should be a nice improvement.
Just the head alone is probably the best bang for your buck.
Posted: 10:49 am Apr 08 2009
by MXOldtimer
Save your money cuz you'll sure as hell need it later for the child.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, and you better get all the riding in you can now because you wont be riding as much after the child is born.
Posted: 11:14 am Apr 08 2009
by skipro3
Sell the bike. You won't be needing it before the kid is 7 or 8 and can learn to ride too. Even then, by his teen years, he'll never wanna be seen with you and will be sleeping in until noon and staying out all night with the girls. Face it, your life as you knew it is now over. You can fight the bit and buck a bit, making it tough on yourself, or you can just domesticate and get used to that idea.
Posted: 01:32 pm Apr 08 2009
by NewMexico505
MXOldtimer wrote:Save your money cuz you'll sure as hell need it later for the child.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, and you better get all the riding in you can now because you wont be riding as much after the child is born.
couldn't said it better myself...
-Erik
Posted: 11:06 pm Apr 08 2009
by sparkingdogg
MXOldtimer wrote:Save your money cuz you'll sure as hell need it later for the child.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, and you better get all the riding in you can now because you wont be riding as much after the child is born.
i have a 3 month old baby, now i get to ride about 1-2 hours per week. last year was around 20 hours, mostly street cruisers...
but then my baby smiles at me...
save your money! some of my stockers run really good! mess with your jetting and suspension, just tweaking things does night-and-day differences!!
Posted: 11:15 pm Apr 08 2009
by sparkingdogg
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skipro3 wrote:Sell the bike. You won't be needing it before the kid is 7 or 8 and can learn to ride too. Even then, by his teen years, he'll never wanna be seen with you and will be sleeping in until noon and staying out all night with the girls. Face it, your life as you knew it is now over. You can fight the bit and buck a bit, making it tough on yourself, or you can just domesticate and get used to that idea.
naw, don't sell it, it's paid for. nothing else you will ever have will be!! my 1988 vulcan 750 sat for nearly 20 years, the first time i had kids. now i got remarried and am doing it again.
and here is my '88, last year, on my 1000 mile iowa tour, she has just over 10,000 miles on her then...
keep the bike, someday you will be glad!
Posted: 04:26 am Apr 09 2009
by bagpuss
Ok so you all think option 4 carbon nappies a fmf pram and a ron black modified changing matt
on the other hand my pipe's ucked a new carb boot is $95 plus the carb needs a overhaul as its about 20 years old about $50 a new pwk 35mm is $350 so it works out about $200 to change the carb for the new one
ive all ready got a new carb boot that fits the 35mm carb the dealer got the wrong one and wont take it back and im thinking that the reeds are also old so now would be a good time to fix it the money is coming from some fishing rods ive sold and i would like to have it done before the little one come's
Posted: 04:33 am Apr 09 2009
by bagpuss
Sparkingdogg thanks for the rays of light that are at the end of the tunnel
sounds like the front forks on my '81 xr250!!!