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KDX250 float level adjustment

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I read a float height article on canadian daves forums:

http://www.dirtrider.net/justkdx/floatlevel.html

Does anyone know if the 16mm float height would pertain to a 91 KDX250 as well? (I ordered the 250 Supplement manual but it hasn't arrived yet).

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Float level height is common knowledge here.... no need to link to that site.

There are a few KDX250 owners here that could probably chime in and give you the specs.
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Post by JSK4 »

Sorry about that no disrespect meant, I was just refering to the article to the manner of measuring the height. I am new to working on 2 strokes and wasn't sure if this was the common way of doing it.
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Re: '..if this was the common way of doing it.'

Not for me...but I'm not common.

(I say....thass'a joke, son)

I'm not saying that's a good thing anyway.

Rather than fuss with the angle of the carb and whether or not the pin is being depressed or not, I slip a finger under the float on an upside down carb until the pin just clears the tab, then drop it back 'til it touches.

Don't know about the 16mm part on a KX. The WAY of doing it is the same, TPS carb or no. Adding a couple of mm is fairly common...keeps the KDX from peeing when on a (probably wonky/bent) kickstand.

Not that you prolly have to worry 'bout that.

Ask skipro3. He rides a KX. He might remember where the carb IS on the thing. The float spec? :hmm: Maybe he'll s'prise us and remember that, too!

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Where are you getting KX out of the thread CC?
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The first and third letters of the model, 'fer crine' out loud.

Where else? Where'd YOU get 'em?
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I read just the '250' part of it.





Now then...about that Thai martini..........

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Post by JSK4 »

So what goes into a Thai martini? fish sauce? peanut? :)

Thanks for the info CC, that is exactly what was happening to me. I just bought the KDX and the kickstand is pretty bent and it was leaking. I will try your method.

Is there a good method of bending the kickstand back? I could just start wacking it in a vice but I figure I might weaken the joint :wink:
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Post by canyncarvr »

I usually had better luck 'fixing' the kickstand on the bike..like lean it over and stand on it.

The bracket that bolts to the swingarm...I never had a lot of luck changing the angle of the OEM steel piece.

...which is why mine is now aluminium!!


Re: 'So what goes into a Thai martini? fish sauce? peanut?'

This board has all sorts of good info on it. Even Thai Martini recipes!

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So, since you ignored Ski, what were you doing in Kansas?
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I did NOT! :wink:

His post was just past my nighty-night time is all.

I weren't in Kansas.

He is (was?) operating under the mistaken impression that KA is the postal abbreviation for Kansas. Kansas is KS. KA is the postal code for a country bordering the US of A on the southwest..at times referred to as 'Northern Mexico'. Its borders largely include what was formerly known as California, then Kahliforniah, now known as Kalifornistan.

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Ah, so now I know. And here I was feeling slighted that you went to Kansas and didn't stop by. I also didn't know they had postal codes down that way. Figured that gummut was too corrupt to move mail to any location other than their own hidey hole.
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Post by Tedh98 »

Does anyone know what the fuel level (not float level) should be for a '97 KDX 200?

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Ted... you should start a new thread... CC, CM... this thread is about the float height on a KDX250... :roll:
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