Hey!! Michigander here.
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Hey!! Michigander here.
Greetings!
Bought an 01 KDX 220 for our son and want to get him schooled on his new bike. Heard this was the place to be, so here I am.
Bought an 01 KDX 220 for our son and want to get him schooled on his new bike. Heard this was the place to be, so here I am.
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03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
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01 KDX 220-Backup bike
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04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
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Welcome aboard Heidi! Glad ya found us...
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
****'95 KDX 200/****
"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
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I did notice some sarcasm out there. I can oblige. HeHeKDX Butterfly wrote:You definitely found the right place. Watch out for sarcasm, or better yet, beat it!
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02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike
02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike
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What's with all this about 'sarcasm' all of a sudden?
Did someone learn a new word in screwl this week?
Let me know when the vocab lessons get to satire, chide, cynicism, and facts. Only then will I expect to sense that anyone knows the difference between 'em.
You have undoubtedly heard about OEM 220 pistons? Hopefully that's not what's in an '01..but if you don't know it might be good to check. Pop the head off and take a look-see.
Welcome to the nicest, warmest, and fuzziest (see...he even said Welcome!) biking site there is. NOT like summ'a those thumping other places........
Did someone learn a new word in screwl this week?
Let me know when the vocab lessons get to satire, chide, cynicism, and facts. Only then will I expect to sense that anyone knows the difference between 'em.
You have undoubtedly heard about OEM 220 pistons? Hopefully that's not what's in an '01..but if you don't know it might be good to check. Pop the head off and take a look-see.
Welcome to the nicest, warmest, and fuzziest (see...he even said Welcome!) biking site there is. NOT like summ'a those thumping other places........
Consider the source
Using a perceived level of knowledge to boost my self worth.
Non impediti ratione cogitationis
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The 220 piston has casting flaws that make it weak. It tends to come apart, and sometimes the collateral damage is extensive. Some get by with a 'top-end', some have to buy cases. I'm sure some junk the bike it happened to.
The safest side to be on is to take the OEM out of the bike sooner than later. Another 'some' input, but indeed some have done that before their brandy-new off-the-showroom-floor bike was ridden. That could be considered extreme, but the fact is you never know when it's going to grenade.
There's a 'fact' floating around that says only highly modifed bikes have a problem with the OEM piston. That is not a true fact. Bone stock bikes have blowed up.
Take the head off. An OEM piston will be stamped with an alpha character, usually an A, B, or C. OEM alpha designations do go to G, but you won't likely find something like that.
There may have been some documentation of visibile differences on the exhaust port side of the piston between OEM and (fer example) Wiseco. I don't recall that offhand. I know the pin oiling setup isn't the same...but you can't SEE that with just the head off. If you find something regarding exhaust port side differences, you could check those out with the pipe off..and not have to take the head off at all.
Surely your son's bike has had a top-end maintenance performed at least once since '01. Maybe whoever did it knew what they were doing...maybe not.
A lot of blather to edge you toward checking it out...at least. You could well save a lot of hassle and $$$.
The safest side to be on is to take the OEM out of the bike sooner than later. Another 'some' input, but indeed some have done that before their brandy-new off-the-showroom-floor bike was ridden. That could be considered extreme, but the fact is you never know when it's going to grenade.
There's a 'fact' floating around that says only highly modifed bikes have a problem with the OEM piston. That is not a true fact. Bone stock bikes have blowed up.
Take the head off. An OEM piston will be stamped with an alpha character, usually an A, B, or C. OEM alpha designations do go to G, but you won't likely find something like that.
There may have been some documentation of visibile differences on the exhaust port side of the piston between OEM and (fer example) Wiseco. I don't recall that offhand. I know the pin oiling setup isn't the same...but you can't SEE that with just the head off. If you find something regarding exhaust port side differences, you could check those out with the pipe off..and not have to take the head off at all.
Surely your son's bike has had a top-end maintenance performed at least once since '01. Maybe whoever did it knew what they were doing...maybe not.
A lot of blather to edge you toward checking it out...at least. You could well save a lot of hassle and $$$.
Consider the source
Using a perceived level of knowledge to boost my self worth.
Non impediti ratione cogitationis
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Wow pertinent information I'm so thankful to now know!! Muchos Gracias!
The guy we bought the bike from said he didn't think it had 400 miles on it. It looked showrom new to us. So it's got the stock piston in it. He never did anything to the bike except make it street legal.
The odd thing is the extra container for antifreeze (words escape me for the correct terminology) was empty when we bought it. Hubby filled it, rode a weekend, and empty again. Is this normal?
The guy we bought the bike from said he didn't think it had 400 miles on it. It looked showrom new to us. So it's got the stock piston in it. He never did anything to the bike except make it street legal.
The odd thing is the extra container for antifreeze (words escape me for the correct terminology) was empty when we bought it. Hubby filled it, rode a weekend, and empty again. Is this normal?
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02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike
02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike
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Here's the bike. I likes it a lot!
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Cycle Conservation Club member
02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike
02 KTM 200MXC- Mine
04 KTM 300MXC- Hubby's
03 Honda CRF150F- Son's
01 Honda XR80- Son's
01 Honda XR70- Son's
01 KDX 220-Backup bike