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 Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:16 am Post subject: KMX200 air box - do not remove |
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Note to Diary..
Do not remove the KMX air box unless you have to.. Because its a @rse to remove and a total bu@@er to get back on again
This is the offending article - good job it cleaned up ok or I would have stamped on it and stuck a UNI filter on the carb instead..
Funny how simple things sometimes take absolutely ages
Grrrrrrr 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip. Bike is looking nice, tell you what, I'll park mine next to yours (it's the same colours) and it will look even better  |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Thanks yanw
It's easy to work on the bike when you strip the side panels, seat, exhaust silencer, inner and outer mudguard, expansion tank, battery, oil tank and pipes, carb, regulator etc etc
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I just wasn't expecting to have to disconnect/remove that lot to get at the airbox.. Kept raining too..
It started as a light bit of a fiddle cleaning the air filter (which besides looking like a horses nob is NLA from Kawasaki) to being almost major surgery by Victor Mildrew lol
Of course I wouldn't have it any other way 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Filter is NLA from Twin-Air as well (I think). Wemoto have one listed for the 200, get in quick if you want one.
I only got my Twin-Air as someone on eBay was selling them and the advert description was bad. I should have bought all ten he had and sold them one at a time for twice the price.
The only other option I have seen is to cut one yourself from those flat sheets. Nasty. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Wemoto NLA
@rse I thought
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But a quick search on EBay France and found one - a nice new Twin Air filter for KMX200 now on its way to meeeee
Yay 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Top-shaggy wrote: |
It's easy to work on the bike when you strip the side panels, seat, exhaust silencer, inner and outer mudguard, expansion tank, battery, oil tank and pipes, carb, regulator etc etc
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Hmm.. not much then
got any pics of the bike as full? 
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 2:23 am Post subject: |
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Hi TNG
Here's a pic of the KMX on top of a hill.
I was proper pleased with myself for getting up it on the bike as it was 8m ish high bank - the missus wasn't impressed though, she just thought I was being a big kid.....well YEAAAAAAAAAAH of course I was 
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Wemoto NLA
@rse I thought
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But a quick search on EBay France and found one - a nice new Twin Air filter for KMX200 now on its way to meeeee
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Nice new TWIN AIR filter for my KMX200 arrived today
Yippee
Ok I'm easily pleased... But they are really tough to get hold of 
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Grats Top-shaggy. There are more Javan Rhinoceros on earth than new KMX200 filters.
You could be looking at the last wild KMX200 Twin-Air filter on the planet! |
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Grats Top-shaggy. There are more Javan Rhinoceros on earth than new KMX200 filters.
You could be looking at the last wild KMX200 Twin-Air filter on the planet! |
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And it looks like part of a Javan Rhinoceros (whatever that is ... and I don't care because I'm over the moon !
Managed to get hold of the full power needle for the carb too and some new jets to play with, double yay
Soooooo the KMX200 will be back together this weekend with a bit of luck..
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Hi TNG
Here's a pic of the KMX on top of a hill.
I was proper pleased with myself for getting up it on the bike as it was 8m ish high bank - the missus wasn't impressed though, she just thought I was being a big kid.....well YEAAAAAAAAAAH of course I was
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Looking great! i need to get mine finished! just working on the house at the moment 
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Fitted the full power needle today, the new twin air filter and rejected the carb to suit with a 115 main. Took four or five kicks to spring into life and wayhay took it out for a well deserved spin and its going brilliant. Loads torque and revs our nicely too.
Got a new expansion chamber on its way so I can see me having to play with the jetting again when I put it on. Must have some fun first though.. I'm just a sucker for taking the bikes to bits..lol
Wish the OEM VM26ss float bowl had a centre access cover in the base like on my later VM26 carbs to make jetting the main easier  may look to see if I can use the later bowl on the earlier carb next week...
In the mean time I've now got my winter biking babe sorted
Very happy
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Good news, I will watch out for how you get on.
May I ask the #part number for the needle you mentioned?
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