I'm new to the Kawi scene and was just wanting some guidance and opinions on what motor to build. I've had a couple honda mods and this is my first KLX 110. What's everyone's motor of choice. TB or Tak parts. Also what little internal things help out. Such as primary gears and what not. I picked up a 2010 110L and it already has 4th and manual what can I do to make it better. Love the bike so far can't wait to get this build goin!! I do a little of both dirt and motard so I want something good for both.
Whats your motor of choice??
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This is true...At my backyard track this motor is a bit much, really have to stay out of the throttle to go fast and a good rider on a stock bike can run about as fast with less effort. But when this motor is on long uphill stretches at a big track its nice to let it pull. So it does depend on where you ride and how you ride. And this was the first bike out of my group of friends that ride pit to be built this much...I was the outcast with a ridiculous bike not even worth racing against until everyone else manned up and built theirs.
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People do, but the bigger you go the less reliable they are. Also, they require boring of the cases. These motors are typically full blown race motors and not something you would want to beat on unless racing.
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They tend to get noisy after a few hours too! Lol they become mini 250fs
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Speaking from experience, and many others are here too, is that it's very, very easy to get carried away with ordering motor parts and ending up with a crazy motor that is just way too fast for what you want to do with it. If you intend to leave the chassis relatively stock, and don't intend to ride outdoor MX tracks, or very fast motard tracks, then just do the motor build one step at a time. Start simply with a big bore kit only. Without the head. Then see how you like that set up, spend some time on it, and see if you still need more power. Take it from there. I wish I had have done my last build this way. Ended up with a crazy fast motor, and even though it was in a full mod chassis, it was pretty much un-rideable except on a full size MX track, which wasn't why I wanted to ride mini's.
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I agree but I would do the bottom end and bore the cases. That way what ever top end you want to run is just a 1hr job
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Any reasoning most people are choosing tb over kamikaze or takegawa?
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Easier to track down new parts and replacement parts. Good quality and a cheaper price tag too.
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Same reliability?
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I cant really attest to that, but very solid. 2 years on the same piston and cylinder from tb, still runs awesome.
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I would stick with tb parts. I have a Chp 160cc kit with a kitaco SE race head and it hard to find replacement parts. It took me about a month to find a replacement piston for my chp kit. Tb part are easy to find. You can go to pax racing, tboltusa, whole sale cycles, xr50.com they all can get replacement part
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Ok another question I have. I see a Tb 143 kit with carb,race head, and everything for $440. It's not the v2 head it says its the NEW zongchen head. Anyone heard of this? Is it worth the extra money to buy the head or just wait and see how I like the 143 first?
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I would give just a 143 n cam a shot. It's like a new bike but it's not over powering. Also I would get some hd clutch springs cuz you will prolly have a slipping issue so i advise springs just to prevent it
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