cheers guy , i was a little bit surprised on how well it went on track to be honest , i really thought the 500 was going to be an animal but in the TM SMX chassis it was extremely ridable and smooth , i had some old tires on it as it was the first proper test but you could drift it out of the corners on the throttle .
i had a little issue at the start as the idle was too high and it kept pushing the front and i could not get it stopped for the apex , i turned the idle right down so it would only just tick over without stalling and it was 100 times better on the entry .
Gearing was a little short i was running 14/46 and it felt really tall on the street when i test rode it so i took a 47-48 & 49 with me but is was to short not too tall so i will swap it over to a 15/48 that should be closer.
i pulled all the plastics tank etc off it yesterday cleaned it and went over it all , everything was as it should be nothing had come loose , carb was dripping a bit of fuel as normal for 2 strokes so i ran all the over flow tubes into a little catch bottle i fitted under the sump guard , fuel and oil dripping onto a slick tire normally ends with you getting high sided into orbit so i won't to avoid that .
the main point i am still smiling it was so much fun and it had all the boys on 450's shaking there heads with how quick it was off the corners
