I thought about that actually, it's a good idea. But this one seems to be holding. I'll take another look at it and see if it warrants swapping out. I did locktite the bolt...
@@ExtremeSportsWannaBes from everything I've seen, it's more the washer losing its springyness more so than the bolt backing out. I know Taco Moto does it on all of his builds that are going to be either ridden hard or long distances. Just one less potential point of failure I guess. 👍 Love the build
@@ExtremeSportsWannaBes If you get your hands on one of those heavy duty plastic skid plates (or just talk to other people who own them) I don't think you'd be worried about the frame bending or getting crushed. I actually don't think it would be possible to damage the frame like that with a good quality one (obviously you could totally damage the frame with the old school thin plastic ones). These new style ones are waayy too thick for anything like that to happen. In fact, I think it would be more likely to happen with a metal skidplate as metal skidplates are thinner and rigid, meaning they don't absorb and disperse impacts as well. And I agree, "better" is subjective; that's why I wrote "in my opinion" in my original comment :)
Love my axp on my 2021 so much I ordered one for my 2022 300 xcw. To that point, I got a 300 xcw and I’m getting it street legalized because that 500 is a lot of energy in the tight woods. Love the 500 but it has its place.
I have a 2022 and have used the canyon dancers on other bikes but the KTM bolt heads are recessed. How did you install yours or are the Slavens different?
Were you able to run that sprocket setup with the stock chain? I'm buying this bike next month and would like to run pretty low gearing but didn't really want to buy a longer chain right away. Thanks
Yup, I had to flip the adjuster washers (the ones that go on the axle) around so that the extension faces backwards and the adjust screw presses against what used to be the back of the washer. That way I could move the wheel a little further forward while still having lots of adjustment in both directions to get the chain where I like it. Otherwise it was no problem.
Looking great! I’m hoping to get my 500 this week! Already have the acerbis guards ordered up so your saying there isn’t enough clearance to run both the case guards and the p3 skid plate?
Dude, totally hear you. The P3 plate looks dope! But, yeah, I needed the protection of a metal plate and I needed side covers. I punched the shift lever through the ignition cover week two, before I had the Acerbis on.
Haha yikes good to know I may have to go the same route I’m not hard on bikes just not skilled enough to not fall constantly. Either way I’d rather be more protected than less and replacing a worn part in the garage rather than ruining a ride/weekend on the trail
Actually direct from Acerbis. I discovered that they're like the only large parts manufacture with a decent e-commerce setup. www.acerbisusa.com/c105588-x-power-kit
We'll be doing a much deeper look at the pipe and ECU soon to see what works best. It's delayed by the chip shortage unfortunately. The reeds probably aren't in your way.
@@ExtremeSportsWannaBes great, ill check that video for sure but like I said on the official FMF website, the 4.1 stops at 2019 for the 500EXCF. I was just wondering wich part number you ordered for it to fit !
