FX550e
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This passion started a while ago, back with a 94 FE501, which owned twice, I used to live in the desert offroad mecca of Ocotillo Wells / Borrego Springs area of Socal. Hard starting when hot, a big problem in the boiling 110F days and extremely risking riding on your own ( which did most of the time ) I ended up buying the very first FE650e, so you no where that ended with all of its problems
in hindsight should have kept it but i wanted a work any time electric start.
but the the rides i did have on the 650 are etched on my mind, even though i still think my blueprinted 501 was probably faster than the stock 650 ???
so after a brief flirt with KTM 640 and ATK 605 I purchased this FX in Grand Junction CO it was advertised as a FX550 with 501 replacement engine and boxes of spare parts.
On getting home i found out the the replacement engine was the correct 550, a few years ago, Dale Lineweaver rebuilt the crank, lapped the cases installed shimmed roller bearings, rebuilt the cylinder head, re-jetted & removed accelerator pump on the FCR Keihin.
So after being in storage several years its finally about to see the light of day.
i have been going back and forth about making it a SM or offroad, after analyzing
i have decided to keep this as an off-road and build another 2nd Berg SM 650
So these builds will be posted in relevant sections.
This passion started a while ago, back with a 94 FE501, which owned twice, I used to live in the desert offroad mecca of Ocotillo Wells / Borrego Springs area of Socal. Hard starting when hot, a big problem in the boiling 110F days and extremely risking riding on your own ( which did most of the time ) I ended up buying the very first FE650e, so you no where that ended with all of its problems
in hindsight should have kept it but i wanted a work any time electric start.
but the the rides i did have on the 650 are etched on my mind, even though i still think my blueprinted 501 was probably faster than the stock 650 ???
so after a brief flirt with KTM 640 and ATK 605 I purchased this FX in Grand Junction CO it was advertised as a FX550 with 501 replacement engine and boxes of spare parts.
On getting home i found out the the replacement engine was the correct 550, a few years ago, Dale Lineweaver rebuilt the crank, lapped the cases installed shimmed roller bearings, rebuilt the cylinder head, re-jetted & removed accelerator pump on the FCR Keihin.
So after being in storage several years its finally about to see the light of day.
i have been going back and forth about making it a SM or offroad, after analyzing
i have decided to keep this as an off-road and build another 2nd Berg SM 650
So these builds will be posted in relevant sections.
