I finally went rode this thing tonight for more than 15 minutes like the two only other times its been ridden. Those two times were making some blasts up and down a pipeline to get it jetted correctly. Now on to the story. Keep in mind I have 22" razers, 13t front strocket, and a 39 rear. Me and a buddy decided to go scope out a pipeline in the middle of no where to see if it has any trails and what not. Bout 10 oclock I decided to throw the z (kfx..lol) in the back of the truck and roll out. Well basically we were riding through slush, mud. water and a few ditches. He has a foreman 500 with big ole tires so no prob for him. Now last time I rode in these conditions, it was still a lil 400 and I had to work the clutch alot anf it would die easily. Not the 470. That thing would lug 2nd gear, 1900-2000 rpm through some nasty stuff. The funny thing is I never got stuck. It motored on through whatever I aimed at. I am really impressed with this engine. I had no idea the torque I was gonna gain or I would have done it earlier. I even had the tec insert in so it was quiet, but it does seem to lose quite a bit of power having to breathe through those little holes.
We rode for about 2.5 hours and I never had a hiccup with it.
I did video a little bit of it, but i used my phone so it might not be so good...plus i was driving with one hand and driving through mud holes with the other.
Also the vibration from the stroker crank (not balanced) is actually less than when the engine was a stock bottom end. My carbon fiber gas tank cover used to annoying rattle and it doesnt do it anymore. When I put my anti vibe lonestar stem in its prolly gonna be even better....yipee. So to close...anyone thinking of building a stroker....my advise is Do it. You wont regret it. The bike is so so much easier and nicer to trail ride now. If only suzuki would build this...they would really have a winner.

seems verry nice!
i hope you heve a lot of fun whitt your 470!
post some pic's and vid's iff you can!

i hear u man!! i put my 470 kit in last year and it is sooooo sweet. it is a much much better engine than stock but mine has a bit more vibration now for some reason.

Did you lighten the piston any>? I removed the ribs on the piston and took metal out in various places. I called cp and they said it was ok to lighten it up a bit. i don't remember how much i removed but i think it was like 15-20 grams. I might put it back down and put a stock wrist pin in to lose more weight because its tapered at the ends and weights about 20 grams less. I'm gonna call cp and ask thier opinion on this.....ha ha...i'm jacking my own thread...o well who cares!

I am glad to hear everything is running good!

have fun with it

I'm trying to get a ride going on at the dunes, but all my buds have issues right now....one is going out of town for christmas, another cut off part of his finger, then another buddy forgot to tighten his drain plug and locked up his motor....

id go if i wasnt like 4000 miles away!!

LOL...bummer

I havent been since Halloween. Ive been wanting to go but been busy. :(

Well everyone had been riding while I was down putting my motor together...now I got it running and a few of them are down///and not to mention the fugged up weather we bee having. It snowed the week before...I was wearing shorts and crocs saturday and sunday long pants and a coat! Then on christmas day its supposed to be 72 degrees.

yeah same here. work up this morning and it was 19* but Christmas it is supposed to be 70-75*

i might try to make it to Louisiana some time next year and try out your dunes. what part of Louisiana do you live?

Baton rouge. Don't waste your time. Try sand hill atv. Ints on the web...sandhillatv.com...its in miss. let me know when you go and i'll try to make it out.

so you dont even need a helmet huh?? none of the riders on the pics has a helmet

You dont need a helmet at LA Dunes either. I thought about it the other day after we talked and Sandhill ATV in Wiggins, MS would probably be closer for you. Ive never been there though but I heard its a little better then LA Dunes. Probably about an 2 1/2 to 3 hours from me.

IMO sand hill is a good bit better. it has a drag track that they smooth on request. they do want u wearing a helmet on the track but usually its not enforced. the owner is a good guy. the owner of the dunes is an ahole.

Barney is hands down the most unfriendly guy Ive ever met......EVER. I can never get him to talk other then yes or no answers. Maybe he's shy. Dont they have cabins at Sandhill to rent? I may see about getting a group together for a weekend ride whenever Im not so damn busy.

Yes they have cabins for rent. Check out the website. Its a nice place, he cooks for you. but you can't night ride. Barney has a concession stand that I have never seen open as long as i have been going. sand hills is open every weekend. I'd rather give hime my money anyday over barney. There is way more parking and room at sandhill.

closest sand dunes to me are the Silver Lake sand dunes in Michigan and that is around a 10 hour drive, might be going out thier in the summer of 2009, triing to get a group to chip in on gas and rooms and what not.

It will have to be a weekend when one of my buddies is not offshore since he'd be pissed if we went without him. I'll post some info in the South forum when we go.