lol i was kidding about the kx motor i would never tear the bike down and your right it is not counter balanced i want this zilla motor to run the right way yeah i know it is frustrating as hell all i want to do is ride i just want to ride all day no wrenching on it just riding im going to try to contact dennis see if he has any thoughts i found his number on his site and i seen your build and some stuff you had to go through i learned from research well on the old site there was alot of people that had been through the same thing where im at now so i tried to stay with what was working for most 500 owners i know its close if you knew what i went through on this quad we could talk for a while so i tried to do it all right this time around