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You guys are rocking my world, I'll definitely take you up on that offer! Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

So I disassembled the valves, measured the guides by wiggling the valves, all good there, no play whatsoever. Even though the exhaust guides weren't leaking I lapped them anyway as there was some surface rust on the contact faces from standing so long. Moving onto the intakes I noticed that the...

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So I checked engine compression and was barely getting above a bar  :( Obviously hand cranking it cold isn't a good comparison against the spec but some compression should be present. I checked the valve clearances, adjusted and it was obvious that there was some leakage through the intake...

Yeah stoked to have it back online in the background. Been enjoying spending time after work in the garage  :) Thanks for the advice re Superfoxi, I will get in contact with him to see what the options are. Greg! Glad I can reciprocate some motivation, since your XR500 rebuild is what brought...

Glad to know it can be done without issue. For the record, there is enough wall to install the Bigserts. Now that I have the Timesert kits I feel set for a long life of restoring old motorbikes  Would not attempt the job without a drill press at least, the milling machine I used made the job go...

Hello Wild Ones. It's been a while. This project has been painfully gathering dust for sometime now in my garage. An accumulating ball of guilt and apathy which I lacked the funds and time to start chipping away at. I finally have a decent garage workspace and decided that enough is enough, so...

I imported this system before selling it to max, it's only got about 100km of commuting on it. Also comes with the dB killer insert. It's a great upgrade  :thumleft:

And ... it's gone!

Now going for free to a good home

Bike is provisionally sold, thanks for the interest guys !

At first I was set on getting a white model, and was disappointed that I couldn't get the newer models in white. I settled for the grey and I honestly love it now, it's such a cool original colour for a bike, and it looks great when dirty.

Thanks for the compliments guys. I was really happy with this build and how it turned out. The FMF pipe sounds awesome and the powerbomb makes a big difference.

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