Careful - Dual Sport are a gateway bikes. Before you know it you will br craving an Enduro and a Trials Bike.
Craving all of these, but mostly a legal place to ride them offroad within a reasonable driving distance.
Careful - Dual Sport are a gateway bikes. Before you know it you will br craving an Enduro and a Trials Bike.
Fight ClubCraving all of these, but mostly a legal place to ride them offroad within a reasonable driving distance.
Everything in jersey is illegal pay and go to a trackCraving all of these, but mostly a legal place to ride them offroad within a reasonable driving distance.
Nice 👍 one. Ditch that mirror and add some full coverage hand guards & heated grips.In SLC and saw this on FB marketplace
2016 300 xcw with a ton of extras amd low hours
Valued at 6200 I picked it up for 4200 😁happy new fucking year to me !
After a stupid long day at work (that felt like two days, the morning one day, the afternoon the other) I blew off some steam and went to the garage to fiddle some more. I removed the pistons and split the cases tonight.
That rotten piston took an hour to get off. The circlip was completely seized to the Gudgeon pin (that’s the piece the piston can rotate on). Here’s a diagram for those watching at home:
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With some very carefully placed tools and many deliberate hits with the hammer, it finally gave in and moved. The good piston came off with no issue other than the circlip flying across the garage into oblivion when I popped it out.
The crankcase overall is close to mint. Just need to spend a few hours clearing out sludge and gross crap that is deep in the corners and reassembly begins.
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I agree. Probably sucked in a bunch of water and silt, stalled, and that was the last the bike saw since the 1980s. I do know since the last time it ran, the rest of its time was spent parked in a field partially under a tarp - that’s what I was told when I bought it. Based on the amount of dead spiders and bugs I’ve pulled off of it, I can confirm that.not bad - disaster averted! it looks like the last thing that motor did was go swimming.
Nice work.Been picking away at removing the old gaskets on the cases - a hour here, a hour there. It’s tedious work. A steel razor blade can go right into the aluminum and cut it up, which would mean a permanent spot for an oil leak, so it’s relatively delicate work.
Yep, love those things. 100 pack with two handles is $11 on Amazon.I use plastic razor blades for scraping stuff, not as effective, but it is safe.
They work pretty well. There’s a little scoring left behind in some spots if you’re too heavy with the hand.I wonder how one of those 3M adhesive removal wheels would work for this.
Brrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaapppppppppppp! Wood love to ride.
Life goals achieved. Fantastic.