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Old 09-12-2021, 10:25 AM
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Aight, just a follow up.

The piston and gasket kit showed up last friday, so as soon as I could get off work, I threw those on.

Vertex b piston (a bit looser than it should be, but oh well) and a gasket kit for about 200?. Not great, not terrible.

The bike now has a LOT more compression and the rattle is gone. I mean, I hear something buzzing at off idle frequencies, but I'm suspecting a loose bolt or something.

There's now enough compression to make it hard to kick and the starter also struggles while it's in gear. Sometimes it will crank and crank, but it ends up not starting or backfiring a bit. Plop it in neutral and off it goes.

The previous owner gave me a 10w40 motul jug, but I think I'm going to try some 5w30 instead.
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