Base Gasket re-use?

[motogroove]

Well, I'm catching up on that pesky reality stuff in my life, so I can start paying attention to my bike again.

As much as I hate to pull the jug, I think I'd better verify that I didn't fry my ring gap during that lean rev incident. I have inspected the bore and piston crown, but I'm not digging the 140ish PSI compression test. I suppose that could be low because I didn't even finish seating the rings...
I dunno.

I could just run it and hope for the best, but it's a losing battle trying to jet a weak top end methinks. And the giant question marks will swirl in my head every night which will only drive me futher insane. So, I'd better take a peek at the ring gap.

Any chance I'll be able to reuse the base gasket that has maybe an hour on it?

I guess I'd better order a couple anyway, and a set of rings...
but if it looks good, I'd like to just throw it right back together before a gremlin climbs in.

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This is much my own fault. Somehow I had checked off the carb cleaning on all my lists, but it was spider webs and dust bunnies in there. Damned pilot jet was almost clogged solid, and that might explain the lean rev from Hell.

Time's a-wastin' and I need to ride!
My goal is next weekend.

thanks,
dean
2001xc300