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Moto_Geek
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Moto_Geek 5/18/2021 1:54pm
5/18/2021 1:54pm
I've never done a assembly with missing tool or parts, but I do second guess myself on ring installations for example that I installed them correctly in the right direction and referring the installation to point where I actually consider tearing down to check.
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thrillbillie91 5/18/2021 2:35pm
5/18/2021 2:35pm
I bought a cr125 from the a guy who ran a dealership previously and offered race services in the Suffolk area only to find a ride in that a tyre leaver was coming through the side wall
inthebadboycorner 5/18/2021 3:49pm
5/18/2021 3:49pm
Moto_Geek wrote:
I've never done a assembly with missing tool or parts, but I do second guess myself on ring installations for example that I installed them correctly...
I've never done a assembly with missing tool or parts, but I do second guess myself on ring installations for example that I installed them correctly in the right direction and referring the installation to point where I actually consider tearing down to check.
I seem to be always searching for 10mm sockets......
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Mucktub 5/18/2021 5:17pm
5/18/2021 5:17pm
At a local race one day and we noticed that one of the fast lads who was at the meeting didn't turn up at the start, after the race we went looking for him and a small group of guys was tearing his bike down, bike wouldn't start it had fuel, spark, air but wouldn't run. They'd tried bump starting it while pulling it with the van still wouldn't run. I picked the spark plug up to look at it and it was wet, don't know why but I gave it a sniff, this plug smells like diesel I said. Oh fuck one of them said, they were illegally running the van on gas oil which is diesel stained with a red dye, because of fuel taxation laws in the UK, no to low tax on red diesel. Their 2 stroke oil was red also.........idiots.
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NHtoWA421 5/18/2021 6:10pm
5/18/2021 6:10pm
Forgot to put the clip on the master link of a yz450 after a late night reassembly... Chain through the case 1 turn into practice.
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VetRider97 5/18/2021 6:24pm
5/18/2021 6:24pm
Adjusted forks in triple clamps before a moto, sitting on starting line watching last lap of prior moto and I noticed pinch bolts were backed out. Shocked Raced back to truck and snugged them up, made it back to line with about 20 seconds to go. Had plenty of adrenalin for that moto.
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NITRODOG 5/18/2021 9:07pm
5/18/2021 9:07pm
Rabbit Run 41 wrote:
I had a well known engine builder in El Cajon, CA port the cylinder on my 83 RM250 in 84. They also stress relieved the top...
I had a well known engine builder in El Cajon, CA port the cylinder on my 83 RM250 in 84. They also stress relieved the top of the piston which removed the direction arrow on the piston. Of course I put the damn piston in backwards. Ran great for a minute... Had to have the bottom end rebuilt. I hated to tell the mechanic what I had done.
Would that engine builder be Danny Duncan? Lauren's dad from Duncan Racing?
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66TR66 5/18/2021 10:19pm
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Xeno wrote:
This is hilarious rbm33! So good I sent a link to the owner of Nitro Mousse lol
LOL, well played. let us know if you get response.
Muscle-Milk-KTM 5/19/2021 7:24am
5/19/2021 7:24am
Mucktub wrote:
At a local race one day and we noticed that one of the fast lads who was at the meeting didn't turn up at the start...
At a local race one day and we noticed that one of the fast lads who was at the meeting didn't turn up at the start, after the race we went looking for him and a small group of guys was tearing his bike down, bike wouldn't start it had fuel, spark, air but wouldn't run. They'd tried bump starting it while pulling it with the van still wouldn't run. I picked the spark plug up to look at it and it was wet, don't know why but I gave it a sniff, this plug smells like diesel I said. Oh fuck one of them said, they were illegally running the van on gas oil which is diesel stained with a red dye, because of fuel taxation laws in the UK, no to low tax on red diesel. Their 2 stroke oil was red also.........idiots.
I bet she smoked well once they got her fired up.
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murph783 5/19/2021 7:51am
5/19/2021 7:51am
rbm33 wrote:
I looked in the trash, every drawer of every tool box, under the cabinets and just about everywhere else you could imagine!! I know I'm not...
I looked in the trash, every drawer of every tool box, under the cabinets and just about everywhere else you could imagine!!

I know I'm not the only one to do something this stupid, Fess up, lets gear some of your maintenance and upgrade mishaps.

B Lenny wrote:
How do you like that "No Pinch" tire tool?...Wink
rbm33 wrote:
Ha, it definitely doesn't pinch! I seriously have no idea how it made it 7 hours like that.
Honestly I don’t use one, I’m good enough with irons...but I wouldn’t say no if one were to show up in my toolbox. If I were running mousses forget it
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rbm33 5/19/2021 7:56am
5/19/2021 7:56am
B Lenny wrote:
How do you like that "No Pinch" tire tool?...Wink
rbm33 wrote:
Ha, it definitely doesn't pinch! I seriously have no idea how it made it 7 hours like that.
murph783 wrote:
Honestly I don’t use one, I’m good enough with irons...but I wouldn’t say no if one were to show up in my toolbox. If I were...
Honestly I don’t use one, I’m good enough with irons...but I wouldn’t say no if one were to show up in my toolbox. If I were running mousses forget it
Sorry Lenny, i misread your response...


Murph, I wasn't to sure on the no pinch tool either, its a little cumbersome at first but once you get the hang of it its really pretty nice.
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vdrsnk04 5/19/2021 7:59am
5/19/2021 7:59am
Working on my TX300 a couple years ago removing the fuel tank to install a high comp head. Finished it, bike ran great! Went to work on another bike of mine and simply could not find my 10mm socket for the life of me so I ended up buying another one. A few months later I sold that TX300. Then the new owner text me asking if I was missing a 10mm socket, I said yes. Sends a photo, it was still attached to the top bolt that mounts the fuel tank to the frame under the seat🤣!
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baxterj787 5/19/2021 9:25am
5/19/2021 9:25am
baxterj787 wrote:
In the mid 90s, I put an XR600 motor together from the ground up. The counterbalancer was a two-piece design held together with a snap ring...
In the mid 90s, I put an XR600 motor together from the ground up. The counterbalancer was a two-piece design held together with a snap ring.

Imagine my joy when I had the entire motor re-assembled, in the frame and oil lines purged when I saw the counterbalancer snap ring laying on the work bench....
GeorgiePorgie wrote:
What did you do.....leave the engine sit for a week and re tackle it ? Throw a wrench ? Or just start tearing it back down...
What did you do.....leave the engine sit for a week and re tackle it ? Throw a wrench ? Or just start tearing it back down ?
Channeled my inner Chris Knox; drained about three beers then began the teardown process...
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Mucktub 5/19/2021 9:35am
5/19/2021 9:35am
Mucktub wrote:
At a local race one day and we noticed that one of the fast lads who was at the meeting didn't turn up at the start...
At a local race one day and we noticed that one of the fast lads who was at the meeting didn't turn up at the start, after the race we went looking for him and a small group of guys was tearing his bike down, bike wouldn't start it had fuel, spark, air but wouldn't run. They'd tried bump starting it while pulling it with the van still wouldn't run. I picked the spark plug up to look at it and it was wet, don't know why but I gave it a sniff, this plug smells like diesel I said. Oh fuck one of them said, they were illegally running the van on gas oil which is diesel stained with a red dye, because of fuel taxation laws in the UK, no to low tax on red diesel. Their 2 stroke oil was red also.........idiots.
Muscle-Milk-KTM wrote:
I bet she smoked well once they got her fired up.
Yep, and pulled like tractor. Lad went out and won the remaining races. Sack the mechanic, was the cry.
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ZOBITO 5/19/2021 10:01am
5/19/2021 10:01am
Ages ago, I did the same as you, only with a tube.
It didn't took me long to find where my tire iron was: I got a flat in about 5 minutes.
Laughing
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Muscle-Milk-KTM 5/20/2021 1:31am
5/20/2021 1:31am
Mucktub wrote:
Yep, and pulled like tractor. Lad went out and won the remaining races. Sack the mechanic, was the cry.
I work in the plant hire game, we get loads of 2 stroke machines coming back with diesel in them. “Not working” it says on the ticket. Open the fuel cap, diesel. Drain it out, feel it up with pre mix then run it up in the workshop to piss the other lads off Laughing .
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Rawly 5/20/2021 11:42am
5/20/2021 11:42am
Broke a tranny shaft on my ‘81 yz125. Put gears back in order per manual. Ride bike , 1-2-4-3 sheet ? Tear apart and take gears to Yamaha shop. Same results after having a certified mechanic set it up. Tear apart again and switch gear locations. Looks like the manuals were wrong that year 😬
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Rabbit Run 41 5/20/2021 12:52pm
5/20/2021 12:52pm
Rabbit Run 41 wrote:
I had a well known engine builder in El Cajon, CA port the cylinder on my 83 RM250 in 84. They also stress relieved the top...
I had a well known engine builder in El Cajon, CA port the cylinder on my 83 RM250 in 84. They also stress relieved the top of the piston which removed the direction arrow on the piston. Of course I put the damn piston in backwards. Ran great for a minute... Had to have the bottom end rebuilt. I hated to tell the mechanic what I had done.
NITRODOG wrote:
Would that engine builder be Danny Duncan? Lauren's dad from Duncan Racing?
I'll confess. It was Tony Smith Racing. It was a favor for the Suzuki shop owner that I worked at.
There, I feel better now.
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