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OEM is always the best way to go if you can afford it. I still think the Hotrods kit is good for the price. Once you factor in all the gaskets and seals its almost half the price of OEM.
Athena makes a complete seal/gasket kit,good quality.
I'd buy a compression tester at sears/craftsman for about 20 bucks and test it before teardown.
Put plug back in holder and lay on head to ground,throttle open wide and kick thru till gauge stops rising.
This loads the crankcase with fuel,lubricating bearings and cooling the piston crown slightly.
This loaded fuel makes the engine spin up faster and hit harder when the throttle is opened.
I use a hill out the road to do jetting pulls up. When sorting out a new bike back then I would make untold runs up that hill trying different needle tapers and slides.
I'd get a slide with the lowest cutaway and start raising it half a millimeter till it was far past what was offered ,switching out and back with the stock slide so I could feel each and the difference.
When I used the oxidized fuel in early 00s it was amazing how big a jet you could put in and the engine still pull hard and run clean.
Miss those 2 str tuning days.
The Shop
Might have a worn choke plunger.
EDIT: which is really an enrichener, not a choke.
Does anyone here think it would be a good idea to split the cases before ordering parts, inspecting the motor then ordering from there?
The only reason I ask (I had my bank card out ready to order 30 minutes ago) is that I don't know what size piston I need??
Pit Row
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