I would press the tube extra deep into the cylinder then assemble and lastly drift the tube towards the seal to get compression. this assumes the coll...

so you removed the pushrod tubes from the cylinders? why? if you removed them did you record their position first?.

When replacing the oil filter always do two inspections: poke the pressure relief ball in the bottom of the canister well. about 3:00 IIRC. make sure ...

I'm with 303. armor all is for pretty, 303 has real uv shielding in it. use often. purple fork oil is common. royal purple and belray are purple...

To be pedantic, i do not think that Bosch starter has a bendix mechanism, it uses a linkage. Mach nicht. it needs service.The least expensive solution...

why is removing the tank on that year anything but trivial? are you using 1/4" fuel line without the washer trick?

You took the heads off to service the valves? what sort of service were the valves getting? You must pull the pan to look for fragments and loose ne...

When I drained the oil from my new-to-me ABC member "maintained" bike I found chunks of oil filter in the pan. So that was a filter that broke up and ...

I use a Harbor Fright lift and a TENS. The HF lift is forklift please heavy.

The double image timing marks are caused by a "bent" cam nose. The nose of the cam is not concentric. The nose is pressed into the cam, so it isn't re...

leave things dry. the phase separation of water+alcohol depends on the amount of each in the mix and the temp. see: There is much rattle about co...

it is completely worn out. replace the throttle tube and the toothed gear as a set. both of these have an index line cast on them. on assembly simpl...

removing the starter is far from simple, at least with the Bosch unit. one of the 3 mounting bolts is a real bear, IMNSHO the toughest access bolt on ...

the discussion on this you started on ADV went quite well.

is the entire gearbox shifted to the right? if so your theory about the clutch plate is sound.