If the spindle is tight going back in , you may find that loosening the other engine retaining bolts helps

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"the theory about the oil change from mineral to semi synth might well be correct if enough mineral oil was still hanging about in the gearbox to create an emulsion when mixed with synth oil, I.M.O." You wont get any emulsion mixing mineral with semi or full for that matter as they will all be compa...

Thanks for all your efforts doing this - incredibly useful

looks very smart that, I see they do them in red too

Ktm200 nice bikes, but you'd regret selling the CRM for one I reckon ... More of a hare and hounds than a green laner.

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I found cillit bang and a toothbrush quite good for cleaning carbs and jets believe it or not .... Also, modern fuels with ethanol in them don't have a long shelf life, you'll find new fuel works wonders itself !


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Pity there weren't a few more pictures though ....

Nice one Mark

[quote="knackeredMk1"]I've had that happen a few times. If you want to do a long post do it in Word or such like, and then cut and paste it in..............[/quote]
+1 yeah, that ....

Looks like it could be a standard mk1 exhaust that's been chrome or nickel plated, the cover has the plastic bit missing out of it ?

Interesting choice of back wheel

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Interestingly I bought one of those cheap staplers for a fiver from a discount shop this week I tried it out on my seat as it had some ropey stapling from the previous owner fitting a new seat cover and I was quite impressed at how good it was, like Knackered says, you may have to use a pin hammer t...

These any good ?

http://www.athenaparts.com/eng/models/v ... -crm-250-r

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[quote="garyd"]An engine cannot run on air alone ,therefore when you shut the throttle on a premix bike there MUST be fuel still entering the engine (tickover/slow running circuit)as the oil is mixed with the fuel initially this is why the engines dont sieze due to that theory ,think about it ,if it...

Just to stick my oily nose in - doesn't take much water ( about 0.3% ) to make the oil cloudy - anything above 0.5% will drop out and you'll see the water at the bottom of the jar ( if you enmpty the oil into a jar and leave it ) My CRM got some water in through the gearbox breather I think after so...

[quote="Jeram"]just found out the following, which contradicts my earlier post in this topic... all two stroke premix oil including castor/synthetic blends (The best oil you can buy) can be used in oil injection system. Sorry but that is complete B******s ... and a sure way of needing a new piston a...

do you know anyone with a sat nav ? - I plan on using one, taping it somewhere and just seeing where the speedo is when I get to 30, 50, 70 etc on the sat nav as they are supposed to be quite accurate and marking it on the speedo with a yellow line ... when I get the XR rebuilt ..:o)