Finally got the rebuilt engine back in its frame over this last weekend and after kicking it over about 100 times and realising i had the ignition off she fired into life with a lot of smoke and weird smells coming from the exhaust she settled down into a smooth tick over i have still got to road test her but all the gears select OK and amazingly no coolant or oil leaks (yet).thanks to everybody on here for your input it was a pleasure to work on such a well made engine you can see why they go on forever the quality of components is second to none.

warloks wrote:Finally got the rebuilt engine back in its frame over this last weekend and after kicking it over about 100 times and realising i had the ignition off she fired into life with a lot of smoke and weird smells coming from the exhaust she settled down into a smooth tick over i have still got to road test her but all the gears select OK and amazingly no coolant or oil leaks (yet).thanks to everybody on here for your input it was a pleasure to work on such a well made engine you can see why they go on forever the quality of components is second to none.

I'm unusually cautious with running in, but doing it all on the kick start even beats me .
Glad to hear it all worked out though .
Mike

Well done!

Nice one buddy , hope you have loads of fun on it

good to hear now remember to turn your fuel on when you take it out

If Honda released a modern CRM with electric start I'm sure it would sell like hot cakes.

i seen on a facebook page honda have started engineering a 2t injection im surprised the japs have sat back for so long and let the likes of ktm etc etc run riot in the 2t market!

2strokes are still alive and kicking