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Hey everyone, I finished up my rebuild on my 1994 501. The bike started up on the first or second kick and ran great in the 10 minutes I had it out. That's the good news. The bad news is that I found a clip laying on the table that I am about 95% sure that it is a piston circlip :cry: I'm...

after rebulding my 650 -06 engine I took it for a 5 minute testdrive, coming back i was checking for any leaks when i suddenly remembered i had forgot to fill the cooler, ****! After adding water and letting it cool down i tried to start it, no problem, but water leaking and a lot of smoke in...

This is hard to admit but might save someone from a long walk I know you should not ride along but I do sometimes Today I had a 12 mile walk out of the desert to my truck. I could drive to within 2 miles of the bike . It took as long to 4 wheel to the bike as it did to walk out, rough terrain...

like wrote in a previous post yesterday i'm rebuilding my 01 470 so i thought i would put in the upgraded roller bearings mentioned in the doc . which is in when rebuilding an engine section ..470 ..the bearing number there is SKFNJ2206ECP i went to an offocial skf dealer they showed me the...

hello peaple i have an 02 fc470 that i took the battery off whilst doing this i removed all the wires from the battery and the starter solanoid without labbeling . now im at a loss as to what goes where. 1.. theres a thick red wire still conected to the starter going nowhere ? where does...

went off to swaffham this morning to get the fitness up and try some jetting. came in from the first session pleased as punch and then tried a needle from JD. it ran like a pig. did 5 laps, came in. tried the needle on the top clip, then the bottom clip, bike misfired at stand still...