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It's been a month at least and wow I really miss riding

Yea its timing, I don't have the tools to hold the clutch hub while I undo the locking nut so I'm giving up and taken the engine to a MOTO mechanic to get it sorted. Now I'm just worried that I have bent the valves with the piston when I tried to start it after the 2nd attempt at fixing it any1 know ...

There is a drain on them? Iv just been blowing on the breather tube and when I do yes fuel does come out

So iv been told its a real prick to prime the carbs once they have been drained and u have to just keep turning it till it starts is there any truth to this iv drained and recharged the batteries 3 or 4 times doin this can any1 confirm if this is the case?

Spark... yes
Fuel.... yes
Compresion... bloody hope so just did top end rebuild

Just an update, gonna check cam timing and will now have to remove spark plug thread from the head what ever happend to hard steal that could handle a lil bit of torsional stress? This soft steel just falls apart just from lookin at it funny

It has primary and reserve

Ok so removed engine and replaced head gasket over the weekend, now it won't start starter motor turns but engine just won't kick in, one thing I'm thinking is a dry carby since I removed and drained it is there a way to manually feed fuel

Yea i will definitely pull the engine out to replace the gasket might even flush the carbs properly while im at it. does anyone have a copy of the gpx250 manual they can email me? im pretty stumped as to how to remove the engine and i dont want to do my usual thing and just start pulling things ...

just another thought, to get me up and running till the weekend when i can replace the gasket is it safe to use those seal up products on motorbikes? I have had great success using it in my old 4x4 and i really need this thing fixed quick

its not too bad, gasket its self is only $45 problem is fitting it how hard of a job can it be? if its harder then getting the carbys out im screwed lol so any1 got the base manual?

I'm pretty sure it is head gasket after the overheating and it feels just like compression ill get a compression gauge 2moro and check it

Yea the oil on the cap is creamy can't check sump atm too dark now

It is creamy white but when I took the cam cover off I had to take the coolant hose off and it did leak some coolant into the top section of the engine

Hey guys

Iv been following these forums for awhile and am finally in a pickle and need advice. So the story so far. Last week I did a oil change and noticed I had oil sepage from the camshaft seal so I bought some silicone sealant pulled the cover off and put some sealant on there and patched it up ...