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    Flushing the crankcase after a holed piston

    Goodmoring, Well after riding for a few 100 miles trips i have holed the left piston :banghead:, and the right has low compression. I am starting to build a list of new parts to do a full top end rebuild. My questions is as follows, is it safe or not recommended to flush the crank case in...
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    Riding on the highway... herd a pop, bike chokes off when given gas?

    How are you guys, This forum has help me tremendously in the past with the starter fix. The new problem is as follows.... As i am riding my bike on a nice 100 mile trip, on the last 7 miles to my destination i herd a strange pop from the exhaust (not a typical backfire, to my...
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    Starter/ questioning my mechanic

    How are you guys. Ima new 1980 xs650 owner and have had crappy luck with my mechanics. I have read almost all of the starter 4th gear repair and instructions. But I went ahead and paid a mechanics to do the fix for me because I though I would have him do it in no time and I'm on the road...
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