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Yeah looking at all of that with the engine apart, it’s probably better I replace mostly everything

Wow good eye, I have it right in front of me and I didn’t even see that

Out of the exhaust

Unfortunately no, wipers weren’t wiping. Rings are frozen to the pistons.

Here’s a better pic of the valves. I marked the bad side with chalk, I don’t see any signs of damage

No marks that I can see, I’m getting a quote from a machine shop today to see what he’ll charge for a resurface, on one side I poured...

Here we are as of today, it looks pretty bad, I undid the cam chain and didn’t pay attention to any timing marks. Got too excited oops

thank you I will rebuild

Agreed

Good call I’ll try this tmrw

Thanks for the insight. I definitely think I’m gonna keep it now that I heard all these positive responses. I’ll bring it back home and...

Hey, ya never know!

100%! But their big argument is that I can buy a running bike for the cost of all the parts

Odometer reads 9,955. I definitely am aware a $300 bike would have problems. My friends don’t seem to understand that, and we’re all...

I did throw a boroscope down there, everything looked fine. Little carbon buildup but nothing crazy

I sprayed a load of penetrating oil down there. Unchanged

hey everyone, A while back I had posted that I bought a 1977 xs sight unseen. I did not know if it ran or not, I just bought it. It...