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Its true but when you do they sure go! Unless of course they’ve got a st bernard sitting on them :silly:

After riding P-dubs crf250x I’d say they behave completely opposite – the honda is happy to cruise and tractor whereas the ktm really begs for you to bang it down a gear with wot but you have to be smooth and fast to keep that up which I’m not yet!

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Good one I hoped you’d do that – no reason to feel bad about leaving me behind……

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What did you move on to axel?

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I know they’ve just done a pre-release on an SX350 in the states which is said to be the first step towards the new mx class they’re aiming for.

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Yeah officially canned sorry guys. I think this rain would’ve been perfect too!

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I’m doing my best to hold off until I’m a better rider so I can buy a new bike and keep it pretty plus the 250f does suit me right now. I may hold off and see if I can pick up a 2010 bike with low k’s I think.

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Yeah murph. Provided everything goes well from here I’ll organise a ride for next saturday instead.

Sorry about that mate but I suppose its better for both of us that I found out here rather than out on the trail!

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Cheers mate and thanks everyone again. I was thinking I probably don’t need the other seals now but I’ll probably get at least the clutch gasket so I can pull the cover off and clean the contaminated oil out.

I did my bad news last night its all good news from now on

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Update time! To celebrate my shit stormed weekend I went and bought a W&B 5-120Nm deflection beam torque wrench for $260 down at blackwoods Looks purdy

I’ve pulled the head and piston off and there was no oil above the piston but below it was milky. It appears that the water pump seal has gone and let some water in on that ride which would have caused the increased pressure in the case pushing the oil out and last night the seal must’ve shit itself.

Does that sound about right? I’m strangely happy though I think its just relief but I had quite a good time in the shed pulling the piston off and everything went well. I bet you’d never think someone could be happy to find oil in the crank case but I much prefer to know what the problem is so I know it can be fixed rather than puting it back together and hoping that its ok because it plays on my mind when I’m riding.

Either way there’ll be no riding this weekend and I’m not going to start putting it back together till I have the parts I think. Lesson learnt fix your bike immediately even if you think its only a small issue because if you wait till you’re preparing for your next ride you wont have the parts in time.

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definitely not

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Mine was two purchases – one for baby clothes and then about $3k on a rental car in turkey!

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I was done the same way and other than being a little anxious it wasn’t an issue for the c’wealth to fix over 2months or so.

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I went in to KTM this morning and while I was waiting for them to open I spoke to a mate who was a KTM team mechanic and is now with Yamaha. His diagnosis over the phone was that either the ring had cracked, the head gasket failed or the RHS crank case seal had failed.

Fix is change piston and ring since they should be done around now anyway. Check the head gasket for problems. Check if ring is cracked then put it back together and take it for a ride and see how it behaves. If its still getting oil in the airbox its possible that the RHS crank case seal may have gone and this can be replaced relatively simply by taking the clutch cover off and a couple of other pieces one of which requires a rattle gun which I’ll have to buy or take the bike in to have done then replace the seal and clutch gasket. He’s also suggested that I replace the water pump seal in case that’s the cause of the water.

I’ve ordered the three seals I need from KTM newcastle for $57 but they wont have them till next week. In hindsight I should have just tried the first step then ordered them but at least I’ll have them as spares if the problem is solved!

I’ve decided I’m going to try and work from home today so once I’ve done what I need to I can duck down and get into the piston change. I’m told it should only take a couple of hours but I’ll be taking my time. With any luck I may be able to do a test run tonight and if its good I’ll take a ride tomorrow.

BTW for those interested running the bike and even getting it to temp wont necessarily create enough pressure in the crank case to push oil out the vent hose but the build up of pressure is no doubt why its stalling. I also thought that it was hard to kick when I was in the bush but thought that was because I was buggered but from what I’ve learnt I believe it was due to the pressure in the crank case.

I’ll update through the day.

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Make sure they tack weld the power valve actuating pin too!

http://www.dirtbikeworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=62203

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I’m going to try and get a pressure test done tomorrow some time while its got no oil in it.

As I said I’m mad keen for a ride but there’s no sense stressing out and forcing something because I’ll be too worked up its just that I’ve had a crappy couple of weeks and would really like to get it out there and burn up some tracks.

I almost feel like I’m one of those dopey bitches that falls in love with a d!@khead bloke and keeps going back for more floggings because I still can’t convince myself there’s a better bike for me right now considering my level of riding. I’ll give you a call or text tomorrow mate.

Thanks again for the help and patience guys.

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