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Oh and piston I and II are an interesting debate. There is sweet FA difference in size. It wont matter which one you choose as you dont have the right measuring tools (i guess). Choose whats available to you.

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Hey Roy sounds like you havent done this before? I thought you did the top end yourself last time. I would suggest you get a copy of the service manual. If noone gives you one pm white rocket he can email you one ( im on holidays). Didnt the spiderman dude on here do a full write up on a 300 rebuild? Search for it. Head uses 2 orings. Base uses one gasket normally. The plastic sleeve they come in show the size. If not use a mic or digi verniers. You choose which size base gasket according to the X dimension (manual). Dont risk guessing or running the same as last time. There is also a technique to measuring X to make sure its right. If it were i i would pull down all the PV parts and oven clean them. This will take some time and you are best to make a guide out of a plastic/wood/metal ruler (or similar) to set Z dimension properly or piston hits PV.
The marks on the bore sound like cold seize marks. You would do well to warm your bike up longer in future. If you cant feel the marks with you fingernail dont worry about them. Get
Scotchbrite pad and run around the bore at the same 45deg angle as the crosshatching. If you cant find SB pads use sandpaper 320 in long strokes. The coating is tough, you wont do damage unless you go nuts in one spot. Wash and blow dry. Always use a new gudgeon pin and roller bearing + clips. I wrote up a tech tip on getting the clips on. Check the carbon reeds while its all apart somone said they chip and break easy. Run a new BR8ES not a 7 KTM are mad. 0.6mm gap from memory. 95 preffered over 98.

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The look the goods lefty. Good airflow.

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Damn that was lucky. Not even summer yet!

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New set of doubles there Bob, very nice.

I’m just getting back from holidays Al so can’t make it. Have fun.

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Thanks Lefty good info. Will do.

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No worries Clarky. A days ride in good company is worth more than a sprocket.

I remember the log now. It was a pine tree we rode through and I was first slips catching bike and rider up that hill.

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So officially from me – thanks all for the great ride on the weekend. Big cheers to Galey for leading us through some great tracks and singles and for the BBQ and incidentals. Well done to those that put up the canopy to keep us out of the rain. Clarky bloody champion you are for posting this up and lending me your countershaft sprocket for Sunday (it’s in the mail).

– Nice and dry Saturday, excellent day to bed in and test my new Teknik suspension.
– Had 4 hours sleep after installing said suspension the night before.
– Great to meet some new people I haven’t ridden with yet. Everyone was at a really good level for the ride so we moved along quite well. Well done all.
– Jack looked like he didn’t appreciate the quick warm up ST hill . Was all good after we stuck to some fire trails he was happy again – until he found a little too much front brake on a rocky downhill….
– MadManiac worked hard that weekend. I recon he learnt alot too. Well setup bike and did awesome to get through the tough stuff.
– Greg cheated with a Rekluse. Not so tight chain next time! Great meeting you.
– I hopefully kept Marty amused whilst sweeping with some antics. I don’t normally ride on the mainjet like that. The Katos had a bit of an “Alpha Bike” drag race and I think yours won… no substitute for cubes.
– Thanks for sharing the fuel money Rocket. If you weren’t talking to me I would have nodded off to sleep driving.
– Seb was great to catch you on another ride. At the rate of riding you do you will be leading future rides soon enough lol!
– Great photos 2banger. You handle that ‘ol husky well. Keep up the 2stroke fight buddy!

Pauly the life saver managed to drag my chainless KTM through some pretty hairy terrain on Sat afternoon on his awesome Honda “The power of dreams”. I had some moments I can tell you: fallen trees, deep ditches, squeezing between trees and high speed road back to camp. It’s not easy to tow an extra 200kg around the bush thanks for your help with that.

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I don’t know why it happened, it just happened (chain snap). Sunny Corner always has it’s way of stuffing up my day somehow.

And finally again thanks to the OBT crew for helping with my chain issues. TB for donating the Honda “The power of dreams” chain+chainbreak and going out of his way to see his crew stay on the trails. Thanks mate. Deejay thanks for the help with fitting the stuff up to the Kato – that’s KTM comradeship for you.

Thanks again sponsers: OBT, Honda “The power of dreams”, TB, Clarky and Pauly.

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GaleyKTM300 wrote:

Actually by watching what you were doing I just did the opposite. :whistle:

Now that’s talent, seeing as you were leading the ride :blink: Have you got eyes in the back of your head? 😆

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Murph -That may be so but it’s funny how you can remember everyone else’s crashes but never your own until you see the proof. That greasy 4WD track was wide but damn it was slimy. There were some beetroot faces on that hill on Sunday. I had 4 goes at the f&^%er and finally crawled up the last 3m that alluded me. Good effort to all the other blokes who gave it their best. Galey and Marty found it trivial enough to ride everyone elses bike up there for them, on the back wheel! That’s what you get for pro/expert riders.
Mick – I think that spot was where NickJ and some others felt the need to have a lie down during the birthday ride.

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chris72a wrote:

1.19 on the 2nd vid did you see my wheelie!!

I was going to ask who wears black on the KTM and stands alot. Well done Chris good speed. Look like your doing it easy.

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Agreed, not so easy to bend forks. If you said you have bent the wheel and axle, smashed headlight, instrument cluster, bent bars, flat radiator and broken leg – then yep sure your forks might be bent
As XY said, bound up forks and/or bent bars and bar clamps sound more likely. Put your cheque book away you should be fine.

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There’s way too many shots of me picking my bike up off the ground dammit.

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Can I just throw in there in winter richening of the jetting is desirable due to the colder/denser air. Your bike will be running leaner and will tend to boil easier.
I note from experience (Sunday) that my 300 puffed out a gasp of steam a good 10C under what it would in the warmer months. I have a trailtek vapor with temp sensor and was surprise it boiled at that temperature.

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GaleyKTM300 wrote:

Axel made a hastey roll for camp!

Maybe so, but I’ll tell you the eyes were wide open more than once getting yanked behind that Honda … I think Pauly forgot about me a few times whilst dragging me and chainless over/through trees, logs you name it. Miracle I made it alive! :woohoo: When we got to camp the strap wouldn’t let go of the peg so if we did have a “mishap” at 80km/h (thanks Seb) it would have been ugly.
Awesome bikes those Hondas. Heaps of power and torque. The make a good rider look and ride like a pro. Tough as nails, can’t kill them Pauly proved it.
I’d like to thank my sponsors: OBT, Honda – “the power of dreams”, TB chains, JD mechanics and Clarky sprockets.

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