I Found my bottom end.

But it took both hands and several hours.

I noticed on the second day of WUDI that my CR seemed to loose its bottem
end. It was like riding a 125 that's geared for Baja. I rode through it
although it was a bit of a handful when Brian decided to take one
particularly hellish line up the side of a mountain. Other than that it was
ok, but I could definitly tell that something was amiss. Strangely, I
noticed the exact same problem when we were riding in Moab a few years back.

So today I'm working on the CR, getting it all purtied up to sell. I really
don't want to sell it to someone if it isn't 100% so I decided to pull the
cylinder to find out what's wrong. I thought maybe the rings were worn out.
I got the cylinder off and dang if the power valve wasn't stuck open. I got
all the gunk removed and and a new set of rings so everything will go back
together tomorrow. Someone is going to get a really sweet running CR.

And Jeff Neathery had the nerve to suggest that maybe it was me and not the
bike. HA!

--
Everett
'04 KTM 300 EXC (the new Treefinder)
'00 CR 250 (for sale)
'75 Kawasaki S3 400 (2-stroke triple)
'74 BMW R90/6 (Gentleman's Express)

I'm glad you posted this. I've been thinking lately that the bottom end on
my bike isn't what it should be. Going to check the power valve now.

--
Rick
2000KX250
1993KX250
1992XR100
"txmxrider" <txmxrider.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > But it took both hands and several hours.
 >
 > I noticed on the second day of WUDI that my CR seemed to loose its bottem
 > end. It was like riding a 125 that's geared for Baja. I rode through it
 > although it was a bit of a handful when Brian decided to take one
 > particularly hellish line up the side of a mountain. Other than that it
was
 > ok, but I could definitly tell that something was amiss. Strangely, I
 > noticed the exact same problem when we were riding in Moab a few years
back.
 >
 > So today I'm working on the CR, getting it all purtied up to sell. I
really
 > don't want to sell it to someone if it isn't 100% so I decided to pull the
 > cylinder to find out what's wrong. I thought maybe the rings were worn
out.
 > I got the cylinder off and dang if the power valve wasn't stuck open. I
got
 > all the gunk removed and and a new set of rings so everything will go back
 > together tomorrow. Someone is going to get a really sweet running CR.
 >
 > And Jeff Neathery had the nerve to suggest that maybe it was me and not
the
 > bike. HA!
 >
 > --
 > Everett
 > '04 KTM 300 EXC (the new Treefinder)
 > '00 CR 250 (for sale)
 > '75 Kawasaki S3 400 (2-stroke triple)
 > '74 BMW R90/6 (Gentleman's Express)
 >
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