archiel

ok cool, so i dont need any special tools to remove the nut right? Cheers guys for the help so far!

Hi b40rt, Just quickly read up about the woodruff key and flywheel. Couldnt find much detailed information in the manual about it. Do i need the special device listed in this screenshot attached to remove the flywheel to access the woodruff key? If so, maybe this is something i can't do myself, unless theres a hack for it? Cheers!

Hi b40rt, Cool will look into this and report back. thanks

Hi lineway, yeah put that in correctly, with arrow pointing towards exhaust port (even took a photo of it incase i doubted myself!)

Hi, I sadly seized my 2010 290 Evo (only 72hrs). I fell off and the throttle cable came out of the handlebar housing so the bike hit full revs on its side. the engine wouldn't cut, and it wasn't till the carb drained that it turned off. Not realising that the throttle cable was stuck i started it again and the same thing happened and this time it seized. So got the barrel Nikasiled and fitted a new piston and rings. The bike now runs but with very little grunt to it. It revs and starts fine, but soon as you try and move there is no power at all. If you cruise around in first and give it a blip of the throttle there is no power to lift the front up. I would love some help on understanding what i may have done wrong to cause this lack of power! A couple of things to note during the new top end: 1. When i first started the bike after the new piston, the slide in the carb was stuck open (no idea how as i rebuilt the carb and would have checked the throttle) so the bike hit full revs for about 5 secs before i could turn the bike off. I imagine this was not great for the new rings so could this be the issue? (I had lubed the rings and piston with 2 stroke oil when putting back together). The bike started fine the second time after i checked the slide. 2. When i took the bike apart it was running 1.3mm base gasket (1mm + 3mm) . I only had access to a .6mm new one, so decided use the old 1mm + .6mm base gasket. This meant the squish was way of spec so i thought this was the cause the of the lack of power. However last night I took it apart and only put the .6mm gasket which made the squish in spec. This had no effect to the power. Would be great if anyone had any thoughts on this? I am bit out of my depth now! Let me know if anymore information is needed to understand the issue. Thanks! Archie