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118 main and 52 pilot for 6000 ft. Have you joined RMTA yet. You know there is a National the 28th and 29th of April at Texas creek. Close to Howard Co. They are needing scorers. Scoring a National is the best way to get in the action waist deep. After scoring all day come by the Team New Mexico pits and I will buy you a beer. Just ask for Lineaway, they will point me out. I will be riding.

The bike comes lean jetting wise. While you are in there you get to see if the intake boot is torn or not installed correctly.

Grease it well going back together. Last one I did came out hard.

Fix the overheating first. Then pull the clutch apart. Chances are you need new friction plates.

Hate to say check compression. We have quite a few 4rt`s with way too many hours on the original piston.

Most everyone throws away all that wiring before they ever ride the bike.

Coolant cannot flow to a full cavity. It was air locked. Most systems have an air bleed. You could always bleed from the thermostat in the head. I till think it is strange that you have a clutch cable. If you looked at that manual it only showed the hydraulic parts, no clutch arm on the engine either.

Use a feeler gauge to clean out the seal. You have to remove the dust seal first.

He needs to buy the new Super Smooth. I rode a brand new 2018 last week. More like super slow, like the bikes 40 years ago.

Taking two springs out always comes with slippage. If you only ride around in first and second gear all is good for the most part. If you ride hard or any kind of loop it is worthless. The first time you hit something steep and the clutch lets loose, I hope the results are not too bad (Just like hitting nuetral). The factory puts in a full compliment of springs for a reason.

Off a 160 gas gas, but I did have to shorten the springs. Spring companies do make springs to order, but tend to be cheaper in lots of 100. Years ago the bike shop that I worked at had a spring tester. That would be handy now.

The 1993 was an hydraulic clutch. What color is the bike?

Make sure you use it in the tranny too.

Best way is to find lighter springs. And no I did not do all the work for you. My `16 Beta 250 I used Gas Gas 160 springs, no slip and the lightest clutch feel on the planet. No lie, everyone that tries it cannot believe it. I had too as I cut the tendon off in my clutch finger last year.

There are many more places for the moisture to enter the engine than the exhaust tip. All the plug does is try to keep the packing from getting wet.

I have seen main bearings rust from a bike not being started afterwards. The bike was washed hard after an extemely muddy event, driven 1500 miles home and parked for two weeks. When started it made a nice roaring sound. The bike was only 3 months old. I know this as I was the mechanic that fixed it. Start it aftwr a wash, or do not wash it.

Just remember you must run it after it dries. The same day, not next week.

The depth is very short, so short I left my used michelin on and put rhe new Dunlop front on a bike I was selling. i just bought two sets of michelins for our bikes and two dunlop rears for practice tires.. The new Dunlop fronts might be ok with some, but I will stay with the Michelin.

The gp Dunlop front is the lighter as tread is 33% less.

Yeah, I bet a bit smokey at 25 to 1. Fuel consumption is totally dependent on what type of riding. If you are trials riding the bike barely gets on the main. If you are out trail riding all the time, it will suck down alot more. At least the old Cota has a big tank.

Just buy the Michelin X lite. No comparison needed.

It does not take very long to burn a 4 stroke valves running too lean a mixture. My sons bike we ran a 135 main and 30 pilot at low elevation. We run a 115 main at ten thousand ft.

Don`t bother to take the whole ring off as it is hard on the clutch and the 40% works just fine. Thanks for reminding me that I have a Beta tubeless rim I need to put on my bike next weekend. Much easier just to use a 32 hole Morad rim than make a project out of it. new spokes can be bought from the UK.

Do you have new pads? It usually is just pads as the brakes are not real thick to begin with. I have seen this happen dozens of times.

If you have been riding a bike at sea level that was properly jetted for high altitude, I would first do a compression check.