July 20, 200719 yr went practicing tuesday evening on my 06 290 and on first starting the bike noticed it wasnt running right seemed to be very lean and getting hot tried everthing whilst there including stripping carb change plug check tank is venting and adjusting mix screw but couldnt get it any better. at home i stripped the carb fully and blew it out with compressed air then removed the pipe and looked inside the barrel then removed flywheel and checked the stator hadnt moved or that the key hadnt sheared, all seemed perfect so the only thing left was to remove the reed block, imagine my suprise to find no sodding gasket between the block and crankcases! somehow it had sealed for the last 18 months metal to metal and with a dirty great void in the centre on the gasket face where the two halfs of the cases meet. obviously some spanish guy on the line was more interested in a siester than fitting the gasket! anyone else had this prob? and also check out your gasket if you have wierd running probs you cant pinpoint.
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