Red Returns Part 2

Red Returns Part 3!
Part 1 Part 2

At the end of part 2, I thought all the motor needed was a quick set of valve springs. So much for a quick anything. A look at the head found a valve seal spring missing. It had found its way into one of the valve tappet bores which started to seize the tappet causing the valve shim to split into many pieces. This wasn't part of the quick valve spring plan.

The block was removed to reveal a scuffed up #2 piston skirt. Seems an old piece of clutch plate had tried to exit the engine through the combustion chamber. Not being able to squeeze by the piston thwarted its escape and scuffed up my piston. With these problems I decided I should disassemble the entire motor to be sure what was in there.

I didn't find any other problems after complete disassembly. So I re-assembled the motor with a new cam chain and a new MRE Lock up clutch to replace the age old Karata Glide.

Well to be totally honest I got really busy and put the rest of the bike together without taking pictures. So here it is getting loaded to go to the track for the first time.

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