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Message: [QUOTE="trial_07, post: 1283759, member: 53593"] Update: I stop at the local dealer last Friday before arriving home and she tells me the plug is B/O (great!) but should arrive early this week. I start tearing the bike apart once I arrive home. I notice that the plug that was in it wasn't the stock one but the one NGK suggests for this model (IMR8C-9H). I put back in my old stock plug to see if that'll make a difference. Just like Rich suggested, I checked over all the electrical connections: Nothing is cracked, everything is clean, and ground is ok. Next I remove the subframe to have a better access to the carb. Pilot jet seemed to have some debris, I clean that up. I also cleaned the jet at the carb entrance. Like JOE suggested, I backed out the pilot screw 1/4 turn. Now we've got clean connections and a clean carb. I remove the cylinder head cover, align everything up, and check the clearances. My prayers have been heard, the valves are dead on spec! Woohoohoo :yeehaw: And timing is right on. Now everything cannot go so well, while putting back on the cylinder head cover, I strip the threads on the left hole. :bang: I can still torque the screw a little bit and figure this will be alright for the week end. So, it starts in less than ten kicks; not bad. I still got it with no choke, 1/4 throttle (weird). Bike runs great. Oil does escape a little bit from the left side where the threads are stripped. Once back home, I tap the threads to see if that could work out and add some blue loctite to the screw. Unfortunately, it didn't make any difference. Just for Sunday, I put some silicone where it was dripping and that got the job done. I look up the parts diagram expecting to be able to buy another one of those C shaped split housing where the cover ties to, but it comes only with the cylinder head assembly. My best option would be a Helicoil? Does anyone know the dimensions for this particular screw? I can't remember what tap I used. Thanks for everything! [img]http://www.dirtrider.net/gallery/files/5/3/5/9/3/IMG_2938.jpg[/img] Bike doesn't look good for a very long time, I had the frame polished down to the pegs and that left cover looking like a mirror. Ah well! Should've shot my pictures before, but I was waiting for those sprockets and the chain. :) [/QUOTE]

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