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Rich Rohrich said:At a more moderate pace than an expert MX'er rides there should be no reason why you can't get those service intervals from the rings and pistons. The Yamaha 250Fs have the nasty habit of breaking parts and throwing them through the motor if you stretch the intervals to long, but so far at least the Hondas have not shown any of that behaviour. They just get slow and hard to start when they are really tired.
Well I'm certainly no expert. You are right about that though because a hard-charging MX'er wouldn't get the 25 hours that I get out of my KX. He (or she) is looking at a top end every 15 or so hours.
Rich Rohrich said:These engines are much easier to work on than most people might realize, but it will never be as simple as popping the top on a CR125 and changing the piston. But if you think about it, a water cooled power-valve equipped 125 seems like a bear to work on when compared to an old air-cooled Elsinore. ;)
I guess once you get past the timimg issues (chain, cam position) it is straight forward. I'm slowly comming around.