fallenmikethebike wrote:Result Was that an expensive fix?

£116 from LT, but money well spent. No more clouds of smoke, no more oil all over the back end, no more having to put working clothes on to ride it !!

Hi, After a run, I have a petrol/oil leak seaping from the lowest part of the exhaust on my MK2 project, the top end has a slight knock, i'm guessing that maybe all the fuel is not being burnt due to worn piston/rings. I'm planning on rebuilding the top end now i have got the MOT today. Apart from ...

fallenmikethebike wrote:Not castrol " R " .

No it doesn't smell that good, R takes me back to watching moto x

:?: What 2t oil are you running.
Have you tried turning the petrol off when the bikes parked up , if the inlet valve is letting by slightly this excess fuel could find its way into the crank cases, this could in turn give rise to the pea souper on starting up, it may have no effect but its a nill ...

john they usually smoke more when starting from cold,if it runs clean when warm i'd say you dont have a prob

I agree :)

Thanks for replies. This is my fourth CRM, and it smokes a lot more than any of the others, on start up you could lose an elephant in it for the first 30 seconds or so ...

Hi, After a run, I have a petrol/oil leak seaping from the lowest part of the exhaust on my MK2 project, the top end has a slight knock, i'm guessing that maybe all the fuel is not being burnt due to worn piston/rings. I'm planning on rebuilding the top end now i have got the MOT today. Apart from ...

Hi John, how does the plug look?

I fitted a new plug when I first got it going, its had two good runs since then, so will check at w/end, i'm travelling all week. Thanks
John you need to do a plug chop test, this has been posted on the forum before, quite recently.

Just back from the dreaded ...

kernow krusty wrote:Hi John, how does the plug look?

I fitted a new plug when I first got it going, its had two good runs since then, so will check at w/end, i'm travelling all week. Thanks

Go down to the dreaded Halfords or similar, buy a compression tester ,its money well spent.
Check the compression before tearing the engine down ,any thing of about 135 + psi should be o/k, check it on a cold engine , ignition off, fuel turned on.
Is it using gear box oil , pay close attention to ...

Hi, After a run, I have a petrol/oil leak seaping from the lowest part of the exhaust on my MK2 project, the top end has a slight knock, i'm guessing that maybe all the fuel is not being burnt due to worn piston/rings. I'm planning on rebuilding the top end now i have got the MOT today. Apart from ...

Fossil wrote:Fork seals replaced today.
Job not half as bad as I expected.
Thanks to everyone for their input.
Espacially John for talking me through it on the phone.
One Happy Fossil

Hi Fossil, Glad the job went ok,

Hi

This is a job that I have to do soon, was wondering what the seals on fleabay were like says approx £7 for the pair !
There use to be a write up somewhere on here of how to strip and replace
fork seals cannot seem to find it at the moment


http://motors.search.ebay.co.uk/honda-crm-250_Cars ...

About to undertake replacing fork seals on Mk2. :|
Never worked on forks before and wondered what sort of job it is to do. :?:
I have a diagram of the forks but no instructions on how to strip them.
Any advice welcome.
Cheers
Fossil

Hi Fossil, I have just done mine, if you want to give me your ...

yes just tell them it's an enduro bike with those spec's they wont ask questions ,you dont even need indicators.technically acrm is 895mm seat height but they dont know. sometimes they make you wait for afew days and sometimes 1 in a million they wont to see the bike then all you need is £25 worth ...

John crm did you say sva test because crm's dont need them they can be registerd as enduro bikes you tell them about a crm's 900mm seat height which is the legal limit plus the 300mm sump ground clearance which is the minimum allowed then all you need is a standard MOT, reg doc's or owners papers ...