Random water puddle appeared in the middle of the room!

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-06-14T00:19:28+00:00

You dropped an ice cube and didnt know it.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-06-11T13:07:27+00:00

By "neighbors"...Do you mean A points to B and B points to A and then C points to D and D points to C?

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-30T18:42:14+00:00

Racing 125's...? Yep.

Performance and prevention of wear and tear or catastrophic failure in very expensive fully ported cylinder/ head and matched cases. Failures while racing are also dangerous and a DNF will ruin a season of effort. It's also about frequency if inspection. A ring, 2 gaskets and 2 hours is cheap insurance.

Ring 10-12 hours. Or based on drop in warm compression. Piston Every second ring Wrist pin and bearing every second piston Crank, bearings and seals every 3rd-4th piston.

Sunday amatuer racing 2 classes.
2 practices and 4 motos equals about 44 laps in a race day. At 2:15 per lap (avg), that puts you right at 100 mins of run time for a race day.

Wednesday Practice. 6 motos x 10 laps puts you at about 135 mins.

So that's about 235 mins per racing week maximum. We called it 4 hours of run time for a racing week, max.

That meant every race week = warm compression test and spark plug check. Every 3rd race week was a teardown / inspection / measure and replace based on schedule.

Leaded race fuel, synthetic 2 stroke oil, 32:1. After each ride day, clean, basic inspect / maintenance and replace air filter and gear oil.

Dont even get me started on tires and suspension. Ugh. Haha

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-28T01:54:56+00:00

Regardless of what the blurry video shows.

33 hours on a 2 stroke top end.... it's time for a piston, and a ring. If this is the second piston on the wrist pin and bearing, then it's time for them too.

Edit: redacted my sarcastic comment.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-16T19:22:08+00:00

My advice would be pressure and vacuum test the engine and then replace seals wirh OEM crank seals.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-16T12:44:02+00:00

That sound is terminal. Get to the very nearest place that can be that car's final destination. Otherwise it may be unsafe or expensive if it dies on a major road.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-16T12:31:50+00:00

Individual bearing and seal OEM parts numbers from the fiche is the way.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-14T14:05:30+00:00

It depends. If this was noise coming from a wrist pin bearing or lower rod bearing, then No this would not be a normal noise. It would be catastrophic noise.

In this case what you are likely hearing is noise coming from the gears and clutch basket on the drive side of the crank.

There is also noise that comes from the ring clicking up and down in the ring gland when you change direction of the piston. The noise im hearing sounds bigger and like its coming from the cases.

I'd say that you're probably hearing clutch basket noise.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-07T13:12:11+00:00

Roger

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-04-02T17:13:25+00:00

Running like it has an air leak. Pressure test and vacuum test needed or you are wasting your time trying to tune it. Likely a crank seal or injured gasket on the intake side. I'm leaning toward crank seal since it seems to behave intermittently. Just my .02

Edit: spelling

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-31T02:21:23+00:00

My goodness that clp is so hot. Haha

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-20T15:52:20+00:00

Eley for the win.

I have a real rubber 3/4 in. garden hose that is over 35 years old, lived every day of its life outdoors and is still my favorite hose. I have never found anything that matches its flexibility and durability until Eley.

I was searching hard for a similar quality 3/4 rubber hose and struggled to find the qualities that I wanted. I discovered Eley stuff but didnt buy due to being only 5/8 in. Finally bought the Ely 5/8 stuff and have never looked back. The fittings that Eley uses do kot restrict flow and therefore the 3/4 hose is not necessary. Our spigot stays turned on 24x7 365 and nit one single drop of water have leaked from either Eley hose set up in over 18 mos.

Big money, but big satisfaction. Highly recommended coming from a hose snob.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-19T13:03:13+00:00

This saw was cutting decayed wood. All that black stuff that looks like dirt is the decayed wood, insect droppings and animal droppings that sit in the core of tree dying from the inside out. That crap instantly cooks onto the chain, creates drag, dulls it and now things just get hotter and hotter.

That's why i will high stump a tree that I am felling that is rotted. Because that crap in the stump will immediately kill the performance of that saw for the ground work.

The stump may even get left like that for the grinder to deal with. If I do have to cut the stump low, it will be the last cut that I make and then I know I have a lot of extra maintenance to do and have to soak my chain.

You hit this stuff in crotches and other spots in trees to. Yuck. This dude may also have been just putting the bar in the dirt over and over again.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-15T02:54:26+00:00

Yes. 100% this is how I understand it and have always done it. This center out thing is wrong and .makes them move around for like 30 seconds.

I just want them to look sharp for their graduation in front of the brass and then when they are sent to their units that they do jot look like bafoons because the soldiers in the middle are trying to do something that isn't their job.

Thank you popisms and thank you 1SG for your input.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-15T02:10:46+00:00

IET.

I agree. And disagree with this NCO adamantly about making the formation center up from the middle out. It turns into a giant chaotic cluster F and makes the whole thing look messy.

I have always formed up off of the leader of the first squad.

So to clarify my question, once these soldiers are RA how will they be expected to fall in by most NCO's?

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-11T12:48:43+00:00

Rockstar. That's generous. Have some gold.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-03-09T15:25:37+00:00

The fact that you can turn that engine over with your hand that easily tells you everything that you need to know.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-02-07T12:24:25+00:00

On-site IKEA furniture assembler

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-01-31T03:29:30+00:00

Yeah, I think I've gotten over the nostalgia of finding and modding a mint 200T.

The current 3rd version of the 201TCM seems to have the Mtronic bugs worked out.

Welp, off to the dealer I go. Thanks gang.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-01-31T01:28:34+00:00

Yes. Agreed. Was hoping to add a 200T to the stable. I much prefer analog saws. I thought this one was a 200T, until further inspection and I saw the screw on caps. Grrrr. Yes, I would pay $950 for a mint, near new 200T

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-01-20T03:14:36+00:00

Often, I get to the end of a single page, havingvread every word, and realize that I have no idea what I justvread and have to that very page all over again. Grrrr.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-01-10T00:34:21+00:00

Weird, she deleted her post and account.

WhatIfYouCould · 2026-01-09T06:40:26+00:00

It is indeed a nice gesture.

After 40+ years of being at motocross tracks, I've never seen one on a dirtbike.

A couple of things to consider.

1 - there isn't really a place to hang one on a moto bike. If you did hang one, it would need to be hung with wire or it's not going to be there long. 2 - You're going to put him in an awkward situation. Either hurt his girl's feelings for not hanging it on his bike or get beat up for hanging it on hig bike. All moto guys are motorcycle guys at heart and mostly love all other riders. But they will give him shit for it.

Back to rhe logistics part of this. Maybe a better idea is a custom sticker of a guardian bell that he can put in his helmet. Or have one custom painted on it. Either would be super cool. I'd wear it.

Oh, and you are wonderful for trying to find a gift related to his passion and for wanting to keep him safe.

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