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I hope to have it running in the next two weeks and to bring it home so I can start tinkering and working more time on it The forks on XT600 3TB have seals that protect them from dust/dirt ? I ask this because I want to get rid of the existing rubber covers. Should I buy new ones or I should be ok if I wipe clean and oil the seals from time to time ?! I was looking at a sealmate scoop thingy and I will make one myself to clean the seals from the forks. I will be riding offroad mostly but I won't be going trough mud and crap just forest roads and some green grass mostly. Please advice regarding my idea to leave the front forks "naked". Thanks guys ! Will continue to upload photos when I have some

I heard you guys like pictures please take a look at my work: Exhaust manifold: (did try to make it look better was treated with anti-rust) Silencer: (same as the exhaust manifold) Handlebar: (bough some second hands ones and painted them - I've sanded them down to the bare metal) Engine: (no bolt was torqued down ... and the piston slap is crazy will get a wiseco and a rebore + all the gaskets/bearings/o-rings) I've bought the one-way bearing and I hope it will last ! Seat: (this wasn't made by me but it was a nice restore for 10 euros). I hope you enjoy looking at old vs new (restored) pictures ! I plan on a full repaint of plastics and this summer will get the chassis painted also. I've already bought new tires (http://heidenautires.com/moto-cross-tires/k74/) and lots of other small stuff. The bike main purpose will be to serve my off-road rides and if it proves worthy on asphalt I will have it registered. I won't be driving on motorways only on old rarely used roads in the mountains either way. I've seen these bikes are capable of 140-150 km/h on good days. A question regarding the wiseco piston: - the compression is rated 10.7:1 and the OEM one is 8.5:1 ... I'm not looking for a power increase (which comes with more heat) so I hope I won't have any problems with the wiseco piston.

I know this has been asked a lot of times but here I am asking you guys: I'm going to change the piston and rings (wiseco/prox) and get a rebore and hone done to the cylinder. What should be the best break in procedure for my case ? I only drive muddy roads and a bit of asphalt but can't venture too far away from home so I will be mainly on dirt roads. Please give me some tips regarding this and since I won't be able to drive a lot of km can I count the running time of the engine ? (for example 10 hours of driving around in 1-2-3 gear not lugging the engine and avoiding constant rpms). Thank you very much

I have a question ! does the 2KF chain tensioner and chain fit the 3TB ? thank you !

Bought the bearing *new* from ebay... Taiwan Bearing - I hope it will last for a while (at least 6mo maybe 1yr)... The carbs are leaking and I think I can fix them without a carb repair kit but we'll have to see about that ! It's been close to 2 months and I haven't seen the bike running ... I'm not loosing hope yet

I just didn't read correctly a post. I'm waiting for an email from the store ! Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Any news from them ? I'm still looking for a used bearing but no luck so far

I really appreciate your help man I'm a bit lost with all these serial numbers for parts that match different models ... I didn't sell my other bike and money is an issue for me right now. I hope there will be better times soon ! I just want to make the XT functional and see what is capable of

Take a look at my previous post I've edited it ... the bearing is much more expensive.

My bike is from 1992 ! I've checked the papers and the serial numbers. The model is 3TB also present in the documents. I will try to do a search on the site and see what I can get ------------------------------------ Please take a look here: https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/view/3TB-15594-00 Part 11 is the bearing and the price 190.73 GBP

Thank you ! I've send a quotation for shipping (I used the 1st option but since they are the same it doesn't matter now). I just need a confirmation from the service shop that its the bearing 100% and I'm going to buy it. I wait in case I need some other "hard to find" parts so I can order from the same store. Saved it to my bookmarks since it has great prices. I hope the shipping is reasonable You made me day ! Thanks !

Great price ! I might get it from them but I see two parts with same code. I may sound a bit stupid but I don't know which one is the bearing itself... Thanks !

Spent a lot of time looking for a bearing (used) couldn't find any ... All the vehicles that are sold for parts have this bearing missing (sold). The bearing new is around 200 EUR and I have quite of others things to fix also. Will try a conversion to a kick-start (with used parts) and hope it will be fine ! We still need to find what caused the failure to this bearing. No words yet from the service shop yet where I've "abandoned" the bike. I hope next week to receive some information. It's quite annoying not to be able to drive it at least once to see the difference from a 125 cc 2 stroke I hope the wait will be worth it Do you guys think I should try to find a decompressor cable to be able to use that along with the kick-start ? I'm 1.7m 80kg and I hope I will be able to kick it ...

I was honestly awaiting this answer but I feel a little better that I've asked ! Either I find it second hand but it good condition or the bike will go kickstart

Is the one way bearing from the e-start prone to failure on these models ? or I'm just unlucky with this mine. Any chances I can find an equivalent in car parts store ? or it has to be Yamaha made and I need to wait close to a month to get it ? I've seen chinese clones that are really cheap but I wouldn't use it since it may fail sooner ... I've seen some on ebay (original ones) that are even more expensive that original parts (or maybe the shipping and handling pushes the price higher). If this bearing is just a isolated failure I could buy another engine for that money and have it for even more spare parts. Here is a link with the chinese one: https://www.amazon.com/AHL-Starter-Clutch-Bearing-1990-2002/dp/B017R5IA8O