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The front skirt is never cut, will ruin the piston.

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Okay. I was thinking it was cast and would have a radius instead of that sharp of a corner. That is good news - The pistons measured 57.5mm diameter, so it looks like they are stock. Right?

First over, std. is 57mm.

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Cylinders are all boxed up and alot pf cardboard is headed your way. I did hone them up a little and knock the glaze out. I don't like honing cylinders too far so I only took then to where I'd stop and run em. Don't want it to rattle too much.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

Thanks! I measured the piston at the very bottom and actually go 57.40mm. Is this the right place to measure?

You measure the bore, and yes, they are first over.

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

http://www.3cyl.com/mraxl/manuals/maint ... .htm#clean insp
5mm up from base of piston skirt as shown in pic.
mark

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600

You measure there if you are figuring piston clearance, but not necessary just trying to figure out what bore you are at.

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Mark, I asked because I had thought it looked like the piston is stamped 0.00 and I was thinking that meant it was stock size, right. When I saw that the measurement was indeed made correctly, I run out to the garage to get photographic evidence and guess what - it still looks like 0.00 to my admittedly lacking eyesight. However, when I upload the photo and look at it on the relatively large screen, I see... you guessed it, it was 0.50



Now looking at the photo, I can't believe I mistook the 5 as a 0 and I have confirmed your suspecion that I'm a little off!!!

its all good phill
you will have that wee beasty running before you know it .
you will have the happy dilema of "girly or crazy" smokers
cheers mark

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600