TRICK: The muffler needs to be disassembled and the weld holding the cone ground off and drilled out so the cone can be removed to allow the exhaust to flow gases…
TROUBLE When fitting a new chain, you have to take the front sprocket cover off and thread the new chain through as well as having to thread it through…
Step 1: To change the non-adjustable coloured spring, remove the two bolts on the power valve cover. Step 2: The non-adjustable coloured spring on the inside of the larger…
Half way through rebuilding the top-end of your dirtbike’s engine you realise the gasket kit you’ve bought is missing a couple and the old ones are too badly wrecked to…
TROUBLE: Kickstarter levers always come lose and often fall off, especially on two strokes and especially, especially small-bore two strokes like 65s or 85s because of the engine vibration. I…
Adjusting your headlight beam TROUBLE: Your headlight beam reaches too far down the road although you have already wound down the adjustment screw as far as possible, making it difficult…
Robbie Maddison ADB: When did you start riding? I’m told it was at an early age. RM: I got a Honda QR50 for Christmas in 1985 when I was…
Camchain tensioner lock TROUBLE: Camchain tensioners can often be in hard-to-reach places that prevent you from easily reaching the tensioner and setting the tension correctly with a flat-blade screwdriver. There…
Oiling your filter TROUBLE: Having had several engines brought to me that have been seriously dusted, I noticed that on all of them, the air filters had little or no…
Removing a difficult broken bolt The trick is to grind away the bolt and Ezy-out bolt remover using a small ‘pencil die’ grinder. The Ezy-out cannot be drilled as it…
HOW TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY GASKET Cost: $15.00 Time: 20 minutes Tools: Gasket material, Stanley knife, oil, drill bit Difficulty: 3 TROUBLE Half way through rebuilding the…
