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<blockquote data-quote="Trfsrfr" data-source="post: 210341" data-attributes="member: 3959">Hey Mike, Thanks for the response and your earlier plug boot idea, I now see how that screw thing works, and I chopped about 7/16 off the end and screwed it back on.I dont think I need to post a pic of the piston; it's very clean like it was when I first looked at it with some minor wear marks on the exhaust side, just like you would expect it to look when it has obviously been washed down with fuel. So I think it's safe to say that it needs a new top end.So along with that thought, this gets me back to where I was with the KX; is this a NicaSyl cylinder as well?When I was looking at it before purchase, I was more interested in the entirety of the bike, along with the price, and when dude (16) gave me the VIN, (which I ran at the DMV) It came up clean, but when his soccer Mom came out to meet me I was more assured because it didn't come with a title...But I was concerned about how the engine kept spinning for a moment after I stopped kicking it. Now I think I know why this happens...low compression.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trfsrfr, post: 210341, member: 3959"] Hey Mike, Thanks for the response and your earlier plug boot idea, I now see how that screw thing works, and I chopped about 7/16 off the end and screwed it back on. I dont think I need to post a pic of the piston; it's very clean like it was when I first looked at it with some minor wear marks on the exhaust side, just like you would expect it to look when it has obviously been washed down with fuel. So I think it's safe to say that it needs a new top end. So along with that thought, this gets me back to where I was with the KX; is this a NicaSyl cylinder as well? When I was looking at it before purchase, I was more interested in the entirety of the bike, along with the price, and when dude (16) gave me the VIN, (which I ran at the DMV) It came up clean, but when his soccer Mom came out to meet me I was more assured because it didn't come with a title... But I was concerned about how the engine kept spinning for a moment after I stopped kicking it. Now I think I know why this happens...low compression. [/QUOTE]

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