Could be head gasket fault over pressurising the rad, but rad cap should have released well before the hose split unless the hose was in poor condition!
No I have not, on inspection of the sparkplug it is all ways dry sooty black in colours (possibly misleading me into thinking it is running rich) I did drop the needle to lean it off but did not like the outcome, It is now back as shipped.
With the plug running black is it wise to lift the needle?
The shock is now set with 5mm free sag and just over 1/3 race sag, I have adjusted the rebound damping just enough to take the edge off the rebound and slow things down slightly.
I will need to give it some riding time to see how it feels as I have only been on the driveway.
I have been using the bike from new with the rear sag set as it came from the shop.
After reading lots on set up and finding it all very complicated I left it set as was to avoid loosing its good grip (if it isn't broken, don't fix it).
I have now gripped the nettle and checked the sag, it was nearly 50% of the rear travel!
Thanks for your reply, Just got the spec on the LWB and behind the rear seats its 1800 mm, my bikes with the bars on full lock are less than this, not having used vans before (car and 3 bike trailer at present) do you think bikes in the van head to toe and bars on full lock they may fit?
We had the same problem with our 2010 evo 80 (it would just miss one beat at low to mid rev but it was very intermitant) we changed the CDI unit and that sorted it. After removing the CDI I found that water had enterded the short cable sheath leading to the CDI unit (possibly during jet washing) may be worth removing the CDI and see if any water comes out of the cable entry.
We sealed the new CDI sheath and has been ok since.
The next Easy round is the 29th of October so come and have a look see, there may be one sooner as the last one was cancelled so it may be put back on.
It is a very common problem (search Beta forum for water leak, milky oil) I have just done my sons Rev 3 125, Replaced the casing and seals, came out at about
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Could be head gasket fault over pressurising the rad, but rad cap should have released well before the hose split unless the hose was in poor condition!