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Thank you for the suggestion and that is a very good point. I have had that thought as well, but if I order a .060 and drop off the kit and cylinders only to find that the scratches are too deep and I have to got to an .080, I have to hope that I am able to return the 60 and purchase an 80. All of this makes a "LakesMotorSports" situation seem like the best fit for my problem. If I were starting with a stock bore I would just go to a .020 and be done with it. Thanks to JimAC for the positive feedback on Lakes and thank you all for your input. I love and appreciate this site! I will post the results and my experience when it is finished.

If I can find a local shop, a "pre-bore" at .060 is an option; I had considered that with the other shop as well, but I think they were going to charge me twice for that cylinder if they found that they would have to continue. Plus the third trip down there would add another 100 miles. I do have a cool head and the right side O had begun to melt. Thanks for the tip on the pitting!

Thank you, I will checkout MagicRacing, if I can find a more local shop. that charges less as well. There are a couple of sellers on ebay that also have great, complete kits available: JKWATERPARTS has a nice kit for $119 but I think it tops out at .050 over. $159 beats anyhing they have in a .060 and up.

I run TTs for fun with my 97 Shee which I have not had for very long and do not have a lot to invest (I know, wrong hobby). I burned up the right side, not bad because I shut it down quickly, but it had seized up initially and I was able to fire it up after cooling down for 15 min. (sorry for the length of this read) I have been hitting ebay for a kit. It is already .050 over, and with one scratch being sort of deep I don't know if .060 over will be enough. There is a guy in Benson, NC that will do the cylinders for $68 each (+ my gas 50 miles one-way there and back twice) + the cost of a kit. Another option is: LakesMotorSports on ebay They are out of Waterford, MI and charge $265.95 w/free return S&H. The charge includes the cylinder work + a complete WISECO kit. This is the ebay item #260118058799. What do you guys think? Any other options. I have spent less on my bike than most of those TT guys have in there front ends (and I would like to keep it that way), and I probably have more fun. I also race against 4-strokes (I am the only real-man in the field and I typically whip them all. Thanks!

I was begining to think so, and my pipes are beging to blue which I believe is also an indication of running rich. Thank you all very much! Jeff

Both plugs are black and a little wet. I pulled the silencer apart, and the packing was wet and baked solid black. The oil in the pipes smells like gas.

I have not pulled the plugs yet...I had 15 min to spare last night so I pulled the plastics and the exhaust, and then separated the the silencer from the in-frame extensions and blew out the left side. The whole garage smelled like fuel (I love that sweet smell) because I fired it up one more time with the plastics off just to make certain I had no other leaks. I looks and feels thin, and is dark to black in color, a lot darker than my gear oil. I will check it out more thoroughly tonight. Thanks!!

Yes. I replaced the coil (I have about 10 hours on the coil) because it was not firing cosistently to that same side, and it has been running great ever since. Thank you for the quick response.

My 97 is spitting a lot of fluid/OIL out of the left pipe. My Dad and my nephew were out riding trails and and dunes this past weekend, and my nephew blew up his 98. I noticed some oil on my case, and then found that the carb, filter, the "inside" faces of both pipes had oil on them. I pulled the seat and fired it up to find that oil was spurting out of the left side where the expansion pipes connect to the silencer pipes [Full DMC Alien exhaust with "single style" silencers. I have not yet pulled the silencer apart to look at the packing, but when I removed both pipes I only found heavy amounts of oil in the left side...I know very little (NOTHING) about two strokes. My Dad said he hadn't had any trouble with it, and I was afraid to ride it until I figured out what was wrong, but it ran fine through the yard when I loaded it into my truck; the compression seems good and it fired up cold on the first kick last night before I took it apart. Any ideas as to what the problem may be and what I can do to fix it, would really be appreciated!! Jeff