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well the cylinder shop called me and told me the break was not caused by a size issue. they seem to think that i just caught a bad piston from yam. do i try yam pistons again or go aftermarket? do you guys think with a stock set up nothing radical a set of egt guages would be a good idea or is that ...

how hard is yours to start these sleds were famous for being one pull sleds as long as they were tuned
if you do wind up doing it or even find a place for a starter post some pics sounds interesting

yes as soon as the jugs come back from millenium i will take some pics. i was going to pull the crank out any way and have it checked. have any of you guys put a ripsaw track on this sled i need to do something. this sled feels like it wants to be a bullet just cant get it to couple up. i put one on...

i told mil tech that i was going to use stock yam pistons and rings and they said that would be fine. when i said that the motor was ported i meant that it was blueprinted nothing radical the machines jugs were set to 1987 yam standards just balnced and cleaned up. and the sled ran great for ten yea...

Thanks guys no i dont have a guage available so millenium is taking them back and are going to check the specs. i also was running yamalube with about two quarts of citgo sea and snow because i ran out of yamalube the second day. the sled had 5k on it before the rebuild do i need to do any thing wit...

hi there ive been on this site a few times but just joined. i am at a loss. i have an 87 vmax that i just did a topend rebuild on which includes sending the jugs out to milenium tech tor be recoated and checked. i put two new yamaha stock pistons rings clips and wristpins in. i took the sled out for...