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Hello everyone. Just found the site. Was drawn in by the 3 wheeler section but I see it isn't used very much..lol anyways, I'm from Michigan. Not new to quads. Had some real bad experiences on them over the years. I've long switched to bikes but do own a 3 wheeler.

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Got the motor torn down the first time. Put a new cam in. New valve stem seals. All new gaskets. Put it back together and she fired right up. Ran like New, but, she burned oil. Took it back apart again to see what I may have done wrong. Noticed one of the piston rings upside down. Oops. Fixed that and reset the ring end gap position and put it back together. Fired her up and no smoke.....for a couple seconds and than it was back. Tore it back down again. This time I decided to lap the valve seats while it was apart again. Turns out, my intake valve seal was bad. Good thing I had another new set. Put the second new set in and reassembled the head. Put it back together one last time. Fired her up and no smoke. Runs like a dream. Get my modified banshee muffler welded up and she will be one quiet machine.:wink:

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