Maintenance & Repair

📄️ 6V Stator Replacement Guide for CT70 and Z50

Typical Honda stator plate

📄️ A Simple Guide to Jetting

Step-by-Step Guide to Jetting Your New Motorcycle

📄️ Adjusting Carburetor Floats

How to Adjust Your Motorcycle Carburetor Float Level

📄️ Adjusting Rear Clutch Cable & Resolving Clutch Disengagement Issues

Clutch Installation and Adjustment Guide

📄️ Adjusting the Front Manual Clutch on a Pit Bike

Loosen the locknut on the clutch adjuster screw. Proceed to tighten the screw until there is minimal to no play in the clutch actuator plate. Attach the provided clutch cable to the clutch arm and guide the cable up to the clutch lever. Ensure that there is a slight amount of play at the clutch lever. If this is not the case, loosen the clutch adjuster locknut and readjust the clutch adjuster screw.

📄️ Adjusting the Semi-Automatic Clutch on a Pit Bike

1. Loosen the lock nut and turn the adjustment screw to the right by approximately 1 turn. Then, turn the screw to the left until it becomes slightly heavy. Turn the screw back to the right 1/8-1/4 turns from the position where the screw became heavy.

📄️ Checking Valve-to-Piston Clearance

Exercise extreme caution and patience. This is not a detailed instruction manual but rather a concise overview of how an advanced engine build can be executed.

📄️ Break-in of a pit bike

The most crucial step after purchasing and assembling a pit bike is its break-in process.

📄️ Carburetor tuning for pit bikes

Basics

📄️ Dealing with a Flooded Engine

Steps to Address a Flooded Engine

📄️ Dimensions and Markings of Bearings on the PitsterPro LXR

With the conclusion of the season, a decision was made to undertake a scheduled rebuild of the club's pit bike, as it was purchased second-hand, used in dusty conditions, and washed with high-pressure washers, which leads to the rapid deterioration of the bearings. This article will cover the dimensions of the bearings, recommended brands, where to purchase them, and how to properly reassemble everything.

📄️ Disassembling and assembling a pit bike engine

Sooner or later, our engine will meet its end. Whether it's a broken gear tooth, a disintegrated piston, or a worn-out kickstarter ratchet, you'll find yourself placing the pit bike on a stand, removing the engine, and figuring out the issue. In such cases, mechanics often say, "the engine is in a state of disarray."

📄️ Eliminating clutch lever play

The situation has become quite exasperating. At idle, the bike shakes, and when the clutch is engaged, it wobbles erratically. The solution is straightforward.

📄️ Engine Disassembly Guide

Introduction

📄️ Engine Oil Leakage

Engine oil leaks can arise from a variety of causes. Below are the most prevalent reasons, listed in order of frequency:

📄️ Fork tube reassembly

Video series in three parts on disassembling and changing the oil in fork tubes, using Fastace Forks as an example. A common fork often found on BSE pit bikes.

📄️ Piston Ring Installation Guide

Top to Bottom Assembly

📄️ How to adjust the chain on a pit bike

When purchasing a new bike, one of the initial tasks is to adjust the chain tension. This is a normal occurrence as the links tend to stretch slightly over time.

📄️ How to assemble a pit bike after delivery

The assembly procedure of a pit bike after delivery is relatively straightforward, though it may require certain skills, tools, and a helping hand.

📄️ How to Bleed the Brakes on Your Dirt Bike

If you are unfamiliar with the process of bleeding brakes, this guide will simplify it for you. Replacing the brake fluid on your motorcycle is a straightforward yet crucial aspect of maintenance that should be performed regularly.

📄️ Installing Rear Clutch Spring: A Technical Guide

Rear Clutch Maintenance for XR/CRF100-80, Pitster Pro GPX125, and ZS 140-155-170, Piranha YX 125-160

📄️ Addressing Smoke Issues and Low Compression

Motorcycle engines, including those of pit bikes, may occasionally emit a small amount of smoke. However, when a persistent and substantial volume of smoke is observed, it is imperative to investigate and resolve the underlying problem.

📄️ Lubricating Dirt Bike Chassis

Post-Ride Care

📄️ Maintaining the pit bike air filter

Hello everyone, we have gradually returned from our vacation and the scorching summer, ready to continue sharing our expertise in maintaining our pit bikes. Today, we will discuss and demonstrate a rather mundane procedure - the cleaning and oiling of the air filter, which, despite its simplicity, often leads to numerous issues and questions such as "the pit bike won't start" or "it's flooding," and so on.

📄️ Mounting a pit bike tire

Today, we will guide you on how to change tires on a pit bike.

📄️ Tire Assembly Guide

1. Preheat the Tire

📄️ Oil change

So, you've purchased a new pit bike and can't wait for the first start, or perhaps you have an old, well-used bike. There you stand, scratching your head, unsure of how to properly change the oil in the engine. Nowadays, it's crucial to change the oil on time because four-stroke engines are becoming increasingly powerful and high-performance.

📄️ Piston ring clearances

Measuring piston ring gaps is often a misunderstood and misleading aspect of their replacement process. It is crucial to identify the minimum and maximum ring gaps to ensure optimal results when installing a new set. The minimum ring gap must be considered to prevent the ends from butting as the ring expands when the engine reaches operating temperature.

📄️ Ensuring Proper Piston Ring End Gap

Ensuring the correct piston ring end gap is crucial to prevent potential engine damage. Although new rings are typically within specifications, it is prudent to verify their measurements.

📄️ Pit Bike Engine Installation Guide: Z50, XR50, CRF50, CT70 Honda & Chinese Models

Pegmount Fit

📄️ Pit Bike Engine Oil and Break-In Techniques

Recommended Oil for Engine Break-In

📄️ Pit bike engine repair (video)

On the vast expanse of YouTube, we discovered a video guide on repairs. The author occasionally confuses terms like bolts and screws, yet we must express our gratitude for the detailed filming of the pit bike engine disassembly process. We already had written articles with illustrations on how to correctly disassemble and assemble a pit bike engine, and now there is a video available, and in Russian no less.

📄️ Pit Bike Setup Guide

Pre-Ride Preparation and Inspection

📄️ PitsterPro LX5 Spare Parts Alternatives

How to Replace Parts When Original Components Are Unavailable. Gathering Information Together.

📄️ Preparation for the first start of a pit bike

It is essential to inspect all points before the first engine start.

📄️ Preservation of a pit bike for winter

The portal's administration has succumbed to the fierce cold and left their pit bikes until warmer days. Today, we shall discuss the proper way to prepare a pit bike for winter storage. There are countless articles on the internet, and typically, each offers advice on coating and pouring various special compounds into different parts of the motorcycle, with a total cost exceeding 9000. We will not consider such costly methods, as the pit bike is an unpretentious machine that, however, requires some attention.

📄️ Quick Checklist for Engine and Carburetor

Installation of Intake Manifold

📄️ Race Head Assembly

Important: Assembling the Race Head necessitates the use of a valve spring compressor. In the absence of this tool, it is highly recommended to entrust the installation of the valves to a professional at a Honda service center.

📄️ Rebuilding pit bike engines

The popularity of pit bikes in Russia is steadily increasing. Although dealers offer numerous models differing in frames, fittings, and engine capacities, the engines all trace their lineage back to the Honda Cub.

📄️ How to Reinstall the Clutch Washers and Plate on a Rear Clutch Motor

Procedure

📄️ Replacing brake fluid and bleeding brakes

Required Tools for the Procedure:

📄️ Replacing the pit bike shock absorber spring

How to Replace the Rear Shock Spring on a Pit Bike with a Softer or Stiffer One: A Guide In this article, we will guide you through the process of replacing the rear shock spring on your pit bike, whether you desire a softer or stiffer ride. This modification may be necessary if you wish to fine-tune the suspension of your pit bike to better suit your weight and riding style.

📄️ Setting up a new pit bike engine

If you have followed our advice and preserved your engine this season, we hope this article will not be necessary for you. Otherwise, you will have to order a new pit bike engine, endure the agonizing wait for delivery, and break it in. Contrary to the common belief of "install and ride," things are not as straightforward as they may seem at first glance. We have previously discussed how to assemble a pit bike and prepare it for its maiden ride. Today, we will talk about the initial setup of a new pit bike engine before starting it.