The carbon deposits on the pistons was very lose and easy to remove. I used a brass brush on my stationary drill first, then moved on to my dremel tool, also with a brass brush. I have not used it to clean the sidewalls of the pistons, they will be clean enough after a wash [...]

When trying to unscrew the clutch bolts, the clutch wheel will turn around and around. The best way to get the bolts out is to put something over the crankshaft opening to hold the piston rod. However do not try to be smart and stick something into the piston pin hole, you may scratch or [...]

To protect the pistons from scratches and nicks that may occur during removal I use a cut up towel around the pistons. This will also stop parts from falling into the crankcase while removing the pistons. The pistons have a circlip that holds the piston pin in place. There is a small notch where a [...]

I don’t have a tool to insert the wheel bearings into the rims, so I am using another method that works if you are careful. First take the inner ring and balls out of the old bearings. Then take an angle grinder and make a cut in the rings like on the picture. It doesn’t [...]

Draining the oil from this thing is much easier when mounted on the bike, too late now. Luckily for me my oil draining plastic box was very suitable for this. I just pushed the rear axle back into the gear and hung it in the box as in the picture.

When trying to open the front forks I found that the screw under the axle clamp was just spinning. According to the service manual I had to use a special tool. Without this special tool I had to find alternative methods on the Internet. To my surprise the solution was very easy, a broom handle. [...]