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On old motors that had been sitting for a while and stiff I always just took the plugs out , drain everything and soaked them in kerosene for a few days . Then wipe them down and add all the oil and lubes ...ran for 20-30 minutes idle and drained everything again ....it will recondition the seals and dissolve any caked on old oil you can't get to . But....you do have to grease and lube everything as the kerosene will dissolve any and all petroleum products .

I'm 45 , been in the wind since 15 . Started on a scoot then when to bigger from cb/cl 175,350,305,360 750a,750,900,Yamaha 650 upgraded 750 then back full circle to scoot again .

Crankshaft seal looking like that could be a result of the overheating not the cause . One question comes to mind though , did you clock your rings when you put them back on ? Havering a compression ring and one or two oil ring lingering up together could cause oil slippage and compression gasses to leak past the ring describing some of your symptoms and running it without the fan shrouds could describe your overheating .

[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]Wow I remember when they were first starting to Introduced those to export to the USA . They still had the old Lucus ignition system and trailing link suspension . Reliable enough for India but couldn't pass US standards whith those old style drum front brakes ,so they went to a more modern ignition system and disk brake and modern carbs . So want one of those modern classics , that and maybe a Ural . Something about those old simple bikes that just begs for a Sunday afternoon ride on a tree lined curvy country road ;D

I have been on two wheels for a very long time . I remember the jap bikes and all the crap everyone would talk about them also had a few older friends that remember the British Invasion in the sixties and fifties with their bike . It comes to mind now about the chinies bikes and all the negative comments I read and hear about on the web and at meetings with other scooter enthusiast . Hear ....is the deal everything they say bad about the chinies scoots was also said about the Hondas , yamahas , triumphs , BSAs and others when they came . Brit bikes used cheap electronics and would rust because their chrome was thin , ......jap bikes were cheap and junk , would rust because their chrome was thin and used to much aluminum ( back when Harley's still made the old shovel head ) .....even Vespas as much as we hold them dear were also bad mouthed amongst the cushman crowd as being a cheap Italian sardine can with rubber band engine . Now it's the Chinese scoots and bikes that are getting the bad rap. Does anyone but me and others who have some grey weathered hair ....or what's left of it ...lol....remember that everything that is said now was said years and years ago about those other bikes and scooters that we think are so awesomely great now? Yes they are great now but when they were just making it into the markets they faced the same critasizum as the chiniese scoots and bikes face today . There are many differant manufactures on the Chinese scoots now and world markets will see who will survive and who will be the best of the best. And when it is ten or twenty years down the line only a few will still be producing , but those few will be the best of the best and can compete every bit as anything from Europe , Japan , USA, or were ever you want to say is the best ....they will be able to raise the bar just as others have . Weather it be best bang for the buck or refinement into something others want to have to play catch up with . They are the worlds biggest manufacturing country and although their copywrite laws suck big time I'm sure there is plenty of enovation to be had . Japs were also branded as copiers of everything if memory serves me correctly ...they copied something from the states or Europe and tried to refine it and make it better .....something's worked out well , others didn't . When the Chinese manufacturing sees a need to innovate and such they will just like Honda did in 69 with the 750 and Kawasaki did with the old triple two stroke 500s ....they just needed that one thing that was truly their idea to make it big and set them on the map for others to take notice . Ok my rant is done . Lol. Didn't want to step on any shoes . The scootes and bikes out there now are great , no question but don't forget they were also at one time called everything these chinese scoots we ride and enjoy so much . Now get out on ya scoot and ride ;D