. I downloaded the sevice manual from KTM talk, read about 200 threads on the top-end, and powervalve cleaning and setting, and watched the odd harescramble video for motivation! I pulled the motor right out of the bike as I needed to grease everything in the swingarm, etc. and completed the whole task on the work bench. The powervalve was clean and within spec so I left it alone, the new ring had perfect end gap so no adjustment was needed there. The X dimension was easy enough to set with all the paper thin gaskets my dealer provided me with.The best part was it took way less time than I thought and it fired up second kick. I was worried about using loc-tite on everything for fear that I would just be pulling it back apart that afternoon! The new silencer is amazingly quiet and the jetting appears to match up with the new pipe too(it idles better now than it ever has).
I am telling you all this because you will share in my enthusiasm, whereas my wife looked at me with confusion and wondered why I would be doing the top end myself if I wasn't sure I could do it right and make it run afterwards
