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I'd start by saying "a bad day of dirt biking is better than a good day of work", but this weekend was still rough. I went out to western PA to join some friends and friends of friends at "Motofarm"; a 15 year tradition of renting this place out for a few days of dirt biking and general shenanigans: http://www.hilltoplodge.com/ (sidebar: this place is sweet if you're looking for a dirt bike vacation with the boys - old 70's AMA track with some trails too. The house is pretty dumpy, but who cares? It's a long haul from New England, but cool nonetheless).
I brought my trusty YZ250 and my relatively untested 90's Aprilia trials bike. The YZ lasted about a day and a half until the transmission locked up (fortunately at low speed). The Aprilia gave me some carb-related headaches which I eventually figured out. After riding it for a few minutes, the oil leaking out became hard to ignore. A quick inspection showed that the clutch cover and case were busted - sweet! The kicker on this bike travels enough that it crashes into the case (maybe something else is also wrong allowing that to happen?). I'm guessing during my carb diagnosis I was kicking with a little more frustration than I should have been and went right through some Italian aluminum.
Ah well, such is life, right? Now I gotta decide what to do with each. Parts for the Aprilia are pretty much unobtainable, so that may be getting JB Weld. I was getting ready to sell the YZ in favor of a newer CRF, but it looks like I'll be doing the bottom end on that first.