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How hard is it to swap pistons in a bike engine?
No problems with my mota just wanna swap pistons to some high compression dealies since they are cheap and my bike gets the best HP numbers on 87 octane I could swap them on the cheap for a good bump in HP
I have never tore into am engine myself but ever new task I shoot for (mecanicly speeking) I do a good job at. Hell 6 years ago I didn't even know how an internal combustion engine even worked and now I could carry on a conversation about engines with most gear heads with out a problem. I love to learn and am not afraid to screw with my bike.
So is it easy enough to do my self or should I send it to a shop?
My other option with my engine is to shave the head and run a thinner head gasket, but if I do that I would have to use slotted cam gears to get the correct timing. That would bump me from 11.4:1 to about 13:1
The pistons would give me 13:1
So is it easier to pull the head (keep the engine in the frame) and work it then put it back in
Or pull the engine tear into the bottom end and swap pistons?