re death of a stroke why did it die zebee johnstone zebee wattle itd adelaide edu au wrote now for those who have read this far why did it rev at idle like that is water in the fuel an acceptable reaason or were they having me on sound like the pilot circuit was say lean clogged i don t think water would cause a problem like this but apparently the oil pump is doing its job and there was plenty of oil why did it seize see above were you by chance coasting when it stuck on a two stroke you only have substantial lubrication when you are giving the bike gas if it was lean on the pilot that s why it stuck oh btw the motor had been rebuilt just before i left adelaide so had done about miles when it blew it was rebuilt because it had been seized at some time before we got it and it looked like that seizure had happened at low mileage because there were still hone marks in the bore the rebuild we did consisted of a total tear down new piston rings small end bearing and new gearbox bearings big end and rod judged ok any ideas folks you mentioned an aftermarket carb i deleted the text looks like to me that s where your problem is zebee johnstone dod you don t own an italian motorcycle o m merfman
