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OK, I have been scouring this forum looking for who uses and does what, but I still haven't found what I am looking for. I have been playing email tag with mike from Simpson motor bikes. Here is what I have done thus far. I put a 69cc (mike corrected me in saying it wasn't actually an 80cc motor (which I am OK with)) motor on my mid 80's Nishiki Colorado (Bright Yellow and Blue). I broke the motor in "supposedly" then I added some cruiser handlebars and a comfy seat to my bike. After adding the cruiser bars, I had to replace all the cables on my bike to accommodate the new bars. Before I added the seat and handlebars, this bike ran like a horse, it would charge up hill no problem. So, before I replaced all the cables, I took everything off the bike, sanded her down and painted her primer black. Oh yeah...primer black. When I get a chance, I will post a pic on this thread. Although, while I was sanding my bike, I had placed my motor on its side. About an hour went by when I noticed that my motor was sitting in a pool of fuel/oil. Thinking to myself....hmmm...that can't be good. Oh well, I picked it up and stood it upright. This is the only thing that I can think of that I could have done to create my new problem. Does this make sense to anyone? So, after putting everything back together, my bike was no longer running strong as a horse. I would give it some throttle and my motor was literally laughing at me. After searching this forum I figured I should check my intake gasket. Sure enough, the lower portion of it was gone, it looked like it just disintegrated away. I bought some gasket material to make a new one, but it was rubberized and I read something on this forum right after I bought it saying not to use it, so I used the cardboard method with some permatex gasket sealer (brown in color). The next day when I went to ride my fixed gasket, it definitely seemed to work a little better, but still not great. After about 15 min of riding, I noticed the brown gasket sealer bubbling out. I figured that can't be good, so I went and bought a black tube of permatex high temp stuff(didn't notice that it was gasket making sealer) and put it on a new cardboard gasket I made. Before I installed it, I filed the intake flange and the motor, hopefully making it flat. Installed the new gasket, seemed to work ok, but still not great. I read something about the carb not seating properly on the intake, so I filed that down to the clamp. The carb is now seated all the way onto the flange. It is working a little better yet, but still not as great as it was before I took it off to paint my bike. I kept noticing that the bottom of the carb would have fuel/oil on it. Then I started noticing fuel and oil on the bottom of the motor. I finally realized, it was coming from the fuel line. I took the carb apart and cleaned it thoroughly. The fuel inlet and the jet were completely clear. When I put the fuel line back on. I used a copper wire and wrapped it twice around the post, then added a zip tie just above the fuel intake to stop the leak, which it did. Although, with all the leaking fuel, could that have caused my problem with my motor? I initially contacted Mike from Simpson to get a new gasket pack to replace all my gaskets. He told me not to replace all the gaskets. He suggested to fill the jug with 20 psi of compressed air and listen for the leak and replace the gasket that is leaking only. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to do this? Then, browsing permatex's website, they suggest using their moto gasket maker. No paper, just spread this gasket sealer on the two pieces of clean metal and screw everything back together, but do not use locktight on those bolts and screws (thanks ThatsDax) unfortunately I read that one a little too late. Fortunately, I used the blue locktight and removal of bolts has not been an issue yet. Locktight made sense for me, because my lower motor mount disappeared, even after just tightening it down, as well as my CDI. I ditched the bolts for the CDI and just zip tied that sucker. So, after everything I have done thus far, the bike will not climb hills like I it did before I took the motor off. Although, as long as there is not a hill, the bike seems to work decent. Is there anyway to get my low end back? What is the best method for gaskets? Gasket material or just gasket maker? Who is doing what? Does anyone take their motor apart and redo the gaskets on a regular basis? Sorry for the long post, but hopefully with the thorough explanation, maybe someone can make sense of this for me. Thanks in advance for all of your help.
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Unfortunately, I am a newbie, if you couldn't already tell. I really aprreciate your tip, but how do I check the compression. Could you please explain how to do it? If I burned up my top end, is there something that I can do to fix it? what does it mean to burn up my top end? Sorry to sound like a complete idot :???: 
I just searched ebay and found em closer to $15. Hopefully I will win one of these suckers, the only downside is that I have to wait for the thing to arrive. I'll keep you all posted. Here is the Tester that I just won on FleaBay 
