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Nice idea and solution so far. Do you have the need for a steering damper?

Any news?

I got feedback from LPR about the spec of their offered "Performance Camshaft for Twin Balancer KTM 690 / Husqvarna 701“. It turns out that it has the same specs as the AGAP 250_259. So the myth of AGAP delivers camshafts, at least this specific one, for LPR is true.

@svartron I will do so because I want to have a reliable Vitpilen I just can ride after this operation. That's why I also throw in new piston rings. That will give me probably a 10000 km headstart of a broken piston ring. ;-)

If you find a lighter (e.g. carbon fibre) variant of the oem plate holder please let me (us) know. Something like this could be an alternative between tail tidy and oem plate holder. Picture source: https://www.husqvarna-forum.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=63347&sid=d48161ce530fccfb3fc79df280454702

And the pictures of the head gasket....

The special tool arrived so It could go further. Unfortunately I look for my first time in detail for a broken head gasket. Does anybody of you have a special eye for this and can say that is clearly the cause of the pressure in the cooling system? For me it looks quite wet on the piston.

Update so far... I ordered a new head gasket, valve cover gasket, cylinder gasket (just in case) and cylinder bolts. Because of the frame of the Vitpilen you have to take the engine of the frame to access the cylinder head. I get stuck at the swingarm bolt because there you need a special tool...

Any specific reason for this change? Because the color is eliminated.

What about the fact that the coolant smells like exhaust gas?

Roughly 2,5 hours after the ride the hoses were still swollen. I opened the radiator cap with heard a hissing sound and the hoses swelled off. I can see the coolant level inside the radiator but it's not full. The coolant level inside the reservoir went from max to below min. This was the full...

@FaNaTic any update if your bike is fixed with the new head gasket? From my side it's clear that I have an faulty head gasket, too. Hopefully not more like cracks or something. I tried a new radiator cap first but please have a look... Hint: The coolant smells like exhaust gas. :(

I went with a traditional bicycle pannier bag from Rhinowalk. --> Link It's affordable, big enough to carry my notebook and other office stuff or my go-kart equipment and of course some grocery. I dismounted the bicycle rack mounting system and fitted a KLICKfix Mot adapter with a backplate...

Parked at work Beginning of a nice ride with friends. (2x Vitpilen 701, Duke 390, Vespa GTS 300) Nice view out of my office window Another nice view out of my office window

Thanks for your replies! My reservoir was not overfilled. It was always little over minimum then cold. I sucked coolant from the over the top level of reservoir and filled it into the cooler. Then it was like it should be with cold engine, cooler full and reservoir at minimum. I did also a warm...

After my last ride I also saw some fluid marks on the ride side of the bike from the front (cooler) till the exhaust muffler. First I thought that I was running through something but then I recognized that my expansion tank is over max level (even with cooled down engine). Do you have some...

Are you thinking of the waterpump wheel?

Oh dear! 🙈 Sure it's 27 mm.

Why do you need a new nut? I reused it already three times.

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Luckily the original one is still working fine at my 2018 Vitpilen.