This bike is driving me crazy!!!

[nsrpaul]

go to www.nsrworld.com

they have a rebuild with pics so you can see which eway the seals go round

gearbox oil sould be up to the dipstick with the bike upright and the dipstick NOT screwed in, and yes it is meant to look snapped off

workshop manual, good luck reding japanese and even then its hopeless, but with a pic by pic rebuild for free on the net, why the hell would you want a manual

[slowpoke]

I don't have anything remotely close to a repair manual, so I'm kinda walking in a dark, feeling my way through.

...sounds just like my sex life.....

[Mr. Peanut]

I don't have a problem with fouling up, puttering or otherwise. I use motul 710.

[jade]

mate I had the exact same problem with my mc18.
Get it working and just before you go to go riding, take the lower cylinder sparkplug out and give it a good scrub on the spark end with some petrol and a toothbrush, plug her back in and see if she goes alright,
my bike used to oil up that cylinder only, never had a problem with the one under the tank. you can get to the lower cylinder sparkplug with all the fairings on, plug her back in and give her a go

[wtf?]

Maybe also worth a look, is check that your the sparkplug caps at the end of the leads have an effective connection with the end of the sparkplug. It is not enough to just slap the cap on the plug. You gotta feel the end of the plug "click"into place as you push it on. Also, check if your plugs have the little screw on ends on them, coz if they havent and youre using the caps that need them, it will cause the intermittant power loss youre talkin about.

[wtf?]

sorry, was only reading the 1st page of replies, didnt realise you had worked on cars.