> Pushrod Fifty Wrote:
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> Did you put the rings on the piston with the markings facing up and with
> the correct top and bottom ring positions, and is the arrow on the
> piston crown pointing toward the exaust? All of that matters.
I have been told the piston direction matters. And obviously with reed kits it does since the piston has windows in it, but I recently pulled the jug off a bike I had that was running for years. Turned out the previous owner had installed the piston with the arrow pointing up. I flipped it of course, but no difference in the bike at all.