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Kawboy wrote: Someone on the site put in the 64mm Cruzinimage kit available on Ebay and then broke a ring. So they bought the ring set for the same at $56.00 odd dollars and replaced their broken ring. Then another chap on the site did the same thing and was going to buy the replacement rings like the first guy, but then the first guy fixed up the second guy with a set of rings for one piston. I can't remember who was involved with the story but maybe they will chime in here and maybe they can fix you up as well.

This inspires an interesting idea! Not really practical, especially since we are so diverse and spread all over the planet, but what if we had a sort of coop of parts? It really does happen like that on other sites, as one or two guys are so into a particular bike, or a handful of bikes, that they collect parts machines and offer the parts to others at more than reasonable cost. That shows real dedication, but goes a long way toward keeping these old girls on the road. It's a big relief to me that some folks on here have gone to the trouble of reproducing the plastic drive gear for the water pumps!

[/quote] [This inspires an interesting idea! Not really practical, especially since we are so diverse and spread all over the planet, but what if we had a sort of coop of parts? It really does happen like that on other sites, as one or two guys are so into a particular bike, or a handful of bikes, that they collect parts machines and offer the parts to others at more than reasonable cost. That shows real dedication, but goes a long way toward keeping these old girls on the road. It's a big relief to me that some folks on here have gone to the trouble of reproducing the plastic drive gear for the water pumps! [/quote]

Agreed Trikebldr. I've sourced out Viton O-rings for the carbs and have sent a couple of sets down to the boys in Australia. The cost for postage was $2.84 for mailing. The o-ring supplier up here wanted $180.00 to send the same set to one of our members. I told him that was nuts and out of the goodness of my heart, flipped him a set.

There's some bandits out there charging ridiculous amounts for shipping and handling never mind the duties once the item gets to the country of destination. I like "putting it to the establishment" when ever I get a chance.

All right .I got 2 sets of rings on the way.Got them from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 33.60 for the 2 sets shipping and all.Very nice fellow His number is 1 800 275 8777 . I also Talked to Hastings piston rings and they said nobody in the USA makes cast piston rings of that size 64mm .The rings are much narrower than forged .038 top & .049 the second.It was an interesting Hunt. THANKS ALL

Excellent!