First, we would like to thank Eric Lester from Elite Performance for allowing us into his shop to get the skinny on how one goes about replacing a piston and ring set on one of the newer 4 stroke engines.
Eric gave us a heads up that he had a Kawasaki 450R in the shop due to a damaged piston and cylinder and we would be free to come hang out and try to capture all the steps in this process.
Erics customer was riding when his engine started loosing power. Immediatley the rider knew there was a major issue with his engine and shut it down as soon as possible. Knowing the damage was internal, his KFX was taken to Elite Performance for a diagnosis and subsequent repair.
The engine did not need to be removed for this procedure, however Eric wanted us to have full access to all angles if needed to do our thing!
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