250-500cc 2012 WR300 opinions? Converting from TE510 maybe...

just heat it up & bend it straight or put in a press-heaps better. i hated havin to go all pidgeon toed to get at it!

+1 on the killswitch, same happened to me & after draining tank, cleaning carby, changing plugs, checking air filter etc turned out to be the bloody killswitch. run an aftermarket one, switchblock is big & bulky crap item. did same ks on my first top end. same story compression was down a little, rings were ok, piston scored on exhaust side from sucking in some dirt/water(drowned a couple of times! ) but reasonably good still. 14/48 bit more top speed & spreads gears a little further but makes first gear singletrack a little harder. im gonna try 14/50 or 13/46 and see how that goes. didnt like stock 13/48. yep time for a revamp but optional e-start

I have asked around - so far i dont think so. I have bent mine out a bit, but still need it out another 4-5mm to be comfortable. Would be nice to get a hammerhead or something like that for the WR300's.

Before you spend any money on the forks, take them completely apart and clean the assembly goo out that's clogging the valving. Made a world of difference on mine.

Yes I did that.. I found the oil level to give a false feel. Because the manual tells you really nothing about the oil level range. It left me in the dark about what to do, so I use old setting from my marzocchi forks. Funny enough I got pretty close to good balance. I guess at the and of my experience I was all worn out from trying. Sitting back now looking over my experience I would buy another one tomorrow solely because they do a very good job at keeping a rider safe at speed. I don't think I have ever have ridden a bike that can feed such confidence when you are on the dangerous side of things. Every one who rode my bike..one I got the bugs out said "why is it my bike feel so good to ride". The answer is a simple one... refinement. If they would just put a button down there some where I would sell my misses for one...

I can totally understand that statement ... Riding other bikes feels like having sex with a condom on ... You're have a good time but something is missing ... Take off the condom, ride a Husky ...

my stupid dealer de-restricted my WR300&put new jetting in except they left the carby blocking plate in&it ran like shit.when i told the service manager about it he blamed it on a new mechanic.

were the score marks on the rhs of piston?

not 100% sure mate. still got the piston somewhere in the garage, ill have a captain cook! any reason why?

my 2012 WR 300 seized & the barrel cracked on RH side between the exhaust port & sub port pushing piston into the LH side of barrel & i was interested if you had similar prob.am considering a 250 top end or 360 engine after the 3 top end failures.

IMO the gay needle is dangerously lean at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle. even at position 4 or 5. JD Jetting kit is a must. IMO