125-200cc everything just came to a hault

My lower rod bearing blew on me today while riding which made the piston hit the head and so now im out like 400$ which I dont have. Im considering selling my bike as is or maybe fixing it. Im just not sure its worth puting more money in this bike or not.

$400. aint bad for a repair if you like the bike. You would spend more on another.

I know but just dont want to put 400$ into it and something else go wrong. I emailed halls to get the exact cost but im leaning on keeping it or at least fixing it and then selling it.

What are you using for lube?

i was using amsoil then used something from autozone. I dont think it had ever been replaced so needed done anyway. The bearing felt kinda loose a while back so i should have just replaced it. it was running fine and then it started to want to die so i hurried and shut it off. The bearing was completely covered in lube so i know it didnt happen from not lubed enough. It was running a little lean cause just adjusted carb but only drove it less than a mile before i shut it off.

Better to break it down and rebuild everything you can touch. Every bearing, every seal. Inspect carefully. It costs nothing to tear it apart and make an extensive parts list. After that, you have a fresh engine. Not many used bikes will have that and surely not at the same price. What else can go wrong that is a major expense? Fork seals? LOL!

Then again, deals are out there for other bikes. Depends on how much you like what you have.

Yah i think im going to just fix it but i was already planning to do all bearings and seals. After reading so much on here about the older huskies and how they last a long time I think ill keep it. The only thing i dont like about it is my seat (someone saved it down) and the footpegs.

I reccommend Mr. Crankshaft for rebuilding 2 stroke cranks.
http://www.mrcrankshaft.com/dirtbike.html

The link below is for Andrewgc, a great member at ktmtalk. Excellent service and inexpensive too. He does awesome crank work, we usually just send him the complete bottom end. If you choose him just call him to talk about it first in case parts are an issue at all.

http://www.cookseycrank.com/

I use the same username there, you can tell him I referred you if you want.

I am going to rebuild my own crank. Thanks though. Ive done it before on my kdx 80. If for some reason i cant though I will talk to the people you recommended

Good luck and hey, if you need advice, Andrew is great. Just join that forum and reach out to him. He has always been the kind of guy to give a lot of great info there.

If you change your mind, he gets the crank absolutely perfect. Our EXC300 ran silky smooth after he did the crank. That is a job that seems simple but requires a bit of skill and a dose of experience and black magic. It was a different bike after that rebuild, I credit the crank balance for that 100%.

Not sure where you're located at, but enough places should be fairly local to help with the crank. Not just motorcycle shops either, go carts use dirt bike engines and they run them new max RPM. So, any go cart race shop should be able to do a fantastic job. I think the last one I had done was about $45 locally. You'll probably spend that in shipping.