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Update. Swapped all the electrics and carb from spare bike however still flat and poor starting. Shaved stator plate to bring ignition pickup inline, no joy there either. Friend has spare crank, will give this a try this evening. I can only assume the flywheel assembly being 0.050 narrow is impactin...

Thanks. I will try to replicate the fault on my spare bike by packing the sensor out with a thin washer. If this turn out to be problem I can then modify the stator plate or strip the engine and increase the side clearance.

Hi all. Just rebuilt my 1991 CR 500 with genuine Honda connecting rod kit. Pressed pin level with flywheel however side play was excessive. Pin and Rod are the same size, I must therefore assume the thrust washers are thinner (can't measure now crank is together). Or these 500’s run with lots of sid...