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Well I sold the RM125 and bought a KX125. It looked like it was in good shape and I was happy about the buy. So I filled the radiator up noticing it was empty. So I went riding on it, it felt clean and was a very smooth ride. But when I was putting around on the bike, it stopped aruptly and died. Thinking it was a stall so I tried kicking it over. The kick start didnt move. I knew what this meant immediately: engine lock. So I rolled the bike to the garage pull it apart. It was next to impossible to get the head off. But I did and this is what I found:
and the scattered metal chipped up the crankshaft. So from my guess and the fact that there was water in the cylinder and the gaskets were ate up, is that the water steamed in the engine and caused the piston to shatter. My hard lesson learned learned today was take the time to tear apart the engine and check gasket seals after buying a two stroke vehicle before you ride it and to save your bike from looking like mine minus the bottom end of the engine: