Lesviffer750 wrote:If the bikes been used on a regular basis you might be lucky with the crank seals for a while, but if it's one just out the crate and been stood a long time you might not be so lucky as they tend to dry and go brittle, also make sure you use a good quality 2 stroke oil.

Thanks....the bike has like 2700 miles and that does sort of worry me (lack of use) but the Moto2 folks (Tim Hope is a really nice guy) assured me they would be checking it over well. Me getting the bike and month later having to do a bottom end/seals would not be good for their business, haha.

Any tell tale signs of bad seals (I know the bike will run lean)?