[Kyle]

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With all that work and the price of all the gasket kits, it may be best to swap a motor if you can find one. A lot less work. At least that is what I did with my 1100. Then again I was over 400,000klm. I found a motor and had my wrench install it and it worked out to about $1,000.

Kyle

 

[Kyle]

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On my 78 Yamaha 1100, I replaced the head. Didn't even think about plate testing it. Did a great job re-seating the valves and a lot of love, labor, and was meticulous as to how everything was done. Set it on, torqued it down in sequence and when I was done I thought it was kind of neat how you could see daylight. Needless to say, a lot of work for nothing including the $80.00 the head gasket cost me.