i have a 05 LT80 and it hasnt been running for a while. it ran fine a few months ago at the track, parked it for about an hour and went to start it back up and it wouldnt start. finally i got the chance to work on it. i changed the plug, cleaned the carburetor, took the fuel bowl off and cleaned all of that and the main jet. it still wont start. so i took it to my friends house and he just called me and told me that he did a compression test and it read 50 and he seems to think its pretty low. he said he thinks he should be atleast 90. he told me it needs piston rings. what i need to know is, is this what the problems is? if so, what all do i need and where can i get everything i need and about how much am i looking at? im tight on money, im trying to sell it but i cant sell it when its not running. thank you in advance [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

i had the same problem with mine and all i did was look for a big bore kit bought it and put it on and it runs fine no change in speed exsept for bottom end. that increased. i have a 1990 lt80 and it has held up fine for as long as we had it

 

"Suzuki Lt80 bored to 140"
I don't think so dude. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

your right that was my brothers thought it was only bored .6 mm over stock bored

 

Lt80, what all do you have into your Lt80

 

I build these motors for racing/dunes/etc.
I take them from 6500 rpm's to 12k+ and HP from 5 to 14+.
I've built some for adults too. They have a ball on em. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Thats pretty sweet

did you see the lt80 in one of the ATV Mags out it had CT Racing graphics and all these other mods done to it

looked pretty sweet


What all can you do to 80s

 

I heard about that but not seen it.
A month ago I made a CT motor fast. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
I checked into grafix. It was $1500 bucks to get set up. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

it was sweet

 

do you think the oil pump gave out and caused my problem??