Thank you for your help!
Cheers folks. I really think appreciate the advice. To give you the latest;
- After replacing the valves, gasket and piston, we tested it thoroughly and it ran fine, so we decided to give it a go and carry on.
- crazy incident 10kms out of town; running fine then it cut out. Heart sank, thinking it was game over. Turned out the mech had overnight end the plug and the expansion of the head blew it out! We replaced it, got the bits out and carried on..
- Then we did 350km on gravel through the desert near the border with Bots and Namibia - only problem was boiling coolant as the bike got super hot as we drove it through thick sand. But we cooled it and carried on fine.
- Today another 300km though to Grootfontein in Namibia and she hasn't missed a trick. Just amazing
So I'm feeling hopeful that the bottom end has survived unscathed. Will get it fully serviced in Windhoek. And I'm learning a lot about keeping a DRZ alive on a long trip!
FYI, there had been about a cup full of oil left (maybe half), so it seems it might have been just enough. Thanks again!
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