2019 Hawk, ~700 miles, broken exhaust valve

[youreekaa]

Thanks, duck. I'm in southern oakland county. not sure it's worth the hour trip up to borrow when amazon has them for $8. but I do appreciate the offer. what is the size of that tool? I'm figuring 28mm, but see the Honda tool listed as 24mm...

as an update, it looks like I'm throwing a piston, jug, and head at this thing! that's been dictated by the refusal of the dealer to replace the engine. honestly, at this point, I just want to get this thing back together and riding again (I'm starting to look at KLR650s on CL, that's how much I'm missing riding this past week...). I also have the reassurance of 9 months left on the engine warranty. so, if it grenades from junk in the case, it will do so quick enough and under warranty.

Piston pulled off the con rod tonight with little effort, although I did manage to stab the fleshy part of my left hand with an oil covered dental pick as I was wrangling with the circlips... here is a few pics of the piston and broken valve...

oh, and the dealer I bought this from was TXPowersports.com