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i purchaced a 2001 500 rubicon from my father-in-law, it is in good shape, but it smoked really bad. i spend my pastime fixing, rebuilding & restoring snowmobiles, atv's & cars. i figured "hey how hard can it be to fix this problem". i have bored the cylinder, replaced the piston assy. & reasembled the engine. i have checked with a few honda dealers & have found out there is a ring land breakage problem on the oil ring, (this was the problem when my in-laws tried to fix it, but i have checked my work and my piston is fine.) is there some problem that i have missed, i have run the machine about 60 minutes since the last rebuild, smokes awful when cold, not as bad when hot, no noticeable blow-by, am out of ideas. this machine has kicked my butt, and will probably be on ebay in pieces soon if noone can help. my honda dealer has the same machine with the same problem, they can't fix thiers either. if i could figure it out i will probably own that one too.(i can buy it cheap) HELP PLEASE