My '02 warrior has a leaking base gasket which after months of being ignored now needs to be replaced. Since I'm going in there, I'm wondering what else I should do to prevent future top end repairs... I'm not very experienced but I'm pretty sure it needs rings because it's smoking more and more on startup and sometimes while riding. I'm also guessing it will need a new piston because it's pretty beat up in general and it has a lot of hours on it. So my question is cani only replace the gaskets for the top end, the piston and rings and possibly have it bored without needing to replace more? I don't want new jets or to have to adjust the carb because I don't know how and I don't want to need to get new valves or a new cam or anything because I'm on a short budget. Besides the smoking, the engine also ticks pretty loud and I checked the timing and adjusted valve clearance but neither helped much. Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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