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11-07-09, 06:27 AM | #1 |
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Gruntygiggles and Orose
No not seen together on holiday somewhere!
Just wondered what the news was on your two bikes. Repectively the Babyblade and broken Speed Triple. |
11-07-09, 06:59 AM | #2 |
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Re: Gruntygiggles and Orose
Well, the speed triple is still broken - on Wednesday, I rang the dealer who picked it up to be told that they think a faulty camchain tensioner is the cause once they'd stripped it down. As a result of that, I'm getting half a new engine (rods, pistons and liners upwards) fitted under warranty
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11-07-09, 07:06 AM | #3 |
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Re: Gruntygiggles and Orose
Flipping heck Ollie, that's cr@p. Just imagine if you'd have gambled and not had the first service done.
Have they given you a loaner? Is this a common fault do you know? |
11-07-09, 07:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: Gruntygiggles and Orose
Damn. How to break a bike propper like. Tell em to bore it out some while they are at it
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11-07-09, 07:38 AM | #5 | |
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Apparently it has never happened before - the 1050 engine just seems to happily plod along into silly mileage. A quick bit of googling only finds a guy who got a dodgy gearbox (fixed under warranty) and another who had a ring failure (after putting 7500 miles on in 3 months on a Sprint) I think its quite muscular enough for now - needs some more offensive pipes though, as Seggons demonstrated in the GM video thread (and a bit of work with a tuneboy... and maybe a supercharger...) |
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11-07-09, 07:56 AM | #6 |
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11-07-09, 10:01 AM | #7 | |
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11-07-09, 10:37 AM | #8 |
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I'd be happy with a volume somewhere around 6/10 of a YC really - the man himself is probably only running 3/4
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11-07-09, 04:21 PM | #9 |
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Gah just another case of that bad luck you seem to always get following you Ollie Least it can be sorted!
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11-07-09, 04:26 PM | #10 |
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Gives me an excuse to work on going quicker - it'll not catch me then
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