Tuesday 04/09/07 Shire Horse Pub

Originally Posted by fat_brstd

had a really nice time in the pub, shame on the way home my engine blew, suspected big end, no idea whats done it but im guessing it was missed shift that chucked the rpm well into the red range whilst the oil was probably not quite up to temp although the engine was reading about 75deg when i noticed it. A mile later on and it just started clunking. got the bike back to a garage and will be down there first thing in the morning.

Bl**dy Hell that's harsh

Bad news FB.. Hope you get it sorted asap.. I know of a nice CBR for sale......... Nice to meet you Sosha and Rictus.. Poor old ASM! Get well soon dude.. Kneesy does it!

Piccie of last night , some Bandits in the shot as there was a Bandit meet going on too..

well its at the garage getting assessed. Hopefully its something simple but i dont think so. Might be time to see if i can shoehorn a tlr lump into it, that would be fun.

[KnightRider]

Nice to see you all again. Sorry to hear about your motor fat_brstd!

Sorry to hear bout your engine FB, at least you didn't have to wait hours for recovery to arrive. Hope you can get the bike back on the road soon.

FB, bad news. I was of the same thought as Rictus. I started my bike then you started yours next to mine. I thought mine had stalled.

Hope it's not too expensive.

expensive it will be, i was right about the big end, its f@cked so its new engine time. On the plus side i think i might be able to stick either a raptor or sv1000 engine in it and get the improved reliability. realistically i recon i can get an engine for 250 and fit it with oil, niew filters, etc for about another 100 so if i do it at under 400 then im happy. Just finished doing a redtop engine conversion on my house mates cavalier so i should be able to work out how it all fits together. i guess its back onto the sh!tty bonnie for the next couple of weeks till i get it all sorted.

Under 400 seems pretty cheap for a new engine...but then what would I know! ha.
Well hope you get it sorted soon- whilst we still have some half decent riding weather!

Mate - Call Rictus!

He is the oracle of knowledge on engine matters!

Bad news that, good luck finding an engine.

[rictus01]

In all seroiusness, you're looking at about £80 in gaskets and seals for a complete tear down of the lump to replace the crank and rods (supplied as factory matched, not sure on a TL lump but an SV one was £295 +vat.

so if you can find a replacement engine for that sort of money, I'd go for it, the raptor is a full power TL lump and is a direct replacement, the SV1000, is in a lower state of tune, and I believe the mounts are slightly different, so you'll need spacers making/or grinding back (can't remember which), you may also need to play with the ECU map if you fit the SV engine, good luck let me know how it goes.

Cheers Mark.