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Originally Posted by Robw#70
They're petty good really, I only know of three going pop in the last two years and considering there is an average of over 60 entries at bemsee they're pretty good odds.
The good thing with SV's is its not worth rebuilding an engine because of the cost of a replacement is cheaper
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As Rob says they are generally pretty good. In the last three years since we started the MiniTwins I think we have had three cranks go and two engines throw a rod through the casing. In most cases the engines had spent some time running on their side although there is no evidence to suggest that is the precise cause of the damage.
Although two of the crank problems were with the fuel injected bike, a K3 and K4, all three of them have broken within an inch of each other. They usually break either just behind or just in front of the cam chain gear (behind the starter gear on the generator side).