petesmeats
17th May 2007, 09:44
My bike has just started playing up a bit...
It seems that my spark plugs are starting to foul pretty quickly so that often i am only running on three cylinders...
I have been told that it is probably the valve seals and that oil is leaking down into the cylinder and sitting there over night and when i start the bike up in the morning it takes a fair decent rev to clear it...
Now my problem is this...
I could fix the valve seals with not too much difficulty (take it into the shop...)
but i don't know how much this will cost...
Alternatively i have recently been told of someone in christchurch who has a '89 CBR600 motor that they want to sell which has had some work done on it which will slot straight into my machine.
The motor will cost me $800
The motor that is currently in the bike is pretty old (125k old) but it seems to have been looked after pretty well... A few rattles (It is a honda after all) and apart from the valve seals seems to be fine...
What i want to know is
a) How much it would cost me to get the valve seals done
b) What other people would be inclined to do.
c) Whether people would pay extra when buying a bike if it had a spare motor...
Thanks in advance for any comments.
Pete
It seems that my spark plugs are starting to foul pretty quickly so that often i am only running on three cylinders...
I have been told that it is probably the valve seals and that oil is leaking down into the cylinder and sitting there over night and when i start the bike up in the morning it takes a fair decent rev to clear it...
Now my problem is this...
I could fix the valve seals with not too much difficulty (take it into the shop...)
but i don't know how much this will cost...
Alternatively i have recently been told of someone in christchurch who has a '89 CBR600 motor that they want to sell which has had some work done on it which will slot straight into my machine.
The motor will cost me $800
The motor that is currently in the bike is pretty old (125k old) but it seems to have been looked after pretty well... A few rattles (It is a honda after all) and apart from the valve seals seems to be fine...
What i want to know is
a) How much it would cost me to get the valve seals done
b) What other people would be inclined to do.
c) Whether people would pay extra when buying a bike if it had a spare motor...
Thanks in advance for any comments.
Pete