Guess what I learnt today.

[Mr. Peanut]

1. What that knocking noise from the crankcase was...
2. The cost of a full engine rebuild. :doh:







There goes $2000. Ah well.

[Ixion]

Bugger. Big ends ? Ouch. I guess you got the barrels off then.

[Storm]

Ouch!!!! Feeling the pain for you my man, thats just sh&thouse

[Genesismatrix]

Sorry mate that sucks

[Mr. Peanut]

Yeah the big end is wasted :bye: :gob:

Perfect excuse to chuck in a DOGfight R precision racing crank :first:

Oh and that steering damper looks good :D

New top end too!

http://www.dogfight-racing.co.jp/pro/pro02_01.htm

Ill get over it one day....

[Sniper]

Bugger dude

[UrbanMyth]

dang ! that sucks!

[Magua]

Ahhh shit, not cool.

[Brett]

Bugger, are they really that expensive to re-build???

[Mr. Peanut]

The bottom end is the expensive part, mine was an ex racing bike. The cranks should last a lot longer on the road. Top end rebuilds are cheap enough though.

[bladez]

BUGGER :( i no what that fells like found out mine was stuffed 1 month after buying it full engine rebuild as only had tree pistons left thank god partner loved bikes and helped pay for it :yes: added up to just over $10,000 including labour but could have done it my self but then it would be on two and not four lol

[Korea]

BUGGER :( i no what that fells like found out mine was stuffed 1 month after buying it full engine rebuild as only had tree pistons left thank god partner loved bikes and helped pay for it :yes: added up to just over $10,000 including labour but could have done it my self but then it would be on two and not four lol
:gob: Sweet lord! 10k!!! I think I'd just sell it for spares and buy something else for that price - hope it was awesome after all that ping got thrown at it.

[bladez]

:gob: Sweet lord! 10k!!! I think I'd just sell it for spares and buy something else for that price - hope it was awesome after all that ping got thrown at it. yip runs bloody good now revs and pulls past redline so very happy :yes: i no should not go past red line. so did you do the work yourself MrPeanuts?

[Insanity_rules]

Damn, that so sucks MrPeanut. So what are ya gonna do?

[John Banks]

Shi'ite. And how much is the bike worth?

[Mr. Peanut]

I pulled it apart myself to do a top end rebuild. and thought what the hey I'll check that bearing just in case thats where the noise was coming from. (mechanic didn't think anything of it as the bike ran well) and hey presto mega bearing wear. Not confident about splitting the cases (and they need a hole welded up, mmmm bondo :nono: ) and its already in bits, so I'm just going to leave it to the mechanics.

What I'm going to do is take this opportunity to put some yummy bits in the engine, a Heavy duty, high precision racing crank form DogFight R in Japan and while im at it, a steering damper (so I don't drop the thing when it gets a bit light up front :blah: ).

It's going to be insane when it's done. Ill be looking at insurance that's for sure.

[Badcat]

good work peanut - look on the bright side.
every cloud has a silver lining.

ken

[Mr. Peanut]

MY NEW CRANK IS HERE!
:yes: :second: :innocent: :scooter: :yes:

[inlinefour]

Shit happens eh and look at it as a good excuse to rebuild it with the go fast gear.:first:

[NSR-Dan]

i have 2 cranks left if anyone needs one.

[Mr. Peanut]

Oh, and Ill shamelessly plug DS racing here. :yes:

Got the crank here in under a week :gob: