Mr.B
16th March 2009, 13:59
Ok so its official, I know less about bikes than I thought:Oops:, and really need help now.
So I bought the bike off trade me late January, everything seemed fine. Then about 3 weeks ago it seized on the motorway. Got it home and opened the engine up (here the fun starts) found that it destroyed 2 main bearings, so me being as a “noob” as I am with this, got a new bottom end from Southern Suzuki.
Built the engine up and got the timing done at Suzuki in North Shore City. Put the bike together and engine fired right up. So far so good, thought so at least. When I wanted to pull out of the garage and take the bike for around the block, I realized that it has no power. The bike idles fine, and revs perfectly, but as soon as I let go of the clutch, it’s as if the bike has no power and just dies.:crybaby:
Now the old engine I could turn by hand, even after it packed up. Now after the new engine got put together it’s really hard to turn by hand. I thought that it might be leaking/sucking air somehow, or that the valve clearance could be wrong? Does anybody have an idea of what to do, or what could be wrong?
So I bought the bike off trade me late January, everything seemed fine. Then about 3 weeks ago it seized on the motorway. Got it home and opened the engine up (here the fun starts) found that it destroyed 2 main bearings, so me being as a “noob” as I am with this, got a new bottom end from Southern Suzuki.
Built the engine up and got the timing done at Suzuki in North Shore City. Put the bike together and engine fired right up. So far so good, thought so at least. When I wanted to pull out of the garage and take the bike for around the block, I realized that it has no power. The bike idles fine, and revs perfectly, but as soon as I let go of the clutch, it’s as if the bike has no power and just dies.:crybaby:
Now the old engine I could turn by hand, even after it packed up. Now after the new engine got put together it’s really hard to turn by hand. I thought that it might be leaking/sucking air somehow, or that the valve clearance could be wrong? Does anybody have an idea of what to do, or what could be wrong?