Honda VT250F

[Insanity_rules]

* cough *

Now that mine's dead (big end bearing, most likely), I'll add a bit of backup to Wasp's suggestion that it should be looked after carefully - particularly ensuring that it has enough oil in it etc.

I'm happy with mine as a bike to ride, and I'm probably looking either for a replacement engine for my dead one, or for another one so I can use either for parts for the other, but I'll definitely be paying more attention to things that aren't quite right mechanically.

Richard

Oh no Rich, that sucks dude. Did the oil system block up and run dry? My oil system clean out advise came from a XR dirtbike fiend and former apprentice at Motorcycle city (when they had the Honda franchise). He said the cam chains wearing out and oil journals blocking are a common problem on that type of motor (yours and mine I believe).

There is a definate way of fixing them up right.

[rwh]

Oh no Rich, that sucks dude. Did the oil system block up and run dry?

Don't know; I haven't stripped it down. But the problems you and Wasp have described sound like they cause more top end problems, and the shop is confident that mine is a big end - possibly the same problem gamgee has described, and the same as the guy who came up to me in Masterton a few weeks ago and warned me about - and the one I called up about at a wrecker in New Plymouth which had run big ends ...

If I get another one, I'll certainly talk to you about what you did to yours, though.

Richard

[Insanity_rules]

Don't know; I haven't stripped it down. But the problems you and Wasp have described sound like they cause more top end problems, and the shop is confident that mine is a big end - possibly the same problem gamgee has described, and the same as the guy who came up to me in Masterton a few weeks ago and warned me about - and the one I called up about at a wrecker in New Plymouth which had run big ends ...

If I get another one, I'll certainly talk to you about what you did to yours, though.

Richard

Cool as Rich, good luck mate!

[Hillbilly]

Here's the VT250F that I mentioned earlier in this thread. Still sitting at the dealership and they want $2,190 ono (AUD obviously) for it. It's done 69,000kms. Note the twin front discs. Thinking about it as a cheap runabout. This time I might actually take it for a ride depending on whether it smokes/rattles/knocks etc.