mella Yella --the story continues.

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th January 2005, 10:37

Ive been tossing up what to do re my racing but my little off at christmas decided for me that I had a shit load more to learn from mella yella.
So anyhoo I decided to fit the 444cc kit to it and generally freshen her up ready for racing early march at Pukie.
Gp motorcycles ripped the motor to bits and called me -He was horrified at the innards
it seems that the engine reco guy had broken one cam cap and without telling me had done a bodgy repair. NOOICE --the result of said bodgy repair was that the mating cam cap also broke. -the bits of metal then sucked down the cam chain and the particles found their way into 2 bigends grinding big chunks of copper off of the bigend bearings.
fuck only knows how it still ran let alone at the rpm I was pulling.

The fuckwit is saying that because the motor was used for racing there is no warrantee. -even though the cause of the problem is plain to see -There is no other wear -just the wear from the remains of the cap.

So Im now hunting for another motor to build up -this time a stock one.

**Two Smoker** · 27th January 2005, 13:56

Ah shit Tony, thats no good

All the best on finding a motor before March....

Who did the initial rebuild? So i dont go to them????

**vifferman** · 27th January 2005, 14:00

Can't you just replace the cam caps and big-end bearings? Or is it likely that there's other (as yet undiscovered) damage? :spudwhat:

**Motoracer** · 27th January 2005, 14:25

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

Ive been tossing up what to do re my racing but my little off at christmas decided for me that I had a shit load more to learn from mella yella.
So anyhoo I decided to fit the 444cc kit to it and generally freshen her up ready for racing early march at Pukie.
Gp motorcycles ripped the motor to bits and called me -He was horrified at the innards
it seems that the engine reco guy had broken one cam cap and without telling me had done a bodgy repair. NOOICE --the result of said bodgy repair was that the mating cam cap also broke. -the bits of metal then sucked down the cam chain and the particles found their way into 2 bigends grinding big chunks of copper off of the bigend bearings.
fuck only knows how it still ran let alone at the rpm I was pulling.

The fuckwit is saying that because the motor was used for racing there is no warrantee. -even though the cause of the problem is plain to see -There is no other wear -just the wear from the remains of the cap.

So Im now hunting for another motor to build up -this time a stock one.

No wonder it sounded so sick. Gud luck with getting it all together in time.

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th January 2005, 15:37

Originally Posted by vifferman

Can't you just replace the cam caps and big-end bearings? Or is it likely that there's other (as yet undiscovered) damage? :spudwhat:

nope it seems the caps are matched to the cams and the bigends --welll --its bloody expensive. --anyhoo i just lashed out the big kahoona and bought a second hand motor--I really had no choice in the matter.
Fuck --For sale Mella Yella--$15000 --just to cover costs

**White trash** · 27th January 2005, 15:41

Anyone that paints their bike the colour of a lemon deserves all they get.

**ktulu** · 27th January 2005, 15:49

haha, shit tony you sound like me trying to sell my RGV for about 10000 to recover costs.
I know exactly how you feel though, when ray pulled my engine apart he was pretty disgusted at the extent of the shortcuts people had pulled in the past, there was even roofing silicone holding oil in my gear box!

**Two Smoker** · 27th January 2005, 16:45

Originally Posted by ktulu

haha, shit tony you sound like me trying to sell my RGV for about 10000 to recover costs.
I know exactly how you feel though, when ray pulled my engine apart he was pretty disgusted at the extent of the shortcuts people had pulled in the past, there was even roofing silicone holding oil in my gear box!

Well you know what they say, "If your bike gets 'Chrised' (TS = Chris) Its going to get Chris'ed good..."

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th January 2005, 17:44

yea well my race budget just got blown outa the water.
jeysus I'm getting sick of this shite

**ajturbo** · 27th January 2005, 18:21

ah shit matey.. sorry to hear that... was keen to see how it would have run after the tickle up....

**aff-man** · 27th January 2005, 21:10

Bugger mate well if you need some free labour just give me a call. Should rest that sholder and all hahaha

**gav** · 27th January 2005, 21:22

So how much did u pay for another engine? Did you get a H model or L model?

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th January 2005, 21:31

Nahhh I stole it outa some skinny lil white boys zxr400 --aff man if ya bike seems real quiet in the morniong........

**aff-man** · 27th January 2005, 21:39

Man that explains so much thanks frosty you da man

....

Hold on

You suck

*offer of help slowly gets retracted*

Hahahahah i really want to see this garage of yours... heard many things but only seen it from babyb's window hahahah