Fucked off beyond words....a new level of fucked off-ness

[ital916]

Well, just found out why the bike is such a gutless fucking wonder. The front cylinder is 100% rooted. So now both cylinders need a re-bore and new pistons and rings, thank god the bottom ends are fine. The bike has 30000 kilometers on it and the cylinders are rooted, what twat has been abusing my beloved purchase. When bought I was told henderson motorcycles had looked at it and said that it was a carby problem,hahahahaha I wish it was a carby problem. Mechanic says most likely it's been around the clock before and the speedo is wound. So now I need to pay to get the engine re done, parts will prob be from oz or ex japan meaning fucking long waiing times, and even longer to fix her. She won't be running for ages and I am fucked off beyond words, I'm sure I'm giving off an aura of evil as every living thing around me seems to be keeping it's distance.


I'm not a happy camper! She is a gorgeous bike but at the moment is nothing more than a fucking paper weight. So i'm bikeless *six weeks now* and will be for a while yet, I just want to buy a gn now, something that has two wheels a motor and runs without breaking down. I can't even type what I'm thinking as it's too raw lol, angry is an understatement. Carby problem my ass. sigh, I just want to ride again. I really do have the worst luck, karma is a bitch, I must have a been a fucking dictator or something in my past life.

[xwhatsit]

Stop listening to the death metal and calm down.

Tell the bike shops to go shove it -- it must be possible to get some +.25 pistons and rings somewhere. Maybe even Virago ones, although they'll probably be lower compression ratio. A rebore is a quick job you can give to any car engine rebuild place and they'll do it in a day. Then it's a simple matter of getting hold of a head gasket and a base gasket (just in case) and you're away.

So how do you know it needs a rebore? Did the mechanic tell you? What was the reason he gave?

[Maha]

fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucked FUCK! fucking fucking fucking fucking

Im sensing a little frustration and anger here?...

[Str8 Jacket]

Whoah! Someone shouldnt own a 2 smoker now should they! Calm down, breathe and think rationally. Once you get the poor wee thing sorted you'll be grinning like an idiot once again when its back on the road running sweeeeet!

[ital916]

Stop listening to the death metal and calm down.

Tell the bike shops to go shove it -- it must be possible to get some +.25 pistons and rings somewhere. Maybe even Virago ones, although they'll probably be lower compression ratio. A rebore is a quick job you can give to any car engine rebuild place and they'll do it in a day. Then it's a simple matter of getting hold of a head gasket and a base gasket (just in case) and you're away.

So how do you know it needs a rebore? Did the mechanic tell you? What was the reason he gave?

Na the virago has a different head to the to the srv even though it's basically the same motor, will need new one that fit maybe from a xt100 or something the mechanic said, if not then aftermarket or genuine ones from overseas, basically the cylinder is just worn out, when he removed the head you could put the piston in and it would just fall out lol, the rings were totally fucked and at some point in time it had busted it's valves indicated by the chunks missing and big gouges. I'm calm now, just needed to vent as it was the last thing I needed to hear today, lots of bad news at the same time and death metal doesn't make me angry, busted bikes do lol Umm the rebore I have been told can be cheap and then another person says its gonna cost a fortune.

[MIXONE]

I know where I wont be buying my next bike from!!
Hang in there.

[ital916]

Whoah! Someone shouldnt own a 2 smoker now should they! Calm down, breathe and think rationally. Once you get the poor wee thing sorted you'll be grinning like an idiot once again when its back on the road running sweeeeet!

My two stroker was a hell of a lot easier to live with, she was a great wee bike my rg and shall be sorely missed.

[Ragingrob]

Wow that sucks! Dude did you check out the official k's before you bought it? Oh boy this bike is costing you a fair bit!

[ital916]

Wow that sucks! Dude did you check out the official k's before you bought it? Oh boy this bike is costing you a fair bit!

yeah officially its thirty thousand...yeah right lol

[Choco]

Bugger man.
I might look to sell my GN in a month or so (if I can get myself a job).
Interested?

[ital916]

Bugger man.
I might look to sell my GN in a month or so (if I can get myself a job).
Interested?

Dude I'm hoping to have the bike running in two weeks hopefully

[Choco]

Dude I'm hoping to have the bike running in two weeks hopefully

Can't wait to see it bro, wonder how it will handle gravel....

[xwhatsit]

Na the virago has a different head to the to the srv even though it's basically the same motor, will need new one that fit maybe from a xt100 or something the mechanic said, if not then aftermarket or genuine ones from overseas, basically the cylinder is just worn out, when he removed the head you could put the piston in and it would just fall out lol, the rings were totally fucked and at some point in time it had busted it's valves indicated by the chunks missing and big gouges. I'm calm now, just needed to vent as it was the last thing I needed to hear today, lots of bad news at the same time and death metal doesn't make me angry, busted bikes do lol Umm the rebore I have been told can be cheap and then another person says its gonna cost a fortune.

Maybe different head, but I bet the conrod/crank is dead similar and so are the bore/stroke, so pistons should be fine. Probably lower compression ratio though. Just more options.

Pull off the bores, take them to a reconditioner, ask them how much they need to be taken out -- 0.25mm is the usual step -- then source appropriate pistons. Get the boring done now, save some time. Order head gaskets and base gaskets now, there's no working around them.

Tell your mechanic to shove it, this is a job you can source the parts yourself cheaply and put new pistons and rings in in an afternoon.

If you still had the RG150, this would be happening every 50,000kms

[EJK]

Yo Drider, Welcome to my life! lol

[Jacko2]

Dushy,
Why is it your mechanic is now saying the front cylinder is stuffed after you (I presume) paid him to get it going, then had it returned to you not right? Did he not test before handing back?
By your other thread, I see a couple of people tested the compression, and it came out OK.
When I had it, it did a valve. I replaced with new, had head cleaned up by a engine reconditioner who also seated the valve. It then had the problem you encountered. (No power)
I then had the compression tested, was fine, which, to me and from advise from others indicated the carbs, possibly from sitting. Diaphrams??
As for the mileage, don't know. All anybody can go on is that recorded on importation, subsequent redgistrations and change of ownerships.
I would get Steven or one of the experienced lads to have a look at the bore before paying your mechanic any more dough.
JACKO