the bikes an 88 cbx,and giving me a right headache to date
,bought it as a basket case but the motor was supposed to of been fully rebuilt,ive put it together,frame powder coated new bearings etc,had it running for all of 40mins and then showing symptons of crank seals blown
,not too gutted cos it had a bad oil leak from the sump plug and between the cases....pulled it apart found the gear mechanism(shaft) was damaged.new one of them...gear drum not look healthy ok new one of them...hair line crack in the sump plug hole and the retainer hole for the kick start spring was also cracked so i give me case to a guy to weld,takes him 2 weeks to do this lols and although he did a good job with the welding he made a crap job of retapping the sump plug.
Now i wish id of just bought an inset kit and done it mysely but i gave it to another guy who then takes another week and tells me he doesnt have the insert to do the job
...so now i have given it to a well known bike shop which i should of done in the first place
,anyways today i decided i pull the exhaust valves apart and inspect them...opened up another can of worms lols.
when i pulled my barrel off discovered the piston and bore(bearing in mind this was supposed to be a completely rebuilt motor)are both damaged,now it could of happend since i got it running but close inspection shows sign of previous attempts with wet and dry to smooth out some of these marks,and my cylinders been sleeved
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GOD THAT FEELS GOOD TO HAVE A RANT