antonyp said:
Good grief !!! You don't happen to have a video of that do you ?
Seriously now. I hope your mate is all right. The bike can be repaired a lot easier than broken bones
he's fine thanks, he's just going to be very sore for a while, and have a battered ego, there was a video camera there as well but it had just been turned off :bang: , i could have sent it to one of those funny clip shows and got £250, it would have paid for my engine rebuild.
Anyway I inspected the piston last night and removed the exhaust valves, the piston looks fine with a small bit of wear on the top of piston but the rings are fine and creating a good seal. The bad news for me is not only is the middle blade shafted but the lower housing is badly worn, instead of a circle the hole the pin sits in is now oblong, got a quote yesterday £53 for the middle blade and £222 for the bottom blade thats about $555 :(
a friend suggested either taking one valve out all together, or just buying the middle blade and have all three blade welded together professionally! does this sound like a good idea guys? any other suggestions to get round the problem?
i was told if i take the exhaust valve out it will lose some low end power and the power will kick in more quickly, not really what i want to happen as it already had rubbish low end for going up hills then would kick in with a bang, and i already have enough trouble keeping the front wheel down in all gears.