Hi all,
Just got back on-line yesterday after @ 11/2 months. I e-mailed Black Sheep (who I bought bike from earlier this summer) and prepared him for the bad news.
My bike is busted.
2001, 10,000 miles, Yosh 3 slip-ons, meticoulisly cared for, run a little hard, always warmed up first, oil and filter last around 8000m. Coolant flushed and tuned up around 4000m, no other problems.
I was running at around 120 in 3rd and holding (guessing) at around 9000 rpm (?) for about 20 secs. As soon as I came off the throttle......whack, whack, whack from the motor. Clutched it, then 3 secs later oil light came on, and I shut it down. .... it then seized. DONE!
I've moved to a really remote part of the country and only have one Suzuki dealer around. He seems ok, but I'm not sure what to do. He says that bike probably wasn't broken in right, but that seems like a lame reason for failure after 10,000 trouble free miles. Never leaked any oil, never had an oil light on, no previous noises etc. Bike has aleways worked great!
He is telling me the crank is to far gone to be turned, bearing is gone, rod and the oil pump is done. The top end apparently is O.K.
He wants 5000.00 Canadian (3500.00 American+-) to fix it. Says he wont put in used parts. It's hours away from where I am and I can't even go to see it. Shipping it somewhere else is not really practical just to compare prices as it will cost at least 1000.00 and a LOT of time (@30 hrs ). I'm on a job anyways so not really an option. He tells me 5 weeks before I will get it back.
Why is my 'busa busted? Is it really that far gone? I have looked at a lot of posts hear and haven't seen anything like this posted.
I was looking at tuning it a bit previous to this, but now I am contemplating a whole new engine? Was considering buying a tuned engine. I am worried about just fixing this one...can I trust it again? What can I expect with a tuned engine etc...$$$.
Help, I'm dying over here!
Not so "Cheers" this time.
Just got back on-line yesterday after @ 11/2 months. I e-mailed Black Sheep (who I bought bike from earlier this summer) and prepared him for the bad news.
My bike is busted.
2001, 10,000 miles, Yosh 3 slip-ons, meticoulisly cared for, run a little hard, always warmed up first, oil and filter last around 8000m. Coolant flushed and tuned up around 4000m, no other problems.
I was running at around 120 in 3rd and holding (guessing) at around 9000 rpm (?) for about 20 secs. As soon as I came off the throttle......whack, whack, whack from the motor. Clutched it, then 3 secs later oil light came on, and I shut it down. .... it then seized. DONE!
I've moved to a really remote part of the country and only have one Suzuki dealer around. He seems ok, but I'm not sure what to do. He says that bike probably wasn't broken in right, but that seems like a lame reason for failure after 10,000 trouble free miles. Never leaked any oil, never had an oil light on, no previous noises etc. Bike has aleways worked great!
He is telling me the crank is to far gone to be turned, bearing is gone, rod and the oil pump is done. The top end apparently is O.K.
He wants 5000.00 Canadian (3500.00 American+-) to fix it. Says he wont put in used parts. It's hours away from where I am and I can't even go to see it. Shipping it somewhere else is not really practical just to compare prices as it will cost at least 1000.00 and a LOT of time (@30 hrs ). I'm on a job anyways so not really an option. He tells me 5 weeks before I will get it back.
Why is my 'busa busted? Is it really that far gone? I have looked at a lot of posts hear and haven't seen anything like this posted.
I was looking at tuning it a bit previous to this, but now I am contemplating a whole new engine? Was considering buying a tuned engine. I am worried about just fixing this one...can I trust it again? What can I expect with a tuned engine etc...$$$.
Help, I'm dying over here!
Not so "Cheers" this time.
