Post by milkman on Oct 8, 2006 17:36:54 GMT -5
Well, following on from the good news of firing my old girl up again, as I mentioned in the thread everyone helped me with - its sounds unhappy.
The motor noise is almost drowning out my exhaust. Anyway long story short, it'll probably need some work done.
Now the motor is at least 70 thou km old, and its been loved, but whether or not it was "tough love" by the previous owner is hard to tell.
What do you think is my best option? I either have to get it rebuilt (don't have time right now) which will have me off the road for a while. OR should I look at sourcing another motor and slotting it in, and have the other done in my own time.
Do Yamaha do crate motors? Some of the wreckers in Sydney have the import bikes they part and those motors are probably younger than mine so maybe thats an option to look at?
Any thoughts, recommendations etc are most appreciated.
I'd like to keep the hotter motor, but really to get out on my bike more, I'll probably have to go with something more sedate. But when I work out a direction, I can discuss specs then.....
The motor noise is almost drowning out my exhaust. Anyway long story short, it'll probably need some work done.
Now the motor is at least 70 thou km old, and its been loved, but whether or not it was "tough love" by the previous owner is hard to tell.
What do you think is my best option? I either have to get it rebuilt (don't have time right now) which will have me off the road for a while. OR should I look at sourcing another motor and slotting it in, and have the other done in my own time.
Do Yamaha do crate motors? Some of the wreckers in Sydney have the import bikes they part and those motors are probably younger than mine so maybe thats an option to look at?
Any thoughts, recommendations etc are most appreciated.
I'd like to keep the hotter motor, but really to get out on my bike more, I'll probably have to go with something more sedate. But when I work out a direction, I can discuss specs then.....
