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  • Sunny day what could possibly go wrong

    Yesterday ws a beautiful 76 degrees sunshine no wind. so i got dressed fired up bike and headed out. about 6 miles from the house i felt like i was losing power. then i saw that wonderful blue smoke. i shut her down called my friend he headed over with my trailer i took her home and put her in shop. since nly a few things could cause this i did a compression test #1 -152-#2 150-# 3-112:-#2 -148 .so after flinging afew tools across teh shop i tore her doen the head came off in inder 15 mins the cylinders tried my patience lOl for 2 hrs till teh last stud finnaly gave up. i found a broken cmpression ring on #-3 and one of my oil rings was stuck. so she is torn down good time for my big bore kit and afew otehr mods. Like i told SWMBO you have to caress these old gals or they will cut ya off just when it gets good LOL. Good thig i have a few spares to ride.

    John
    79 XS1100SF 750 FD,Galfer Brake lines,ebc brake pads,Cross Drilled Rotors,TKat fork brace,bead blasted wheels repainted and polished
    80 XS1100 S Project gonna be a hot rod
    06 CBR1000RR sold!!!!!
    2000 Concours
    84 Kawi KLR600
    79 Yam XT500 Ouch it kicks back
    79 XR250
    Why is it that the smallest part can fly to the farthest part of the shop?
    John

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    Paintman:

    How many miles on her before this happened? Any indication of trouble before? How does the cyl. look after the stuck oil ring and broken compression ring? Are you going to do a complete top overhaul? Hope you get her well soon.

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    • #3
      Top end

      bike has 44,300 miles on it i had been using a little oil but nothing to bad i shut the bike down as soon as i felt it get funky. the cylinder looked pretty good normal wear and tear and since im boring it for the 1179 Kit it will clean up fine. il put in new valve seals re lap valves, new cam chain, and clean up the head some make it flow better.and since it will be down a bit il also redo clutch pack and polish everything.


      John
      79 XS1100SF 750 FD,Galfer Brake lines,ebc brake pads,Cross Drilled Rotors,TKat fork brace,bead blasted wheels repainted and polished
      80 XS1100 S Project gonna be a hot rod
      06 CBR1000RR sold!!!!!
      2000 Concours
      84 Kawi KLR600
      79 Yam XT500 Ouch it kicks back
      79 XR250
      Why is it that the smallest part can fly to the farthest part of the shop?
      John

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