Batten down the hatches! I've got a 2012 Norge coming in this afternoon. Ownner check the valves and they were tight so he loosened them off then rode 300km before it went 'BANG! Clank-clank-clank!' and failed to proceed!
I have a feeling this one is not going to be pretty!!!
Pete
sideshowbob GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:50 pm
Pictures of carnage when available please.
Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:52 pm
Maybe the last rites might be more appropriate!
GuzziSteve Fra Cristoforo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:01 pm
Operator Error? WTF over!
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:03 pm
Not sure. I'm guessing it's a flattie that has been ridden to death.
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Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:50 pm
It’s lost it’s valve timing and bent some valves. Gotta pull the air Oz to get the head off. I think it’s the RH side because he said smoke came out of that side....
Richard GRiSO Capo
Posts : 641 Join date : 2018-10-04 Age : 61
Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:55 am
Thanks for the Chopin funeral march reminder. I did forget how nice it wasÂ
Sudden compression loss, not to mention the jaws of (non) life.
We do implanting at work, but not like that!
GuzziSteve Fra Cristoforo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:42 pm
Hold my beer Jethro, watch this!!
MalG Don Abbondio
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:48 pm
Look on the bright side - 3 of the valves look fine, and there's only a little dent in the piston. Reminds me of the burnt Carberry - 3/4 of the rear tyre was perfect.
sideshowbob GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:08 pm
That is fuuugy. If he's lucky the rod isn't bent.
Stubbie GRiSO Capo
Posts : 205 Join date : 2017-07-05 Age : 66
Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:13 pm
It looks like it took a few hits before it broke off.
Steak Godfather
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:08 pm
That looks... Odd.
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sidrat GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:43 pm
it will polish out
i assume the flatties ran too tight, but i wouldn't have thought they would push the valve that close to the piston without your knowing about it beforehand
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
Posts : 10720 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 67
Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:52 pm
No, it was a factory roller bike. It lost its cam timing on that cylinder.
V11 Don Abbondio
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Subject: Re: INCOMING!!! Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:56 pm
Poor bugger. I assume it is recoverable at great expense? I feel for him having just had a similar experience but with a happy Motomoda outcome. By the way Pete, the GRiSO now has 1100kms since the shells went in. Lots of commuting and stop start work with the odd flog up the valley, some of it in +28 degrees C.