By now you all probably know that I had the ghost bike from hell that I just couldn't get working. Well I got the bike back about a week ago from Mike (teem trubble) and I just took it out today and... wow the thing is a totally different bike, it sounds clean, throaty and really hauls, I never hit 5th gear it in today hell not even the top of 4th, its insane.
I'll be sure to get some video of it soon so you can compare how it sounded then and now, totally different.
GPS track if interested: http://www.xylicon.com/misc/01-17-08.kmz
Bike works! (thanks Mike)
Bike works! (thanks Mike)
97 CR500, 94 CR250, 87 CR125
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Crap totally left that out,
The cylinder was completely fucked to say the least. It was tapered at the bottom causing the piston to drag. So when I rev it up the piston would expand and the taper created severe piston drag limiting my revs.
I never would of thought a cylinder could taper itself.
The cylinder was completely fucked to say the least. It was tapered at the bottom causing the piston to drag. So when I rev it up the piston would expand and the taper created severe piston drag limiting my revs.
I never would of thought a cylinder could taper itself.
97 CR500, 94 CR250, 87 CR125
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Bingo, there is your reason right there. Garanfawkingteed it was the machinist, it's way easier to fawk a cylinder up than to do a good job. I would bet my life that the guy didn't use a torque plate, few do.Xylicon wrote: had a local machinist bore the cylinder for me, I dunno how they could've fucked it up that bad.
Don't Clyde it, ride it!
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