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Sized engine BrianE 06-10-2008
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Posted by BrianE on June 10, 2008, 6:24 pm
Hi all,

My son's (pride & joy) Dragstar 650 died on him a few days ago and has
a siezed engine. He's having trouble locating anything from a
breaker's, what's the best thing, sell for scrap or can it be repaired
at a reasonable cost?

Its on a 'Y' plate, about six years old.

Cheers

Brian.



Posted by Simon Wilson on June 11, 2008, 4:13 am
BrianE wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My son's (pride & joy) Dragstar 650 died on him a few days ago and has a
> siezed engine. He's having trouble locating anything from a breaker's,
> what's the best thing, sell for scrap or can it be repaired at a
> reasonable cost?
>
> Its on a 'Y' plate, about six years old.
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian.
>
>

Depends - why did it seize? If through lack of oil then might need quite
a lot doing to it. Also depends how much you are willing/able to do
yourself. If it's just a rebore/pistons/rings then that's a relatively
low cost job, but still in the £hundreds IMHO.

--
/Simon

Posted by sweller on June 11, 2008, 5:24 am
BrianE wrote:

> My son's (pride & joy) Dragstar 650 died on him a few days ago and has
> a siezed engine. He's having trouble locating anything from a
> breaker's, what's the best thing, sell for scrap or can it be repaired
> at a reasonable cost?
>
> Its on a 'Y' plate, about six years old.

Not sure of its value but it won't be an enormous amount (as a runner),
couple of grand maybe - probably best to break and sell.

The engine can also be broken and usable parts sold.

--
Simon

Posted by Champ on June 11, 2008, 5:39 am
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>My son's (pride & joy) Dragstar 650 died on him a few days ago and has
>a siezed engine. He's having trouble locating anything from a
>breaker's, what's the best thing, sell for scrap or can it be repaired
>at a reasonable cost?

He's *seized* a big fourstroke? Are you sure? Good effort if so.
--
Champ
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken)
neal at champ dot org dot uk

Posted by CT on June 11, 2008, 5:48 am
Champ wrote:

> He's seized a big fourstroke? Are you sure? Good effort if so.

Oh, I dunno, it's easy if you know how. In fact I did it to my GS550E
and got an OMF# for it.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/msg/0b88e55dfef801ad

--
Chris

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