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Sized engine BrianE 06-10-2008
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Posted by Champ on June 11, 2008, 7:43 am
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:30:39 +0100, "Nige"

>> Ok, but I want to know why they think it's seized - it's really pretty
>> rare for four strokes to seize. Do you have access to the bike? If
>> so, put it in gear (2nd rather than 1st, for pref) and try and push it
>> - this should turn the engine over. If it's seized the rear wheel
>> will be locked. However, engine compression can sometimes give the
>> same result, so you need a bit of a 'feel' for this.
>
>Take out the spark plugs.

Is what I would do - I wasn't sure if Brian was necessarily up for
this degree of mechaniking. Also, I dunno about this bike, but on
some bikes (e.g. ZX10R) taking the plugs out is a 2 hour job...
--
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 BrianE on June 11, 2008, 7:59 am
Champ formulated on Wednesday :

> Is what I would do - I wasn't sure if Brian was necessarily up for
> this degree of mechaniking. Also, I dunno about this bike, but on
> some bikes (e.g. ZX10R) taking the plugs out is a 2 hour job...

Hi Champ, bit of an update from said son, the mechanic spent three
hours pulling the thing apart and was utterly gobsmacked that the
engine had seized.

Apparently (the mechanic) a very cool guy, almost as gutted as my son
was. Its definitely a goner so its going to be a 'project bike' (good
job I've a double garage). He has some decent money coming soon (he's a
music producer/musician) so a new bike will be in the offing.

As an aside, he's planning a charity bike ride through Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States, 2500 miles in 17 days for the MacMillan Trust,
so its just as well it packed in now and not later.

If its OK with you guys I'll post a link to the website for this as
soon as its up and running.

Thanks to all who replied.

Brian

Surrey
UK



Posted by Wicked Uncle Nigel on June 11, 2008, 8:10 am
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, BrianE
>
>As an aside, he's planning a charity bike ride through Eastern Europe
>and the Baltic States, 2500 miles in 17 days for the MacMillan Trust

147 miles a day? How... underwhelming.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.

Posted by BrianE on June 11, 2008, 8:09 am
Wicked Uncle Nigel blathered :
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, BrianE
>>
>>As an aside, he's planning a charity bike ride through Eastern Europe and
>> the Baltic States, 2500 miles in 17 days for the MacMillan Trust
>
> 147 miles a day? How... underwhelming.

Hmmm, I've got it wrong *again*, probably around 5000 miles then, I'll
go check.



Posted by sweller on June 11, 2008, 7:35 am
BrianE wrote:

> > This is really not a good sign...
>
> OK, spoke to a Yamaha dealer re possible repair this morning and I
> quote; "the only reason a two stroke will seze, is due to lack of oil"

Crap.

Rough rule of thumb is if the top end seizes it's an ignition or cooling
fault, bottom end is lubrication.

I'd ignore him as he's a bit of a shit Yamaha dealer - the 650 Dragstar
is four-stroke (as pointed out by many others).

--
Simon

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