is my motor blown?

kz1k wrote:

testarossa wrote:

Has the craigslist guy who told you the motor is blown, made you a merciful offer to buy the bike yet? I love to browse CL almost daily, but there are a LOT of scumbags lurking there.

the craigslist guy said that even if i gave him my bike for free he wouldnt want it! because of compression.

OK... if the guy truly said this, then get your bike back.
Seriously.

No, you can do all that stuff in the frame. If you wind up needing major repairs, then you can pull it back out. Who knows what you'll find in there.

singing in the rain...just....singing in the rain.....what a marvelous day out.....laa..deed.dad.da

Joe... If you re-read my post you'll come to realize I'm actually giving you well rounded advice...

"Get an OEM manual, study it, not just read it... Go through the manual and learn your bikes internals, electrical, carbs etc.... Study the mechanical images & diagrams while looking at your engine components...

Then ask your questions where everyone will be more then happy to help you."

Now if you still feel this was informing you to just throw it away.... Ah well, I'll stay out of your post and wish you the best...

i was wondering when this place was gonna get fun again....well the waits over...


ya see Joe...
davey hates folks....why there was this one guy wanted to build a high revvin 650...ohhhhhh did that get david mad..


then another new guy wanted to fix his bike cheap...seems his college was important....

davey fixed him too...


if it has to do with KZ's Dave just reaches for the old check book and can a dupli color....

Old Man Rock wrote:

Joe... If you re-read my post you'll come to realize I'm actually giving you well rounded advice...

"Get an OEM manual, study it, not just read it... Go through the manual and learn your bikes internals, electrical, carbs etc.... Study the mechanical images & diagrams while looking at your engine components...

Then ask your questions where everyone will be more then happy to help you."

Now if you still feel this was informing you to just throw it away.... Ah well, I'll stay out of your post and wish you the best...

+1 Already been said too... eh-hem.

kz1k wrote:

testarossa wrote:

kz1k wrote:

testarossa wrote:

Has the craigslist guy who told you the motor is blown, made you a merciful offer to buy the bike yet? I love to browse CL almost daily, but there are a LOT of scumbags lurking there.

the craigslist guy said that even if i gave him my bike for free he wouldnt want it! because of compression.

He might just know someone who would want to buy it cheap.

I agree with the others here. Get your bike back, pull the valve cover, and lets have a look around. Make sure that the timing marks line up, check the valve clearances, then test compression yourself. The condition of the parts under the valve cover will tell you a lot about that motor. Nice, clean, shiny, no scratches, no sludge, no rust, then you're probably good to go with some maintenance. But if it looks like two miles of bad road in there, then expect a total rebuild. Get a manual, and settle in, you might just enjoy it, and I guarantee that if you see it through, then you'll have a bond to that bike that you would never have if you just bought a new one.

thanks test. youve been a big help. the journey has just begun. lol ill get the bike back tues. what should i do first? remove the motor or keep her in there?

first thing i do when getting a bike is to scrub the hell out of it from one end to the other,makes it so much easier to see problems not to mention more fun to work on.
then id pull the header off and get it sitting on my favorite bike bench which happens to be 2 milk crates side by side with a 3rd centered directly behind with some old towels on top of them.
sit the bike on there with front of motor on front 2 with trans centered on rear,now you can remove the wheels and anything else you decide to remove by yourself without worrying about bike moving .

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Me an my dog bite eachother like this for kicks. YES, it gets boring up here... :silly: :blink: :woohoo: :S

talked to another buddy of mine that has a few bikes....he says part it out. man, if i could have a bad day its today.

Ignore him.Get to know your bike and get it running,you'll feel a LOT better as you progress.

thanks sandy