I'm a murderer

tradrockrat · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 07:56 PM

My sporty blew up.

Something clogged the feed line and starved the engine for oil. I was on my way to sporty get together and had gone about 45 miles when the engine started getting really loud. I had time to think - "That ain't right." and the engine seized up. I immediately shut it off and pulled over to the side of the road. I got it to a parking lot and inspected it. first thing I did was pull the oil line at the tank - no oil came out at all. I shoved a small allan wrench into the tank and scraped out some sludge like stuff that had completely blocked the feed line. After that oil poured out just as pretty as you please.

I'm gonna tear the engine apart, but really it's a matter of financial sense. This engine has over 70K miles on it, I have two other bikes, and my business is struggling right now.

That engine ran PERFECT before I did this. I went to start it yesterday and the bike makes all the wrong noises in one cylinder now - piston slap, oil and smoke from oil line breather at heads... it's enough to make a grown man cry. So I immediately shut it down and have been too depressed to even think about getting into the inspection yet.

20 years of riding and I've managed to never blow up a bike until now. Never had to do any real internal engine repair either. I'll most likely have to crack the cases on the engine just to make sure - total rebuild.

MLC · #2 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 10:19 PM

ouch! your luck with bikes lately hasn't been going well. i'd wish you luck but from your description it does sound like rebuild time.

FATboy05 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 02:38 AM

Like the old song goes Trad " if it weren't for bad luck, you'd{I'd} have no luck at all" sorry to hear about this setback. I know you can get it right though. Wish I could help, but being a murderer is about the best I could do for it

Mominatrix · #4 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 12:10 PM

Bummer for sure Dan. I hope one of your other bikes can get you by until you can get Sporty all healed up. I know how much you enjoy riding that bike. I hope she is fixable.

tradrockrat · #5 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 03:38 PM

Thanks for the commiseration all. I'm gonna pull the engine this weekend, and put the rolling chassis outside under a tarp and under the eave of my roof so I don't have to look at it while I tear the bikes heart apart.

On the plus side... fuck it, there is no plus side...

Horse · #6 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tradrockrat

Thanks for the commiseration all. I'm gonna pull the engine this weekend, and put the rolling chassis outside under a tarp and under the eave of my roof so I don't have to look at it while I tear the bikes heart apart.

On the plus side... fuck it, there is no plus side...

Their is a plus side, what you will learn from this experience and what we learn from you.
Take some pic's of what you find. Good luck.

Fubar · #7 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 02:35 PM

What kind of oil filter do you use??

speed · #8 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 04:47 PM

If it makes you feel any better I blew the primary chain on my black bike last week. It did $1600 damage to the primary and $2000 damage to the crank case.

Cheers,
Speed