November 20, 200817 yr This year i have broke 2 clutch covers so after replacing the replacement its cost about
November 20, 200817 yr LOL yes but i am afraid it was only plain solid plastic, but actually there is another way of looking at it too but the individual prchases don't sound that bad on their own, it's more when you tally up an old bike to tune of thousands, like well over 4k, it is extremely disturbing, I know it's a passion but when all sense goes out the window it becomes a burdon to bear..like i said i am through with it, a cheap bike used for its best years & got rid of when it does'nt make economic sense is the only way now for me, i feel i have well done myself over the years and no more of it for me...once i took that philosophy on i enjoyed it more and felt less conned
November 20, 200817 yr Not me personally but in 1996 at a dalmellington club trial heavy rain (I know what your thinking, rain in scotland, no way) made the burns quite deep, going between sections I stopped to help a stricken rider only to see he was far beond help. He had drowned his new beta techno out and tried to start it again, in doing so the water filled barrel snapped in two bending the con rod and god knows what else, saw him a few weeks later and it apparently cost around
November 20, 200817 yr Does this count, My brother was clearing my GasGas engine out when it jumped? into gear and blatted into the side of his pick-up. Apparently you don't replace the door skin on modern cars you have to fit a new door assembly
November 21, 200817 yr not a bike but get this for expensive. mate has just rebuilt his cosworth engined mk11 escort rally cars gearbox. fits said gearbox in drive invites all and sundry round for starting up party... revs car ala dave the chav until... the flywheel shears.. cuts through the bell housing at a zillion revs, straight through the inner wing neatly out of the outer wing, hits the drive bounces still spinning at a zillion revs, flys off through next doors open kitchen door and embeds itself neatly in the fridge.. he never drove the car again,,,,,dont know about the fridge..
November 23, 200817 yr Author I would of p***ed myself laughing if i had been there for that one. pity you didn't have a camcorder
November 23, 200817 yr not a bike but get this for expensive.mate has just rebuilt his cosworth engined mk11 escort rally cars gearbox. fits said gearbox in drive invites all and sundry round for starting up party... revs car ala dave the chav until... the flywheel shears.. cuts through the bell housing at a zillion revs, straight through the inner wing neatly out of the outer wing, hits the drive bounces still spinning at a zillion revs, flys off through next doors open kitchen door and embeds itself neatly in the fridge.. he never drove the car again,,,,,dont know about the fridge.. Saw the 'result' of a similar thing, although the flywheel never escaped the garage walls it did go through the bodywork like...well..a tandoori through a pensioner.
November 23, 200817 yr You've beaten me to it but I recall a pal fitting a new throttle cable to his Bulto and firing it up in the garage - you've guessed it, revved on full chat then the ignition flywheel broke off round the steel collar taking the outer casing and part of the crankcase with it but straight in to the front wing of his father's company Viva van. Another pal got the cam that was left to make it easier to set up the timing on his own Sherpa so not all bad news.
November 23, 200817 yr True story, nothing to do with expense though... A certain Scottish motocross 'star' who will remain nameless, (but you can all probably guess who it was!) decided to add weight to a flywheel magneto of an importer provided motocross bike to give it a bit more bottom end grunt. The 'un-named person' cast a lead weight and bolted it with countersunk screws to the original magneto (effectively put a cast band of lead around it). He donned his full race gear and helmet, cracked the bike up (it was a Husqvarna, but he wasn't better known as a Husky rider!), the motor fired, he was warming it up, progressively revving it until it was warm, before he snuck it into gear he gave it a clear out rev, the lead weight centrifuged itself to bits and wiped the peak clean off his helmet! He didn't proceed with that modification and had to get a replacement Husky mag casing on it pronto before the importer found out! Big John
November 23, 200817 yr Not trials but road racing. Honda RC30 at the TT suffered oil starvation in the Senior race due to a fracture in an oil pipe inside the sump. A new crank was
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