June 11, 200917 yr I went trailing for the first time today with the trials bike. To cut a long story short the bike suddenly died (after a long stretch of road) and I assumed it was petrol, I put some more juice in and went to kick it up only to find there was little compression. does this sound like the piston rings died? if so, should it just be a simple case of putting new rings in? for those who would like to hear the rest of the story.... I walked to the local farmer to ask If I could store my bike at his farm for a couple of hours, he declined saying "no can do son", in the end I had to hide the bike in some nettles in a deep ditch (ouch). I then hitch hiked a few miles back to civilization (and bus routes) and rang up my girlfriends dad for a lift, turned out he wasnt availiable so I started the 4 mile walk home. shortly after getting off the phone, i decided to pop into the music shop for some guitar strings and was quickly reminded that I had no money. they all seemed very amused with how I was dressed etc. after leaving the music shop I saw an old friend, and quickly asked him if he could spare a couple of quid, to which he replied "only got this carrier bag full of coppers, im on the way to the bank to change them now). After waiting 10 mins for the bus, I gladly handed over the 10lb fist full of change I had recently aquired only to be told "sorry mate, dont take copper, only silver". Off I popped to the shop across the road to see if they needed some change, thankfully they obliged and I soon found myself asking a miserable bus driver "can I get to new whitt for 2 quid mate?" Edited June 11, 200917 yr by tombo46
June 11, 200917 yr Author after thinking about it, I think the head gasket may have split and compression is being lost into the water system, I cant feel any air coming out of the side of the head so its not split all the way out. Im going to whip the head off now and take a looksy. Tom
June 11, 200917 yr Your story was great, it really cheered me up, to think......somebody had a worse day than me. Aren't bikes fun...
June 11, 200917 yr Author Your story was great, it really cheered me up, to think......somebody had a worse day than me.Aren't bikes fun... glad some good came out of it! piston and barrel both nackered..........great........... Tom
June 11, 200917 yr Sorry. Didn't mean any harm by it....Feel a bit guilty now. Just how did you manage to cripple a 2008 ?
June 11, 200917 yr How come you was riding on the road? Think my bike would blow up if i rode it fast
June 12, 200917 yr [quote name='tombo46' date='Jun 11 2009, 08:59 PM' post='204238' piston and barrel both nackered..........great...........
June 12, 200917 yr [quote name='tombo46' date='Jun 11 2009, 08:59 PM' post='204238'piston and barrel both nackered..........great........... Nutter, did you just run the crap out of it on a lower oil mix , or overheat it due to the mud clogged radiator? Sounds more like a thermal meltdown! Oh well, maybe you can save the cyl with a hone job and over piston!
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