Start saving your petrol money. It's only four-anna-bit months to Chimay. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
hehe. at the moment, there's zero spare money, not helped but some thieveing pikey scum making off with my big trolley jack. I've also not yet done a top (? side end?) rebuild on the bike, which I was thinking of doing - mind you, I could just carry on riding it making smoke, it'd be cheaper.
Sound like the rings. I've got a set for an R80 mono lurking in the shed if you want them. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
I did rings not that long ago. 'tis an R60/6, non-nikasil bores, so probably the ones you have are not appropriate. I think that it's valve guides, TBH. It smokes most coming on the power after over-run. the plan (which is liable to get pushed back a year now) was to get the heads reworked (or exchanged), hone the bores and fit new rings, and/or rebore and replace pistons if it looked like it needed it. Last time it was apart, there was no noticeable step in the bores, but I do know that there are issues with the valve gear anyway.
snip as is the nature of such things. Just curious, but when did 'issues' replace problems, snags, outstanding tasks, stuff to do and other ways of saying that something isn't right and needs to be sorted out? I wonder if it was originally selected in certain circles for being a neutral rather than emotionally-charged word, and inevitably acquired the overtones - or perhaps undertones - that it now has. Probably a 1980s word? As to smoke, and veering sluggishly back on-topic, does it pass MoT like that?
Ah but things have since moved on. One no longer has issues but challenges ;o) Yeah.... I know... makes me cringe as well ;o) Andy
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