Wot Rotten Luck!

Rotten luck # 1

Seeing an ovebore kit for a Yamaha 1000 on the 50% off table at Action
in Canberra (marked down from $850 to $425)



Rotten Luck # 2

Making an insulting offer on the kit ($200) and having him accept (after
assuring me it'll fit a Thunderarse)



Rotten Luck # 3

Realising that I'll now have to do an engine rebuild



Rotten Luck #4

Realising that I'll have to break the news to the missus



Rotten Luck # 5

Realising that *not* all FZR and YZF piston kits are the same (the kit
was for a pre-EXUP FZR)



At least the guy at the bike shop gave me my $$$ back. I kinda liked
the idea of an overbore though.



Sigh.

Some people are never happy.


So if anyone is looking for a 1029 big-bore kit for a 1988 FZR1000
Genesis, there's one going cheap at Action Motorcycles in Canberra.



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Bugger!
I hope you found it out BEFORE you told the better half...

 

let loose on an internet connection and the
unfortunate result was...

With any luck,

she may never know... ;-))



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What's her email address?

Theo

 

let loose on an internet connection and the
unfortunate result was...

According to the ladz on the Thunderarse list, the most common kit is a
1040, while a 1070 is also available if you want to resleeve the motor.

While a chunk of the improvement is *undoubtedly* a result of replacing
the old 100000km rings, they reckon there is a fair bit of return from
the increased compression over stock, and the lighter weight of the
slugs.


Or maybe not...


--
Mick
(Shit - after spending an extra $1K or so buying and installing an
overbore kit *I* would be convincing myself of some serious power gains
;-)


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plus the cam, plus the head work, plus the carb work

just buy yourself an R1 , plenty of cheap beat up examples around by now