What did you do to your bike today?

snowflake · Feb 28, 2015

PALMER84ONE:
Should just roll that out by the trash bin. It will be picked up in a week.

I tried to give it away......

snowflake · Mar 3, 2015

but no one would take it so here we goooooo

timoyz · Mar 3, 2015

A Dad of a buddy in high school used to say,"Tape a nickel to it and throw it away." Then you'd say, "Why tape a nickel to it Floyd?" Then Floyd would deliver, "Because it tain't worth throwing away by itself." :rimshot:

I'z gotz a nickel if you need it Snow. :poke:

Mihylo33 · Mar 3, 2015

timoyz:
A Dad of a buddy in high school used to say,"Tape a nickel to it and throw it away." Then you'd say, "Why tape a nickel to it Floyd?" Then Floyd would deliver, "Because it tain't worth throwing away by itself." :rimshot:

I'z gotz a nickel if you need it Snow.

snowflake · Mar 3, 2015

timoyz:
A Dad of a buddy in high school used to say,"Tape a nickel to it and throw it away." Then you'd say, "Why tape a nickel to it Floyd?" Then Floyd would deliver, "Because it tain't worth throwing away by itself." :rimshot:

I'z gotz a nickel if you need it Snow.

I joke around as much as anybody, and I am fairly disappointed in the hondud's reliability, however, there are people out there who enjoy these bikes, be a shame just to throw it away, in fact, I'm thinking it will make a fine buddy bike

if its back together in time its going to moab to do just that.

timoyz · Mar 4, 2015

snowflake:
I joke around as much as anybody, and I am fairly disappointed in the hondud's reliability, however, there are people out there who enjoy these bikes, be a shame just to throw it away, in fact, I'm thinking it will make a fine buddy bike

Decent back up play bike... I like it.

snowflake:
if its back together in time its going to moab to do just that.

5 MOH/Bucket list. :drool:

ossagp · Mar 5, 2015

snowflake:
I joke around as much as anybody, and I am fairly disappointed in the hondud's reliability, however, there are people out there who enjoy these bikes, be a shame just to throw it away, in fact, I'm thinking it will make a fine buddy bike if its back together in time its going to moab to do just that.

I never did read what actually broke.

snowflake · Mar 5, 2015

the motor

best I can tell its a crank bearing leaving bits and pieces behind :O

ossagp · Mar 5, 2015

the one I bought had the 04 catstrophe (cylinder skirt broke). I never took that one apart fully to see what all it cratered.

snowflake · Mar 5, 2015

ossagp:
the one I bought had the 04 catstrophe (cylinder skirt broke). I never took that one apart fully to see what all it cratered.

My buddy had an 04 it did the same thing on its way to becoming a 290

ossagp · Mar 5, 2015

mine got an ice cube cylinder, 08 head from fasheads, and the cases and gears are from a crfx, crf basket and primaries. i have another enging to put together to replace that one with that has crf cases. I have a newer crankshaft with the longer stroke that wont take much to fit in and turn, so I may try to use it. my reason would be a longer rod than the crank that hotrods sells for the older unit. the new timing chain seems to be longer so that would make the long rod easier to use.

Athena makes a big bore kit that the 2004 cases will accept. Even the OE 2005 cylinder wont go onto the 04.

snowflake · Mar 5, 2015

You deff know more about them than I do, now just figure out how to put the X gear box in one and you will have made me and alot of the other mere mortals happy campers.

I looked at the max rpm big bore kits, between money and not a fan of putting more mass/stress on a bottom end than it was intended to have I passed and its getting rebuilt all oem. Still not sure why it failed as soon as it did, my best guess is that the hot rods crank assembly isn't built (balanced and trued) as well as an oem.

ossagp · Mar 5, 2015

snowflake:
You deff know more about them than I do, now just figure out how to put the X gear box in one and you will have made me and alot of the other mere mortals happy campers.

I looked at the max rpm big bore kits, between money and not a fan of putting more mass/stress on a bottom end than it was intended to have I passed and its getting rebuilt all oem. Still not sure why it failed as soon as it did, my best guess is that the hot rods crank assembly isn't built (balanced and trued) as well as an oem.

ossagp · Mar 5, 2015

snowflake:
You deff know more about them than I do, now just figure out how to put the X gear box in one and you will have made me and alot of the other mere mortals happy campers.

I looked at the max rpm big bore kits, between money and not a fan of putting more mass/stress on a bottom end than it was intended to have I passed and its getting rebuilt all oem. Still not sure why it failed as soon as it did, my best guess is that the hot rods crank assembly isn't built (balanced and trued) as well as an oem.

Mihylo33 · Mar 5, 2015

snowflake:
You deff know more about them than I do, now just figure out how to put the X gear box in one and you will have made me and alot of the other mere mortals happy campers.

I looked at the max rpm big bore kits, between money and not a fan of putting more mass/stress on a bottom end than it was intended to have I passed and its getting rebuilt all oem. Still not sure why it failed as soon as it did, my best guess is that the hot rods crank assembly isn't built (balanced and trued) as well as an oem.

I'm anxious to see what happened myself... was it brass in the oil or silver?