rvf rings

[sinba]

lads,
took a tumble last nigt off the rvf, broke the clutch casing amoung other things. friend sorted me out with a new one.the prob is i drove 5 miles home with casing wide open so no oil in engine. started her today and she didn`t sound right, so i`m thinking i better change the rings, any ideas where i`d pick some up??

[chopper]

if it sounds bad its not gonna be the rings. was there any oil left in it at all like?

[R1_Pete]

Originally Posted by sinba

lads,
took a tumble last nigt off the rvf, broke the clutch casing amoung other things. friend sorted me out with a new one.the prob is i drove 5 miles home with casing wide open so no oil in engine. started her today and she didn`t sound right, so i`m thinking i better change the rings, any ideas where i`d pick some up??

You drove it five miles with no oil in the engine?!

Dont start the bike again, get it to a mechanic ASAP.

[2strokey]

oh jeebus , you had a problem , u now gotta PROBLEM , might be a hellava lot more than rings , possible big ends/ bores/ heads /cams/
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, then again ye wont know till its checked sorry to be the bringer of bad news , you need to put oil in and let someone who knows hear it .

[rccaulfield]

wa makes u think its the rings like?

[vimto-demon]

5 miles?
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sure you could have pushed it that far and saved yourself alot of bother/expense
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[Mr Snapped Banjo String]

sod that you not got a mate with a van?? sorry bout your off hope your ok and the rvf can be rebuilt so alls not so bad

[paulsmith]

unfortunate you had an off, nearly met a car myself today (young w***** on wrong side of road, me cranked over at time, nearly had to change the trousers
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) glad your ok
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but,as for your engine, expect knackered big end bearings at very minimum, most likely mains as well. 5 miles was overdoing it just a wee bit
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probably going to be looking at cheapest option which would most likely be a doner engine

just an edit... not familiar with the engine but guessing that the bearings are actually shell bearings (probably wrong, am cage mech not a bike) if so, then you maybe very lucky and just have to change the shells and not crank too, the shells are quite soft and generally lunch themselves and leave the crank usable

[sinba]

Originally Posted by chopper

if it sounds bad its not gonna be the rings. was there any oil left in it at all like?

there was a wee bit left in it but not alot.

[chopper]

Originally Posted by sinba

there was a wee bit left in it but not alot.

ya realy need to get it listened to

[cargo]

5 miles ! no oil!....................engine is toast

[viper_biker]

Originally Posted by cargo

5 miles ! no oil!....................engine is toast

Bullseye.

It'll be cheaper to source a new motor, this one is goosed.

[N11 EXPRESS]

omfg
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[jimjim]

Originally Posted by N11 EXPRESS

omfg
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ffs

[chuckie]

you`ll get all the parts from davidsilver.com

[cargo]

Toast is perhaps a little unfair.................

I'ts very likely that you wrecked the big end bearings and possibly the main bearings and the crank is likely to be fecked as well even of only one bearing is wrecked the liklyhood is that the crank is fecked. Topend might be alright as a certain amount of oil will have remained there but the bottom end needs full oil pressure.................you had little or none.
Repair is doable but very expensive with new parts................even second hand parts will still need new bearings..................a good complete second hand motor is prob cheapest even then I'd do a full rebuild...................largely it depends on how much you want to keep you bike and how much it means to you

[johnny b]

Financially toasted engine!
Cheaper to get a new engine then to fix the one you have.
If you had of pushed it then it would have been fine but you overheated unoiled engine components and now the are fecked.

Hope you get an engine cheap, try the breakers in the breakers thread.
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[chopper]

Originally Posted by sinba

there was a wee bit left in it but not alot.

what do you mean by diddnt sound right and was it a bike mec that listened to it?
how much in litres was left in it?, the clutch covers up pretty high, id say theres a few litres below it loike.did it spill much in the crash? did the oil light come on?
.

[sinba]

Originally Posted by chopper

what do you mean by diddnt sound right and was it a bike mec that listened to it?
how much in litres was left in it?, the clutch covers up pretty high, id say theres a few litres below it loike.did it spill much in the crash? did the oil light come on?
.

had a bike mechanic look at it and he said was f@cked, big end amoung others probably, sourced a second hand engine after countless phone calls. have old engine almost out, took off rocker covers and everything up top looked fine, but as the lads above said it would be somewhat ok. when i saya wee bit chopper it was nothing worth talking about, a few drops at the bottom.