Showing posts with label repair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label repair. Show all posts

Saturday, August 28, 2010

It's back!

After a too long repair session, my bike is back! Found excessive leak in the cylinder head and needed to be rebuilt. Replacement parts included head gasket, exhaust valve, valve guide, air filter and battery. After riding it back from the dealer in Worcester, it seems to be riding a bit rough, this could be due to the age of the gas (bought in May!). Now, after finally getting it home, I need to check every screw, nut and bolt to be sure they are all there and they are tight. Then, I need to give it a good cleaning as it came back looking like it was in the neighborhood garage.
Update:
The screws, nuts, and bolts were ok, for the most part (a couple were loose). It still needs a really good cleaning, as it seems there is a lot of fine oily dirty dust all over the engine and some areas near the engine seems to have a bit of oily dirt around.

Friday, May 21, 2010

In the shop

The weather is getting nicer and I am looking forward to more riding. However, my bike has some starting issues. It's in the shop now, getting an inspection sticker and figuring out this problem. It seems to be the same issue that arose after I purchased the bike. This is quite disconcerting as I am planning on taking some longer rides in the near future. I wouldn't like to be caught out in the middle of nowhere (where I like to ride!) and have the bike quit on me.
I plan on some long rides, but probably not as long as this nice trip.