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Old 03-29-2007, 11:54 PM   #1
David N.
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Blew an engine...

thankfully, not the car! Was riding on a friend's EX-500 today in Malibu when a little power loss turned into a clacking, tapping, pop!, and eventually a horrible grinding. Not sure what happened, possibly a valve spring or maybe the cylinder ring. By the time I came to a stop, there was a hole in the crankcase and a connnecting rod sticking out. Fortunately, it didn't seize or anything, so no drama.

It was pretty much age, 38k on a 16 year old bike. But the first thing I thought about....what it would feel like to hear the Box suffer the same fate...

-David
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