Recent content by shawnmichael

I'm trying to figure out what shipping will cost all the way down to traverse city Mi. How much do you expect to get for it?

Dohc or sohc?

Crank is discolored but it measures true no mater how I place the mic. The Pollock in me is ordering used bearing off of eBay. I'm going to to half ass it together and see if it will last. If it pops i will part it out and buy another bike. Worst case I'm out the $200 I have into it. I'm...

Dohc donor motors are pricy! Wow. I paid $100 for the bike! Are cranks interchangeable between sohc & dohc?

I've done this on outboards a few times, worked very well!

: ( I can clean up the crank, its not too bad but I did forget to take a pic after I peeled the bearing off. Anyone have a usable bearing set they want to ship me? Oil pump screen was clean and the top end measures in spec!

Made some progress, it doest look bad so far. I have some very crude machining capabilities available in my basement. I just ran for oil & filter, yamabond and pbr. Wish me luck!

I'm quite certain of my diagnosis, if I grab the left piston(from ridiers view) and move it front to back with a wrench on the bolt that goes into the crank on that side. The bolt loosens and tightens. Im no motorcycle mechanic but my Spidey senses tell me conrod bearings are not supposed to...

Is it even worth disassembling at this point?

Pistons & top end look good, conrods are welded to crank! I'll clean the work bench off and get to work splitting the case! Anyone want to donate parts? : ) lmao I filled individual quart containers with the oil to get an exact volume, 4.5 quarts! An oil change peobably would have...

It probably wouldn't blow a gasket but if the crank was hitting the oil it would make foam, an engine with foamy oil may as well not have any oil.

I guess I was a bit vague. It had ~4quarts of oil in it. A little dark but not burnt, no metal in it. Old gas was drained, I put1/2 gallon if premium in it, gave the tank a shake & drained it. Refilled with a few gallons of premium. Turned gas on, opened drains on the carbs until gas...

Took a short ride on a new to me bike today.I bought it last week, put 2 miles on it In my subdivision without issue. Got a mile down the road today, started easing into 5k rpm and it began bogging so i turned around to limp home and rip the carbs apart. It died, wouldn't crank, like the...