Post by bigkahuna427 on Nov 28, 2011 9:28:33 GMT -6
I really do not get people being uncivil and disrespectful on a forum.
I probably know more than anyone what has transpired through out this trip. The base gasket failed and the engine was run out of oil. When I say it failed a large chunk popped right out and it would not have taken very long to have no oil in the crankcase running at highway speeds. The top of the engine failed due to a lack of oil. I do not know of any engine that can run without oil for long,, do you? What is amazing is that this thing is still running considering nothing was done to the lower end.
I would like to point out a couple of things here.....
The catch can system would have actually handled far more volume of blow by than the stock system having two sources and the size the hoses. Did I think it was necassary? No but it was more or less harmless. Regardless, there was little blow by around the time of the failure.
The gearing on this bike was changed not by NOT a small amount. When he gave me the drive and driven gear tooth count on the new gears and I calculated the gear ratio I was alarmed. It was nearly a 30% change. My concern was that the engine would not develop enough torque to get to and maintain highway speeds. Would a 150 without those gears blow up running full out for hours at a time? No doubt in my mind. Changing the gears would have been a reasonable thought for anyone making a trip like this... It would have at least been an attempt at addressing the problems you guys are proposing here.
To be honest I do not get people who disregard gearing when they are trying to get more speed out of a scooter. It is simple if you have done mods to your engine yes you made the engine rev higher and you will get to a higher speed. However you have also shortened your engine life. If you have done those mods and tuned the engine correctly you have also increased torque. Why then not gear up for the higher speeds if that is what you really wanted?
I do not believe this was a fault of Jay's. Should he have been pulling over every hour to check his oil? Well yes perhaps. Would there have been less problems if he did catch this when the engine started to leak, absoloutley.
I will say this if I were doing a PDI on a cheap chinese scooter I would include checking the torque on the head bolts after this little adventure.
If anything maybe this trip is a testament to the thought that if you were to take a trip as such you had better be a skilled mechanic and bring lots of tools and parts.
I have just taken 10 minutes of my life to write this and will not take any more of my time or energy to add anymore to this thread of apparent negativity.
I probably know more than anyone what has transpired through out this trip. The base gasket failed and the engine was run out of oil. When I say it failed a large chunk popped right out and it would not have taken very long to have no oil in the crankcase running at highway speeds. The top of the engine failed due to a lack of oil. I do not know of any engine that can run without oil for long,, do you? What is amazing is that this thing is still running considering nothing was done to the lower end.
I would like to point out a couple of things here.....
The catch can system would have actually handled far more volume of blow by than the stock system having two sources and the size the hoses. Did I think it was necassary? No but it was more or less harmless. Regardless, there was little blow by around the time of the failure.
The gearing on this bike was changed not by NOT a small amount. When he gave me the drive and driven gear tooth count on the new gears and I calculated the gear ratio I was alarmed. It was nearly a 30% change. My concern was that the engine would not develop enough torque to get to and maintain highway speeds. Would a 150 without those gears blow up running full out for hours at a time? No doubt in my mind. Changing the gears would have been a reasonable thought for anyone making a trip like this... It would have at least been an attempt at addressing the problems you guys are proposing here.
To be honest I do not get people who disregard gearing when they are trying to get more speed out of a scooter. It is simple if you have done mods to your engine yes you made the engine rev higher and you will get to a higher speed. However you have also shortened your engine life. If you have done those mods and tuned the engine correctly you have also increased torque. Why then not gear up for the higher speeds if that is what you really wanted?
I do not believe this was a fault of Jay's. Should he have been pulling over every hour to check his oil? Well yes perhaps. Would there have been less problems if he did catch this when the engine started to leak, absoloutley.
I will say this if I were doing a PDI on a cheap chinese scooter I would include checking the torque on the head bolts after this little adventure.
If anything maybe this trip is a testament to the thought that if you were to take a trip as such you had better be a skilled mechanic and bring lots of tools and parts.
I have just taken 10 minutes of my life to write this and will not take any more of my time or energy to add anymore to this thread of apparent negativity.