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Jim
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:47 am 
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Looney Cylinders wrote:
Neat trick! ;) If it were me I'd be tempted to turn the idle up a bunch to get home :?

J

Well, when it broke and jammed up in there, I pulled in the clutch, and my shift light went nuts. It does that starting at 8500, and I bet it hit 10k before I turned off the ignition switch. Even then it kept going for a while, so I guess it was dieseling at that point. At least I know my slotted intake skirts and crank will probably last the season, since they survived that fiasco.

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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 1:12 am 

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Jim wrote:
and I bet it hit 10k before I turned off the ignition switch....... At least I know my slotted intake skirts and crank will probably last the season, since they survived that fiasco.


:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Or when you start finding main bearing cage shrapnel in a combustion chamber you'll know why! :(

It seems both you and Walms do not have your Veypor units programmed to record max rpms attained. :? (nice to have a recall to possibly put your mind at ease for stuff like this)

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Jim
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 8:24 am 
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I don't let a little thing like that bother me, Scott. It's revved faster than that before. :P

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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 12:18 pm 
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i drove for a week with the throttle cable for a saab 900 routed through the open drivers window.
not to be recomended :lol:

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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 2:43 pm 
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Jim 10K.. :shock: :shock: motor still ok :shock: :shock:
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Jim
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:42 pm 
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Oh yes, thanks, it's fine. I've put another hundred or so on it since the incident and it's as happy as can be. My daughter and I just got back from a 40 mile ride in the countryside, and she loved it as usual.

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RODH2
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:44 pm 
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Is that the recommended run-in procedure for a new engine, Jim.....?? :crazy:

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Jim
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:40 pm 
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It doesn't matter, Rod, I was done breaking it in after my first 10 mile ride. :lol:

By the way, the Wossners look great. It's wonderful to not have to worry about the Kaw recommended thousand mile break in.

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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 7:55 pm 
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:thumbup: Any rattles yet? :lol:

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Jim
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:01 pm 
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Only the loose rods, but I'll probably get to those this winter. :lol: That bottom end has been through some really interesting times, and the case halves have never been parted. I hate to disturb things, but I guess it's about time.

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