'Cat engine needed/wanted

Please Pm me if you have one. Thanks

Stu

blown yous up already?!

Sort of. It drives but makes a huge clanking banging noise. Was having fun too luckily i had recovery plan. Was 20 miles from home and getting dark. No phone, no proper hi vis and no fags left. I could have died lol

hmm doesnt sound good, had you done anything to it that might have caused this?

taken it to a mechanic to see if they can tell you what might be wrong?

Probably screwed it too much but didnt go past 10k revs at any time. Was going about 80 in 3rd and just before i was about to change to fourth everything went horribly wrong

No proper mechanic yet but my local isnt free until 8th sept. Bigwan600 called up tonight an he reckons it the bottom end. He may add his thoughts later as to what it could be

how many miles did it have? have oil in it/oil replaced checked recently?

my knowledge is limited so not sure what it might be.. i dont ride that high into the revs normally

mileage just shy of 24k and fresh oil put in just before Bc this year. Ive done about 3k miles since changing it. Not checked recently but checked today when cold and ther's plenty in there so not sure what's happened.

hmm strange... well sadly my knowledge runs out now, hopefully someone with some more useful noises will be along soon

Cheers anyway Dave. I suppose the more problems I get, the more experieced I'll be in diagnosing stuff. It's just a shame I learn the hard way

thunderstu600 wrote:No proper mechanic yet but my local isnt free until 8th sept. Bigwan600 called up tonight an he reckons it the bottom end. He may add his thoughts later as to what it could be

Did it sound like a :916: ?

I wish it sounded like a 916 lol. More like a Harley v twin but worse

Weird. I actually wrote D U C A T I and it came out as 916.. Anyway

thunderstu600 wrote:I wish it sounded like a 916 lol. More like a Harley v twin but worse

That does sound like yer big end :(

Its going to the garage tomorrow to see what can be done and at what price. I know it's going to be hefty but gotta keep my options open.
The only engines I can find are 40k+ miles on the clock but need something with at least half of that.(as close to my mileage as possible) I'm hoping ttboy want to sell his engine as I know that's been rebuilt from bottom up

I think an engine rebuild will cost more than a decent used engine.

Managed to get an engine yesterday for £550. Sounds a lot for an engine but it comes with a 'cat already fitted too lol  

I know a chap in York who builds thundercat engines. He's raced them in sidecars for years so knows his way round them better than anyone I know. msg me if you want his details.

cheers

john