New to R1 and 4 strokes

[davebowk]

Hi all

Bought an R1 9 week back and now having a crash course in 4 stroke maintenance. It dropped a valve last week.

I still got my RGV500 I built 18 year back with a 29 year old reliable 2 stroke motor.

So much for modern 4 stroke reliability.

I would add pics but I don't use photo bucket, is there no way to load direct to the site?

[pod]

Tapatalk will let you load direct

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[davebowk]

Cheers just downloaded
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Today

[PJC]

Welcome to the site tis a good place for all sorts of banter be it birds bikes of politricks

Sorry to hear about the valve any other damage, I do hope not

Nice RGV more pics needed in a separate thread please and the build story, dont want much do we Loads on hear love 2 strokes.

Enjoy

[Siamblue]

Wow i love that RGV. nice 5vy as well, welcome in i am sure you will fit right in..

[LOCKE]

Welcome in mate. Cracking RGV you have there.

Colin

[Bub]

Welcome to the forum mate, as said a few times that's a cracking RGV

[samr1]

Do like a nice rgv


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[2002r1jon]

Welcome in Dave

RGV looks furkin lurverly,more pics and info required on that one mate

Unlucky with the 5VY pal,Captin had one that fucked itself in a similar fashion if I remember correctly

[hash29]

Welcome in Dave, great looking RGV and a real bummer on the dropped valve on the r1.
What other damage is there i hope you havnt holed the piston

[petepassion]

Hello

[hash29]

Hello

Short n sweet

[davebowk]

Hi every one thanks for welcome.
Fitted new piston, inlet and ex valve, recut valve seat and now just waiting for stem seals and a couple of bucket shims.




I will sort a thread out for the rgv

[petepassion]

Hello

Short n sweet

Was gonna go straight in with the whole anti establishment thing and how d'ya feel about the current free market paradigm coercing and stimulating the evil in us all, eating away at our very soul and leaving nothing but a vacuous shell, happy to be spoon fed whatever materialistic, ego serving poo poo that should come its way...



...but thought I'd be polite and start off slowly.

[hash29]

Hello

Short n sweet

Was gonna go straight in with the whole anti establishment thing and how d'ya feel about the current free market paradigm coercing and stimulating the evil in us all, eating away at our very soul and leaving nothing but a vacuous shell, happy to be spoon fed whatever materialistic, ego serving poo poo that should come its way...



...but thought I'd be polite and start off slowly.

lol i think a simple Hello is good enough

[Moise]

Hello

Short n sweet

Was gonna go straight in with the whole anti establishment thing and how d'ya feel about the current free market paradigm coercing and stimulating the evil in us all, eating away at our very soul and leaving nothing but a vacuous shell, happy to be spoon fed whatever materialistic, ego serving poo poo that should come its way...



...but thought I'd be polite and start off slowly.

Where have you been hiding?

[Moise]

Cheers just downloaded
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sh!t do R1s do that often???

[petepassion]

Hello

Short n sweet

Was gonna go straight in with the whole anti establishment thing and how d'ya feel about the current free market paradigm coercing and stimulating the evil in us all, eating away at our very soul and leaving nothing but a vacuous shell, happy to be spoon fed whatever materialistic, ego serving poo poo that should come its way...



...but thought I'd be polite and start off slowly.

Where have you been hiding?

Just outside of Plato's cave...looking in.

[davebowk]

Seams it can happen, the spring retainer split in half dropping the whole valve in at 13k in second, I was lucky with the relative lack of damage

[petepassion]

Seams it can happen, the spring retainer split in half dropping the whole valve in at 13k in second, I was lucky with the relative lack of damage

Those retainers(collets) are supposed to be in two halves as far as I'm aware.

[PJC]

Seams it can happen, the spring retainer split in half dropping the whole valve in at 13k in second, I was lucky with the relative lack of damage

You were lucky indeed. Considering the revs these bikes make I don't think we have a massive amount of engine failures

Nice to see you have already gotten to grips with how they need to be ridden 13k in second that will be about 125 then

[davebowk]

Not the collets, the bit they fit in, the spring retainer split in half

[petepassion]

Not the collets, the bit they fit in, the spring retainer split in half

Sorry, my mistake

[jompy]

Welcome in Dave
sorry to hear about the dropped valve but glad your on top of it , cracking bikes the 5VY

[Moise]

A belated welcome Dave. The RGV looks great.