Penis Rotor
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I went to Sydney today and discussed this and looked at lots of pics. I'm pretty sure i can tell you what happened, what I can't tell you is why?
Later, gotta cook tea.
Pete
Later, gotta cook tea.
Pete
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Sounds just like the first 8v Griso's in the UK a while back, ......oh and My Stelvio .oh and the other UK stelvio's. but hey, we aint got an issue here have we.
Early-life maintenance so critical that if it's not carried out properly could lead to serious failure later on, I'm not really sure what to think of that in terms of design. It seems a radical departure from the earlier engine design at the least, as far as I've understood it.
Another thing ... does this mean that somewhere those components are actually quite fragile, and what would that mean for long-term reliability (or maintenance costs)?
Manifested in what kind of ways?
I'd thought of your counter-examples, of course. As far as I can see, the difference there is that it is probably easier to check for the condition that could provoke failure: oil-checks, tyre pressure checks. The sort of thing we learn to do regularly. Tappets ... I just don't know. You do it when the facture says to do it, to the best of your ability (which would often mean having it done I guess ), and then? Is it inevitable that if one or more fail one has to strip or change the whole engine?
pete roper wrote:
If the owner feels that this is beyond them that's fine, and if that is the case perhaps they have made a mistake purchasing the first edition model of a new design but it was their choice. Can't cope with that? Buy something else.
pete roper wrote:
But, these bikes are an expensive bit of kit and do you not think that it is fair enough for an average purchaser to assume that he or indeed she would not need to dismantle the bike to check mechanical things that it could be argued are the province of the dealer? If MG can't get dealers to service their machines in a way that prevents breakdwon, then seems to me that small a design alteration to make a system that is more robust and can cope with poor servicing would be a good idea.
I suppose the problem with that is that if the current system is a good design from a performance point of view a change might be an issue.
For my part I leave checking the tyre pressure to The Minister - her penance for me looking after her bike's mechanicals so checking the tappets on my bike will definitely be a lot less costly than the time taken working on her bike to accrue enough brownie points for her to agree to check my tyre pressurespete roper wrote Mike, checking the tappets is scarcely 'Dismantling', to be honest at my age I actually find checking the tappets easier than checking the tyre pressures at a servo
Um well actually without giving too much away the ugly duckling was in the bike mags when I was hooning around on my 750 four, but only just - by the time I came on the scene the CX was old hat - I never heard of the inbred problems with it, but that was probably because I didn't care - I was having too much fun with the Four!pete roper wrote There is also the issue of testing. While I don't doubt for a minute that extensive testing was carried out prior to the engine being launched there is no comparison between bench testing and real world conditions. Honda have found this out time and again. Remember the CX500 debacle when it was launched???? Perhaps you're too young? But it happens all the time with virtually all manufacturers.