Poppy

[Laura]

Well I have a few options.

Sort engine out looking at 4-500 pounds or buy engine for 300 pounds and get nice people to hep me fit it?

Opinions.

Please no sarky comment on buy a new bike this is not a option.
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[MarJay]

Well, a new engine might well be just as bad as the old one, and a sorted engine would definitely be better.

However, find a cheap engine that you know is sound and you'll be laughing!
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[Laura]

The problem being I have had two qoutes today both over 500 pounds to fix her engine problems.
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[Ste]

Finding an engine to fit to it I say. You should be able to find one for less than that I reckon.

Then hang onto the old engine for spare parts and stuff.

[bennyb24]

Cant you just bang in any old engine Laura ? There are a few R1 engines on ebay at the mo. & Ste is pretty handy with a hack saw and a sledge hammer.....

[89CBRChris]

just out of interest what happened to the engine?

[Robby]

What needs doing to the engine? I'm sure one of the more mechanical people on here, or a collection, you strip it and poke it.

I assume it needs a new set of rings and its valves ground.

[Laura]

Cam chain, rings valves.
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[Robby]

Camchain is 30 quid. Rings would be about 50. Valves should just need a clean.

[kev]

Just get the engine.
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[Clanger]

find a better quote...keep looking round. There will be someone somewhere close to you who will do the work for way less than that. You must know someone with a mechanic in the family....

Get what you need in parts and then seek help. It may be heaps cheaper that way.
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[MarJay]

I have had an idea.

Why don't we run some sort of BCF stripdown and rebuild tutorial using poppy as an example? The more mechanically minded among us can all lend a hand, and it would be a useful learning experience for those of us who don't know a piston from a camshaft!

We have more than enough mechanical bods to make it work... all we need is a free weekend...


just a thought...
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[stinkwheel]

What you need is a friend who has done this sort of work before, take the bike round to their workshop along with a deckchair, a pack of beer and plenty of ciggies. They can then sit there with the workshop manual on their knee, smoking, drinking beer and pointing with a long metal ruler at things for you to do. I can think of worse ways to spend a weekend, done it for a couple of mates (even took my tools round to their house).

The sense of self satisfaction when you first start an engine you have rebuilt yourself is big enough to keep a smug grin on your face all week. Makes the bike seem more 'yours' too.
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[nathan1997]

yeh i'd be up for a BCF stripdown and rebuild tutorial.

i'm fucked when it comes to engines and i think my motor going to need some love and attention soon, as i think something is rattling or falling apart somewhere in the engine bay!!!!

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Cheers,
Nathan1997
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[Robby]

A stripdown day would be good. Of course, general apathy and organisation could be a problem.

However, if someone wants to arrange I'll happily work out another excuse to not show up.

[Bendy]

Aww come on Robby, surely you'd like to come along and show us how to do important bolts up finger-tight.

[Robby]

Thats a skills for wheel and suspension bolts.

Inside the engine, people can't see the bolts. Why put them back in at all?

[Frost]

I say turn poppy into a fire breathing deamon!
Slap int he biggest tuned lump you can get

Club bike meets are often good for picking up engines

[Kickstart]

Hi Laura

I have had a look at the manual in the section for dropping the engine on Poppy. Looks like a remarkably easy bike to drop the engine. Difficult bit is likely to be removing the exhaust, and I think you have had that off a few times to repair it so that should be easy.

All the best

Keith
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