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tutton
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Looking at buying Reply with quote
Ive found a bike i like right and the seller has told me its has its valves reground for max performance,
its a bit of a stunt bike as they go,

Whats the usual cause for valves to need to reground?
Is it worth going with this bike, or the engine now basically shagged because the valves have had to be redone?
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PostPosted: 21:26 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
what bike is it?
sounds like a bullshit made up performance thing.
maybe new valves?

either way, its been shagged.

id walk away unless its practically free.

post pics.
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PostPosted: 21:27 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
From the advert it seems he means they were leaking slightly so had them lapped in to make them seal properly again (the bandit i assume?).
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tutton
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PostPosted: 21:29 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice guess a bandit 600
the bike aint in that bad a state has a can etc,
1997 with 30,000 miles and has had its valves reground =/.
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
SpannerMonkey wrote:
From the advert it seems he means they were leaking slightly so had them lapped in to make them seal properly again (the bandit i assume?).


why would they leak?

also...
pics and price.
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PostPosted: 22:03 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
Could be they have never been adjusted and they got a bit burned.
Never hurts to regrind them, to get a nice seal.

It would make me look at the whole bike a lot closer. As it could be its noot been too well looked after...
Either that or the last person is a performance freek, and wanted to eek out every last 0.0001 bhp he could....
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 16 Mar 2009    Post subject: Re: Looking at buying Reply with quote
tutton wrote:
Ive found a bike i like right and the seller has told me its has its valves reground for max performance,
its a bit of a stunt bike as they go,

Whats the usual cause for valves to need to reground?
Is it worth going with this bike, or the engine now basically shagged because the valves have had to be redone?
Cheers


Why would you regrind the valves on a blandit 600 for performance reasons? Something went caca in the engine and it needed a major rebuild. Nowt wrong with that - but why the heck is the owner lying about it?

If I had a bike and it wasn't fast enough, I'd do a big bore, or I'd sell it and buy a faster bike. I wouldn't regrind the valves... unless they were knackered.
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