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Time for me to address the 800lb Gorilla in the room.(Engine knock thread) REVIVED!
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<blockquote data-quote="mcgovern61" data-source="post: 20107" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>These engine sites are talking 6000 RPM on up. Mind you, they are discussing car engines. Only one site referred to motorcycle engines and they were not Goldwings or even boxer engines, just SOHC engines.</p><p></p><p>Some where back in this thread it was mentioned about a spring staying compressed for a long time from a bike sitting. Makes a lot of sense if the bike sat for years (and this one did) and it then was run like a racing bike (which this one was). The kid I got this from took it from an Interstate and tried to make it a racing bike. He said his brother had it before him and it sat for years in his garage. The PO before his brother drove it everywhere which is where I believe it got its high mileage. The PO I got it from wasn't really sure of the mileage because the odometer did not match the title. After a title search, I found out it had at least 143K before the first time the kid registered it in PA.</p><p></p><p>High mileage, sat for a long time and then raced at redline? Sounds like a formula for worn out springs to me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcgovern61, post: 20107, member: 59"] These engine sites are talking 6000 RPM on up. Mind you, they are discussing car engines. Only one site referred to motorcycle engines and they were not Goldwings or even boxer engines, just SOHC engines. Some where back in this thread it was mentioned about a spring staying compressed for a long time from a bike sitting. Makes a lot of sense if the bike sat for years (and this one did) and it then was run like a racing bike (which this one was). The kid I got this from took it from an Interstate and tried to make it a racing bike. He said his brother had it before him and it sat for years in his garage. The PO before his brother drove it everywhere which is where I believe it got its high mileage. The PO I got it from wasn't really sure of the mileage because the odometer did not match the title. After a title search, I found out it had at least 143K before the first time the kid registered it in PA. High mileage, sat for a long time and then raced at redline? Sounds like a formula for worn out springs to me! [/QUOTE]
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