I KILLED A HONDA (BIG RED)
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I KILLED A HONDA (BIG RED)
Everybody always says: Can't kill a Big Red!
Well, I would have to prove that wrong. I bought a 85 Big Red 250 about 2 months ago, and I must have put about 557 miles on it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] I was out riding it on a gravel road, about 15 miles and hour, and a big bang happened and it DIED
Brought it to the mechanic, when he opened it, he couldn't believe it: The valves blew off, so then the piston, rockers, camshaft, everything in the head blew up, he said he never saw anything like it before. Right now it's being rebuilt, the entire motor obviously.
Do you think that once it's finished being rebuilt, should i sell it or keep it. Do you think that anything else major could go wrong ie. transmission, rear end etc? Or should it now be good for another 20 years?
JasonJ
Well, I would have to prove that wrong. I bought a 85 Big Red 250 about 2 months ago, and I must have put about 557 miles on it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] I was out riding it on a gravel road, about 15 miles and hour, and a big bang happened and it DIED
Brought it to the mechanic, when he opened it, he couldn't believe it: The valves blew off, so then the piston, rockers, camshaft, everything in the head blew up, he said he never saw anything like it before. Right now it's being rebuilt, the entire motor obviously.
Do you think that once it's finished being rebuilt, should i sell it or keep it. Do you think that anything else major could go wrong ie. transmission, rear end etc? Or should it now be good for another 20 years?
JasonJ
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I KILLED A HONDA (BIG RED)
Originally posted by: HONDAJAS
Do you think that anything else major could go wrong ie. transmission, rear end etc? Or should it now be good for another 20 years?JasonJ
Do you think that anything else major could go wrong ie. transmission, rear end etc? Or should it now be good for another 20 years?JasonJ
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I KILLED A HONDA (BIG RED)
Originally posted by: fartman
i would never sell a 250r, and after a full rebuild, forget it. keep that thing in your family.
i would never sell a 250r, and after a full rebuild, forget it. keep that thing in your family.
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I KILLED A HONDA (BIG RED)
After the mechanic opened it up, he said that there was hardly any oil going up into the head. The camshaft was probably blocked thus limited oil was going up. Another thing he said was that he's never seen a camshaft so worn out in his entire life, he said it was miracle that it was still running. Another thing is that I noticed that the motor itself was unbeleavably noisy: it was louder then the muffler, if I was driving beside somebody else, the guy on the other machine could hardly hear his machine, he only heard mine!
And yes, I did rev it up quit a bit, but only one afternoon in a pokerderby. I had mud half way up the tires, water to the seat, front end started floating, and the throttle was hammered in for about 2 hours straight, and then about another half hour later. So yes, that probably didn't help. The guy before me probably revved it real high because I've only had it for 2 months. We're gonna find another Big Red head so we don't have to buy a whole new head (800$ from Honda!) Can't wait to get it back!
And yes, I did rev it up quit a bit, but only one afternoon in a pokerderby. I had mud half way up the tires, water to the seat, front end started floating, and the throttle was hammered in for about 2 hours straight, and then about another half hour later. So yes, that probably didn't help. The guy before me probably revved it real high because I've only had it for 2 months. We're gonna find another Big Red head so we don't have to buy a whole new head (800$ from Honda!) Can't wait to get it back!