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Hi
Soo according to the garage i take my bike to have have worn cams on the left hand side (piston 1/2), the guy says that this is most likely occured from that side being starved of oil, so i asked him if getting my knee down a lot on the right hand side could cause this, and he said it's most likely, yes. just thought i'd share this, as its a new one to me, maybe its not true, i dunno.

Mike

Could be a blocked oil feed......

possibly, well its booked in wednesday, as replacing cams is past my limited expertise. hopefully they'll sort it out and check the oil lines, having the carbs balanced aswell

could also be not warming it up enough

again, possibly, although i do try to warm my bike up before i set off and keep the revs low for a bit, but then if it was due to not warming it up, would it not be that all the cams were worn not just piston 1/2??

oil flow goes from right to left so you're more likely to get it where you've got it

hmmmm, makes sense. just changed the oil and filter, and there was a lot, and i mean a lot of metal bits in it :S

mikeee wrote:well its booked in wednesday

Oh snap girlfriend!
So is mine

bendog66 wrote:oil flow goes from right to left so you're more likely to get it where you've got it

Good post I think now take your thoughts to a logical conclusion

CaNsA wrote:

mikeee wrote:well its booked in wednesday

Oh snap girlfriend!
So is mine

What's up with yours then CaNsA?

mikeee wrote:Hi
Soo according to the garage i take my bike to have have worn cams on the left hand side (piston 1/2), the guy says that this is most likely occured from that side being starved of oil, so i asked him if getting my knee down a lot on the right hand side could cause this, and he said it's most likely, yes.
Mike

I'd be finding another garage. So he reckons that a motorcycle engine, which is designed to function properly at various inclinations to the horizontal whilst cornering (no rider on earth ever went round a corner with a bike bolt upright!), has chewed its cams because it has been run whilst inclined at a normal angle.

The bloke's either a complete tosser or a rip-off merchant.

i only mentioned this as, on a wednesday night we go down to a local roundabout which has a nice surface and isn't busy at all, be it a roundabout, i only go down on the right hand side and have been doing so for a few months, it was just a suggestion, probability is my oil pump is on its way out or so.