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Hi Folks,
Had a bad experience at a Donington track day: clutch slipped and I didn't catch the revs quickly enough, went well into the red and I wrecked an engine. Only sounded like an exhaust leak at the time but when I rode it in to the shop I was told 25% compression lost on back cylinder. 6 weeks later and £1050 spent .........:banghead :banghead :banghead and I had a '99 engine installed into my '98 TL1000R.
Now comes the interesting bit. I expect the engine to behave differently but my old engine would warm up in a matter of minutes and I could turn the choke off 100metres from leaving home. The new engine idles erratically, spluttering heavily unless on full choke and I need to ride for 15 mins at least until the engine is upto 75 degrees before I can switch the choke off. Riding that long on full choke is no fun and if I reduce the choke too early I end up kangerooing down the road due to the spluttering. Once warm though at about 80 degrees it runs absolutely fine. I took it back to the shop for some advice and they say its fine..........
I have taken the race cans off and put the standard ones back on and that has made no difference and I have disconnected the PCII and that has made no difference either. I have a TRE, race air filter and modified airbox but don't think swapping them out would make much difference....would it?? The only other thing I was considering was how old the plugs were on the new engine....thoughts?
Any help would be much appreciated:confused :confused :confused
Andy
Had a bad experience at a Donington track day: clutch slipped and I didn't catch the revs quickly enough, went well into the red and I wrecked an engine. Only sounded like an exhaust leak at the time but when I rode it in to the shop I was told 25% compression lost on back cylinder. 6 weeks later and £1050 spent .........:banghead :banghead :banghead and I had a '99 engine installed into my '98 TL1000R.
Now comes the interesting bit. I expect the engine to behave differently but my old engine would warm up in a matter of minutes and I could turn the choke off 100metres from leaving home. The new engine idles erratically, spluttering heavily unless on full choke and I need to ride for 15 mins at least until the engine is upto 75 degrees before I can switch the choke off. Riding that long on full choke is no fun and if I reduce the choke too early I end up kangerooing down the road due to the spluttering. Once warm though at about 80 degrees it runs absolutely fine. I took it back to the shop for some advice and they say its fine..........
I have taken the race cans off and put the standard ones back on and that has made no difference and I have disconnected the PCII and that has made no difference either. I have a TRE, race air filter and modified airbox but don't think swapping them out would make much difference....would it?? The only other thing I was considering was how old the plugs were on the new engine....thoughts?
Any help would be much appreciated:confused :confused :confused
Andy