HaydnR

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Have a look on the ducatidiag forum, you should be able to find out there. http://ducatidiag.xooit.com/index.php

Can you not knock it loose with a drift? Look for km locknut or bearing nut tool or socket. dimensions here: http://www.skf.com/skf/productcatalogue/jsp/viewers/productTableViewer.jsp?&tableName=1_16_3&presentationType=3&startnum=1 This place can make them: http://www.whittet-higgins.com/part.php?series_id=76 They are for sale on uk ebay

Unlucky,have you not seen the photos of Harrys engine? Are you certain that it is the gasket and not something else eg the oil lines from the crankcase to the head, oil pressure switch, crank sensor? These could all migrate to thetiming gasket. Remove tank (1 bolt, fuel hose and breather)fairing (6 bolts, headlight connection and indicator connections) Support bike on stand, support under engine. Photograph/take note of wiring where cable tied and cable/pipe routes. Loosen bolts on front subframe. You may have enough room if you just leave the forward most bolts in and rotate the frame forward. Alternator comes off easy 3 bolts and one nut,once you have removed the cover note the position of the cable,be careful not to loose the locating woodruff key off the shaft if it falls out.Keep the rotor inside the stator to avoid demagnetization. I've not had the timing cover off yet but it should be straight forward (14 bolts).While you are in there inspect timing components for wear and replace if necessary Make sure mating surfaces are clean of old gasket before fitting new. Smear grease on the mating surfaces before fitting new gasket as it will hold it in place when fitting the cover and less likely to tear if cover removed.fit cover bolts not tightening fully to ease alignment then nip up in diagonal sequence. May be worth having front crank seal to hand in case it gets damaged, size 28x38x7 for rotational shaft from any decent bearing supplier.

People went nuts bidding on it....must make my coffee sport worth $15k....at least its all together never followed it till the end guess it didn't go much higher than $4800 Winning bid: $5,088.00

People went nuts bidding on it....must make my coffee sport worth $15k....at least its all together never followed it till the end guess it didn't go much higher than $4800 Winning bid: $5,088.00

http://www.dpguzzi.com/relay.htm

There is a little more discussion on the wild guzzi forum with the end opinion being that the end cap suffered a fatigue fracture resulting in catastrophic failure. http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0

http://www.rossopuroitalia.it/index.asp?Prd_PrdType_ID=5&Bike_ID=1

I always thought that the Honda 'Bros' sounded a little girly.

Mmmm nice job on the fuel pump connectors,they must have done that inspecting the bike! That damage would cost a small fortune to put back to original.

You will need a different cable attachment on the throttle body too.

no it is right at the back of the box by the clutch cylinder (no.14) a prime location to get full of crud

That's what it was on mine. I removed the breather bolt/cap, pried the crimped cap off and cleaned it out, re-assembled, job done.

There is no right or wrong way, it is just a loop kept under a constant pressure. I just fit them the way that they reach the best which right to right, left to left on the bike I just checked on, but as vuzzi says the parts diagram shows the other way.

The evidence being.....?

Thank's to everyone for your replies. The engine 'had' 25K miles on it, Harry has owned it for four years, when he bought it had 6K miles on it. As far as we are aware the big end had never been apart. I went over to Harry's today and had another look at the damaged parts that he had taken home. My initial thought when I opened the engine up was that the conrod bolt had failed, but looking closer agree with those on this and other forums that the bolt failed after the end cap broke proven by the clean break on what appears tho be the weakest point of the end cap and the rolled outer edges of the conrod and cap where they hinged apart until the bolt after bending snapped.

It's a bit of a 'the chicken or the egg' situation there is obvious damage to the bearing shells, crank journal, bolt and end cap but failure of any of the above would have the same result.

I should have bought that v11 sport around the corner from me.I think it has sold but I will go and see him tonight. Considering a swap with harry and putting a daytona lump in but thinking of issues like fairing not fitting, belt maintainance, oil pump etc. Although the oil was low I am still doubtful that that was the reason as if it had been sloshing surely Harry would have noticed the pressure warning light on occasion before this happened. And when people have had it glow on acceleration the engine hasn't detonated immediately. Took the right hand head and barrel off today, head is fine, barrel fooked by flailing conrod striking the bottom edge.

It sounds like the Cafe Sport was crashed really hard if both heads have broken fins. I'd be afraid of an engine that had taken that hard of a hit. Hopefully Pete Roper will check the pics and take a guess at what happened to Harry's engine. I was thinking along the same lines. I could be wrong maybe he sold the heads but the pics of the bike shows more damage than on the sport corsa.

there are more options! I noticed that daytona engine whilst having a look around on Sunday night, it certainly would be interesting. Would need to insure as a special though. The sport corsa looks promising and a more straight forward replacement.

That is 'the' question. I don't have the experience to tell. Was the sheered bolt the cause of the destruction or part of the result of the big end bearing seizing. On another note, we have found a cafe sport engine 6000 miles on it which has damaged heads (smashed fins) which therefore is slightly cheaper than a couple of higher mileage complete 1100 sport engines, one from a sport corsa. I thought that the lower mileage engine would be the better as I thought that Harry's heads were ok, but discovered this afternoon that the intake valve has bent. I have yet to remove the right hand head but don't foresee any damage. I am thinking that replacing the bent valve and using the original heads may still be an option. What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks Tom. The UFI filter is tight on, I haven't removed it yet. I made some calls this morning and there are some engines available so should be up and running again soon, it's a lot of money but people often bin their car motors with cambelt failure causing as much un-insured expense. Haydn

It was only two weeks ago that this fine example and its proud owner was picking up first prize for best in its class at the Scottish Motorcycle Show which is well and truly deserved as this is no unused kept in cotton wool show pony, but an all weather,lives outside under a cover motorcycle used everyday for commuting, weekends away and annual holidays and most importantly Harry Boyle's pride and joy. Falkland in Fife was the location for the monthly meet of Moto Guzzi Club GB Scottish branch. The weather was superb for March. It was a good turn out with guzzisti travelling from far and wide. We had an enjoyable lunch chatting with each other in the afternoon sun. Harry and I are the branch organizers so are usually the last to head home after seeing everyone off. Linda(my wife) and I waved Harry off with a hint of envy as today we had travelled by car with the kids in tow. Twenty minutes later I received a call on my mobile, it was Harry, he had broken down. I pulled over and spoke to him, I advised to phone for a recovery truck as from telephone diagnosis it sounded unfixable at the roadside. He wasn't far away so we detoured to go give him some support. When we found him a couple of other members were on the scene. The bike could freewheel, engage all gears, clutch disengaged engine from box ok but wouldn't turn over as if starter jammed so quickly diagnosed engine was fooked, partly confirmed by 90% of the dipstick missing. The truck arrived after a 45 minute wait which wasn't at all bad. The bike and the Harry were loaded and dispatched to my house for further investigation. Once at home the oil drained and sump dropped, a photo was taken as fat head (me) hasn't got eyes on stalks. The photo confirmed that the conrod had gone bang. Further knuckle scraping to inspect further damage proves that all but the top end of the engine is toast. And as for Harry, he is not one for being down but it's obvious to those who know him that this is very trying. At the point the engine went bang Harry was just starting an overtake, so the power was on, at a guess about 5000rpm. I drained 2 1/2 litres of oil out so don't suspect oil starvation.

So do I!