guzzisvt Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I took the Sport top end off because of low compression on the left cyl. The cylinder looked great but the valve is a bit off. Not bad for 107,000 miles. I'm going to re-ring it just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Not bad at all, the bore looks great. Just wondering any major work been done to the engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCole Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Wow No ridge on the bore it seems. The valve is screwed for sure. Going to hone it for new rings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzisvt Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 The engine has never been apart. Never hone nikasil, I'll be cleaning the cylinders and just adding new rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 What's the plan for the valve and head work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motowarren Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 The engine has never been apart. Never hone nikasil, I'll be cleaning the cylinders and just adding new rings. I've often wondered how hard it is to seat new rings in a cyl like this with no honing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The engine has never been apart. Never hone nikasil, I'll be cleaning the cylinders and just adding new rings. I've often wondered how hard it is to seat new rings in a cyl like this with no honing well look at the bore... still has factory hone marks, nikasil if it needed a hone or bore Id hate to see the rest of the engine. on another note, ok the engines not been touched how about the gearbox... mine shit its self at 90km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzisvt Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Mine was one of the first 1100 Sports in 97 and came with straight cut gears. I bought it 9 months old with 15k miles on it pretty much sight unseen. I traded a 1991 Ducati 900SS and cash for it and met the guy half way between Kansas City and Seattle, anyway when I got it home the transmission sounded like a Toyota going up the street in reverse. Moto Guzzi ended up replacing all the gears but one under warranty. They hadn't been hardened correctly. After that no problems. I have replaced all the engine and transmission seal at about 50k miles. I took the head to the machine shop with 2 new exhaust valves, 4 new valve guides and a new exhaust seat just incase it's required. Here's a nice video on NOT honing Nikasil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFp8aYkHNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 cool, mine had a straight cut box aswell, got 100 out of it well the guy that brought it did he put a 80's T box on it, all it did was wine a bit... keep on hauling man and see ya in another 160Ml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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