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sound mate ill look into it.

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my vtr 1000 is back on the road after 7 months :D. its a good feeling being back out the roads just in time for the summer im loving it but everytime i go out on it i keep thinking its going to break down again bloody cct's they have been replaced by manual 1's off rider on a storm. does anyone else...

hi all sorry about the late reply ive spoke to the mechanic on tuesday and asked if he wanted the cylinder head as you guys suggested and he said he thinks my head is fine so hes NOW going to strip it down and see wat the damage is but last wekend when i spoke to he he said he had alredy stripped it...

ok thanks guys so as sooon as ive spoke to mechanic ill sort it out with deano thanks again your all very helpfull

sorry guys realy dont get it, so if i bought the cylinder head wat else would i need for the repair is it a straight swap and it goes or is it that i need other stuff ie camchain tensioners ? and thanks dean0 i will let you no as soon as ive spoke to mechanic wich will be on tuesday. oh yeh i live i...

i found an engine on ebay with cranckshaft damage and foned the mechanic and asked his opinion and he said it would be more work than hes got now to get that engine and swap the crank shafts over, is this right? and is there anybody on here who knows of any donor engines? thanks

well ive just gor off the fone to the mechanic and he says its going to cost around £230 for the parts and without his labour but then went on to say the over all cost could amount to £500

wat a twit keep ya head up mate

ok thanks, so is it wiser to fit adjustable then and is there much price differance? is the adjusting a no and then thing or is it something you would have to do? sorry if this sounds stupid but i havent a clue about these things thanks again.

no its a local small garage. hopefully he will be fair wich he seems but who knows, wat is the difference between the cam chain tensioners? is this something that happens with camchains a lot then?

hi im in walsall in the black country. the mechanic didnt say anything about the pistons hopefully there fine and will be sorting the parts out for me just worried about the price of the repair as ive only ridden the bike 3 times im eager to get out there and put some miles on the clock

hi guys my vtr broke down on me a couple of months ago :problem: and ive finally got it into the garage :) for repair the mechanic dave says the cam chain came loose and skipt a couple of teeth and damaged some valves :( he says its fixable :) but gona give me a price first so the question is how mu...

thanks for your help guys dan

ok thanks i think i understand wats gon on now. im in walsall in the westmidlands and the bike is kept in a garage. i actualy swapped the bike on a website called swapz and me and the other bloke just met up and exchanged bikes and paperwork. thanks dan