Rebuild Information

[cnswilly]

Hi All,
I have recently been given an opportunity to buy a second vtr1000f with a blown motor. CCT failure. Now i was curious to if the bore is damaged is it sleeved or what? I am tossing up how much it will cost to do the work myself. The bike is in reasonable nick just engine failure and will cost me 700 to buy then i need to fix it or do i buy it and part it out? Some help would be much appreciated.

[bsabloke]

Head off & check for piston & bore damage.
If non, repair or replace head.
If piston or cylinder damage it will be financially cheaper to replace engine.
You can rebuild it but not a cheap job.
it's going nowhere with cct fail. A couple of hours & you will know what you are looking at

[Wicky]

As above - Offer £500...

[monkeymatt]

I was in the same dilemma ref rebuild etc after cct failure .
I had 4 bent valves ..
I replaced the valves , guides, stem seals head gasket new tensioners X2 now running like a dream cost me a little under 300 quid all genuine parts from David silver spares

[tony.mon]

A wrecked one is no way worth more than £500 unless it's wearing Ohlins and less than 15K miles....
If you're lucky and it's only two bent ex valves on the front pot it's only about £120 for bits, but it's two days' work the first time you do it.
You can buy a runner for a grand
Unless it's something special walk away.....

[cnswilly]

Cheers Fellas,

Im In Australia so its hard to come by these bikes. Thanks for the info i will have to ask if it has damage to the bore. If not then i think it could be worth it. Mine has cracked fairings and stiff so was thinking i could use some parts off this one to help pretty mine up. But all great info here. You guys Rock!

[VTRDark]

Thanks for the info i will have to ask if it has damage to the bore

The only way to know for sure is if the head has been removed.

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