Big end or small end failure maybe at 38000 miles ? £££
The story of my MZ:
Bought new (by "Chap A"), and after about 12,000 miles, "A" decided to ignore a knocking bottom end. It eventually gave out when the big end wrecked the crankpin.
Bought by chap "B". For a bit too much money. He fancied a Supermono-type track bike. Why the hell he chose a standard road Skorpion I'm not sure!! He spent about a £1300 having the motor rebuilt and tuned at slipstream to 52bhp. Bodywork was RS250 stuff, and it was used on track for a year or 2. Anyway, following his divorce, he sold it to his neighbour, chap "C".
"C" is a bike fan, especially singles, and bought it just because it was interesting, and he likes trackbikes. He had sold me the SRX I'm currently racing, about a year or so previously.
C converted it back to road use, but it wouldn't sell.
Dr. "D" got it for a song, and although the chassis bearings were all knackered (yep, eee-every one!) its still good fun.
So Chaps A, B, and C all lost out somehow. And the motors (although strong) aren't failsafe.
Hmmmmm! Is there a point to this?? Sorry to hear about the scored bore. I know of some tuned motors and associated fast bits going if you want to build it up. They're still what I would call dear, but much cheaper than when new....
Cheers, good luck!
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