I went for a ride last weekend on my savage and ten minutes down the road the engine started to rattle then a big bang.
Ive stripped it down and found a broken valve had gone through the piston, stuffed the head and stuffed the cylinder.

The parts needed to fix it are a cylinder head, cylinder, piston, rings,  cam, exhaust rocker, timing chain, gudgeon pin circlips and gaskets which comes to $2700
for an 1986 model that cost $3000 and has a trade in value of $1000, it isnt going to be fixed.

so if theres anyone in australia who wants to buy it for parts, or spend the money to fix the engine, im in brisbane, come and get it.

no i havent tryed over there
the prices for parts i got are genuine suzuki ex japan, the only place here that could get the parts.

thanks ill have a look
and ive got the BIG GUN

$1500 US for the parts from bikebandit

This is the third fatal valve drop in a few months. 88pagan, Drums1, and now Savagesteve.

You three need to speak with each other and compare notes. Maybe it can be figured out what is causing the valve drops.

at no cost to me....


Yea, it's rare that an assault victim gets a bill..

Wow, I just looked at that & realized how wrong it is.
IRS,& cops beat people up & then charge them with assault, the entire political system assaults our senses & sanity, then we pay for it all, Banker robbery/bailout, the list goes on.


Sorry you got beat out of a riding season. But, you could just tell yourself that IF the bake had been running, some Idiot would have run over you & you woulda gotten hurt. Rationalize, man, rationalize!
Or is that sour grapes? owell, whatever makes you feel better about it. I hope you get great service outta the bike. So, NOW they know how to do an oil change,, you taking it back there?