Colxjon wrote on 06/24/15 at 21:11:33:So the other day I am cruising about 70 mph down route one when all of the suddenly the engine just stops.....
Can you give a bit more of the details about the ride?
Had you been riding for a while....engine fully warmed up and 20 miles into the ride, etc. Or did this occur right at the beginning of the ride or right after a pause in the action?
I had probably rode at least 20 miles from the time I started the bike so i know it was completely warmed up. I then decided to jump onto route one which is a highway so i know i was at least doing 65. I was probably only on that road for a mile when it locked up on me. Was the fuel tank nearly full......had some gas....or nearly to reserve?
Tank has about a half tank right now.How was the oil level after the bike stopped?
Oil level was fine, that was one of the first things I checked.How did you get the bike home? Did the engine become free once it cooled down and you rode it home?
Once I made it to the side of the road I waited maybe less then 5 minutes before i tried to restart. It started right up and was smoking alot(white smoke) clearly from oil burning. Never had any oil burning before.In the time I have been on this forum I know of 2 other Wiseco piston failures. One occurred as yours did, on the first ride where the bike was run up to 70 mph (not a Boretech job), and the other one occurred after the bike had a lot of miles on it and was started after being in storage for 3 years (was a Boretech job). There have been a lot of stock piston failures when the owners just run them out of oil.
I searched around on the internet for Wiseco piston clearances...and evidently it is not a standard that they publish. I believe I still have the sheet from Wiseco that came with my piston....I will try and find it and see if it lists any numbers.