Nice bike. I had one and it had endless number of problems. I see a bit of oil burning. I think a bit of oil seeps past the valves into the cylinders. Oil tends to collect in the heads above the valves due to the design of the engine and then passes into the combustion chambers. Many "flat" engines have this problem.
@1100HondaCB Thanks, in deed it was a nice bike for me, but sold it recently after I gave up riding. I never have engine issue with this bike. Everything was serviced by myself. It gives blue smoke once I rev pass the redline, otherwise, it's clean. I was revving that high just for this video for the buyer, normally I don't rev this high. Interesting thing about your comment about "flat" engines, does it also affect BMW boxer engines and also Subaru flat engines? Would be interesting to know.
@dcba3053 Regarding flat engines, Citroen made a flat four and it suffered with oil consumption as oil would collect in the valve area and then pass the guides into the combustion chambers. Many aircraft radial engines suffer with the problem too. BMW and Suburu boxer engines may suffer with the problem slightly, but the catalytic converter deals with any oil burning effectively so it isn't noticeable. I have the oil problem with my T80 which has a horizontal (flat) cylinder.
Nice bike. I had one and it had endless number of problems. I see a bit of oil burning. I think a bit of oil seeps past the valves into the cylinders. Oil tends to collect in the heads above the valves due to the design of the engine and then passes into the combustion chambers. Many "flat" engines have this problem.
1100HondaCB 9 months ago
@1100HondaCB Thanks, in deed it was a nice bike for me, but sold it recently after I gave up riding. I never have engine issue with this bike. Everything was serviced by myself. It gives blue smoke once I rev pass the redline, otherwise, it's clean. I was revving that high just for this video for the buyer, normally I don't rev this high. Interesting thing about your comment about "flat" engines, does it also affect BMW boxer engines and also Subaru flat engines? Would be interesting to know.
dcba3053 9 months ago
@dcba3053 Regarding flat engines, Citroen made a flat four and it suffered with oil consumption as oil would collect in the valve area and then pass the guides into the combustion chambers. Many aircraft radial engines suffer with the problem too. BMW and Suburu boxer engines may suffer with the problem slightly, but the catalytic converter deals with any oil burning effectively so it isn't noticeable. I have the oil problem with my T80 which has a horizontal (flat) cylinder.
1100HondaCB 9 months ago
@1100HondaCB T80? you mean a tank? :-0
dcba3053 9 months ago
@dcba3053 No. I mean a Yamaha T80 Townmate. It's a four-stroke step-thru moped in similar form to the Honda C90. Look it up.
1100HondaCB 9 months ago
@1100HondaCB Ah, I see, I'm familiar with C90 ;-)
dcba3053 9 months ago
Very nice. Robyn is looking forward to it arriving at its new home.
muddmuller 11 months ago
Very nice. Robyn is looking forward to it arriving at its new home.
muddmuller 11 months ago