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M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 2nd, 2011, 10:59 pm

Sweet! Jay is the man, that guy whoops that XR's ASS! Should have seen him jump this gap on some trails at Dumont, badass!!

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » January 3rd, 2011, 7:41 am

M.F.D.B. wrote:Ive always wanted to try riding in the snow (only terrain on Earth I havnt ridden) but that doesnt look like much fun!

It's Like mud riding without the mess.

M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 3rd, 2011, 9:45 pm

seanmx57 wrote:
M.F.D.B. wrote:Ive always wanted to try riding in the snow (only terrain on Earth I havnt ridden) but that doesnt look like much fun!
It's Like mud riding without the mess.

What fun is that?

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » January 4th, 2011, 8:38 am

That's the point, ya don't know

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 4th, 2011, 2:38 pm

sent a big box full of parts to winkler manitoba, and as soon as my conn rod is in ill be shipping the crank out too

it will be a bit, but ill definatly let you know how it turns out

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » January 4th, 2011, 3:18 pm

you sure happy about spending money.

why the new rod. you don't have anyhours on your rod........

They last for many years.

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 4th, 2011, 3:38 pm

figured since i have it apart i might as well, especialy since dirt went through
but ya it was well within spec
by spring i should be set with everything i want... except mabe Ti...

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 4th, 2011, 3:46 pm

any im spoiled now, never be able to go without a 500, so if i upgrade in the future, ill buy another 500af, and swap the motor and all the goodies, and sell the new motro with the beat up chassis,and that way i dont lose any of the $$$ spent on motor work, or steering damper, or.....
might as well get set up while i can

Post by **AlisoBob** » January 4th, 2011, 4:09 pm

I'd take the old , OEM Honda rod over ANY new aftermarket rod.

M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 4th, 2011, 4:53 pm

Can anyone show me a 500 with a tossed rod?

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » January 4th, 2011, 5:01 pm

I cracked a honda rod. Adam had pics. It cracked on the big end bearing surface. Under 200 hours on it I'm guessing. Doing MX only. That crank vibed bad. STR crank is the only reason I'm still on a CR5.

This was on a 2000 motor in a Gen 2 SH chassis.

M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 4th, 2011, 6:05 pm

Was the crack from vibration or bearing failure? Was the rod OEM or aftermarket?

seanmx57 · Post by **seanmx57** » January 4th, 2011, 6:26 pm

OEM

Not sure but I'd guess vibration. Bearing looked OK.

Do you remember Roosty?

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » January 4th, 2011, 6:27 pm

one broke rod means nothing. 1000 broke rods shows a pattern of trouble. like the wiseco/cast debate. impossible to count how many broke cast slugs are now beer cans, number of broke wisecos could be counted on 1 hand. any part can break at any time for a number of reasons. probly rode the bike for 6 months with bearings wobbling for all we know. could of been a shit rod from the factory. what does aftermarket have to do with anything in this situation ? heard hotrods had bad holes and broke...... never seen a pic of one yet

. granted there aint 500 members here running hotrods but still i dont buy into the bad hole bullshit. heard wiseco was all over the board with sizes. funny i measured 2 wisecos and both were near identical size on all areas measured. go figure

dubious01 · Post by **dubious01** » January 4th, 2011, 7:54 pm

here are some pics of a big end rod failure.
I bought this bottom end like this.

I had never seen one like it before, I would imagine the rod brg was so worn out the rod journal ovaled and broke?

or else it sucked in water and hydrolocked, cracking the rod, and it came apart the next time it saw revs....

all speculation ....

It did not crack the cases.
I was told the cylinder skirt / sleeve broke off from the rod impact.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » January 4th, 2011, 9:13 pm

Seans bearing wasn't together in it's cage but didn't look screwed either

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 5th, 2011, 2:58 pm

well if it falls apart ill let you know, and ill be keeping the oem rod

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 6th, 2011, 3:29 pm

went and picked up my conn rod to ship out with the crank, and i guess he couldnt track down a weisco so he got me a vesrah, looks decent i guess ill find out
crank sent to str

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » January 6th, 2011, 3:44 pm

shoulda said something, i could have drop shipped one to str cheaper than that versah
And i have 2 on the shelf

M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 6th, 2011, 5:39 pm

Ouch!

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » January 6th, 2011, 7:03 pm

I've used vesrah rods in the past, never had a problem

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 7th, 2011, 4:30 am

thought i was getting a weisco till i picked it up... didnt know if i was gonna balance my crank, so i ordered the rod here in case i didnt get it balanced
1st weekend without riding and i already feel like crap

Gmbond · Post by **Gmbond** » January 7th, 2011, 8:55 am

2strokes

That's why you need to have a small fleet of bikes to choose from!
(preferably all Honda and all two stroke!)

M.F.D.B. · Post by **M.F.D.B.** » January 7th, 2011, 9:38 am

Gmbond wrote:That's why you need to have a small fleet of bikes to choose from!

Thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard...

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » January 15th, 2011, 4:57 pm

well well see how all the parts i get hold up, roostys work is suposed to make it spin 10 000rpm, and im gonna ride the shit out of it this season

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