Hi, wanna share a sad story with you guys...
Last month I put my '05 450 FE on the internet because a lack of time the coming two years. I had a serious buyer on my cellphone, we agreed a time and date. The day before our meeting I started my berg and drove for about 20 minutes to charge the battery. About 200 yards from my house a terrible noise came out of the engine. My first guess, something with the crackshaft bearings. But only 50 hours and 1700 KM!
I build out the engine and gave it to my dealer and asked to fix it. The next day I got a painful phonecall. "The bearings need to be replaced as you guessed" The cause was not wearage but the need for a crankshaft replacement! The nut of the primary gear came off. This caused wearage at the crankshaft and primary gear itself. Think I was lucky that I noticed it right away, otherwise a lot more could be damaged.
The dealer put in a new crankshaft, primary gear and bearings, checked the engine and within two days I got it back. My bike is sold last weekend for a good price, quit happy with it.
I am not to happy with the quality of this berg. Such things should not happen at 50 hours of driving. I bought this brand new bike 2 years ago just to prevent these things. New should be reliable isn't it?
Anyone had the same problems?
Regards Mark
Last month I put my '05 450 FE on the internet because a lack of time the coming two years. I had a serious buyer on my cellphone, we agreed a time and date. The day before our meeting I started my berg and drove for about 20 minutes to charge the battery. About 200 yards from my house a terrible noise came out of the engine. My first guess, something with the crackshaft bearings. But only 50 hours and 1700 KM!
I build out the engine and gave it to my dealer and asked to fix it. The next day I got a painful phonecall. "The bearings need to be replaced as you guessed" The cause was not wearage but the need for a crankshaft replacement! The nut of the primary gear came off. This caused wearage at the crankshaft and primary gear itself. Think I was lucky that I noticed it right away, otherwise a lot more could be damaged.
The dealer put in a new crankshaft, primary gear and bearings, checked the engine and within two days I got it back. My bike is sold last weekend for a good price, quit happy with it.
I am not to happy with the quality of this berg. Such things should not happen at 50 hours of driving. I bought this brand new bike 2 years ago just to prevent these things. New should be reliable isn't it?
Anyone had the same problems?
Regards Mark
