If anyone can beat this i'd love to hear about it, might put a smile back on my face
Picked up my new ride on wednesday and could not wait until today to go for a ride. Took a few mates for an easy ride to run in the KTM250 and it is great being back on the 2 stroke.
However I ran into a bit of trouble crossing the river where hawthorn bridge used to be, the river was up and flowing strong. No big deal I thought, just take it easy.
Well the current was strong and picked up the bike a bit and pushed me into a hole I could not see. Took in a bit of water and she shut down.
Pushed it out and did all the usual stuff, plug out tip it up......
Started to kick it and lost compression and then a metallic scratching noise was coming from the engine. Went and got the car and towed it home.
2 hours later the engine is on the bench in a heap of pieces, turns out the water in the river was so dirty from the strong flow that all the dirt and sand washed into the engine and jammed the rings and destroyed all the bearings, mains conrod the lot.
So If anyone wants to buy a genuine one owner one week old bike with 30 klm's on it give me a call. Ha just kidding, it will be fixed by next weekend I hope minus $500 for parts : (
