Well it seems that my riding plans for the near future have been put on hold.
Left the house on my Bonneville Saturday morning to take part in a charity run with my wife on the back. Didn't get a 100 yards up the road when I noticed a noise from the gearbox so shut it off and pushed it home.
(Initial investigation would indicate a chipped gear, happened once before).
No problem, wheeled out the Enfield, switched all the gear over and off we went. Got to where the ride started (a Little over 40 miles) and the old girl was hot and wouldn't start again (got to get that mag looked at again) so we missed the ride.
When she cooled off I got her started but noticed quite a loud knock from the lower end. Called friend with pickup and took it home.
Initial investigation on this one indicates a failed timing side crankshaft main bearing so crankcases are coming apart.
So the good part of the day was that we then fired up my GS1100G and caught up with the rest of the ride in Helen, GA and had a pretty good day anyway
but I've got a little work to do now.
So I know what you are all thinking. Didn't he just rebuild that engine? Well yes, but like a complete idiot I thought the main bearings seemed fine and did not replace them. You can all beat up on me for my stupidity, but no worse than I am beating myself right now
It could also be that something has slipped on the crank alignment and that caused the bearing to fail, but I won't know until I get it apart.
Anyway, no rides for the next few weeks.
Andy