Creative piston repair

[wheelbender6]

Burned a hole in the piston? Just patch it and ride home.
More info at the link.
http://blog.motorcycle.com/2015/01/12/motorcycle-news/creative-way-repair-piston/

 

[Patchy]

Wow, that is something you don't see everyday.

 

[mason_man]

That's definitely a first for me,but it looks like it did work.
Especially if it got him home.

Ray

 

[GoreWound]

No no no, this is a special matching combustion chamber, in the piston, to maximize... spark... um... flow?

And those aren't just spare bolts, they are specially machined cylinder expansion/flow diffusers, years of research and development I tell you.

The guy selling this bike had no idea what he had!


I just love that you can tell it ran with that in there, probably powered by confidence. I do say that an insane plan that works is doubly impressive.

 

[wheelbender6]

If the article hadn't said it was a repair, I would have thought it was a DIY high compression piston.

 

[Dan]

Awesome. Just awesome. I want a piston to blow out just so I can try that.

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(LOL @ "powered by confidence" 2 funny, GW.
"powered by confidence and being held on a bar stool mostly by habit, he said.....")

 

[GoreWound]

I used to own a truck that was powered by my own confidence.
It didn't run for the guy who sold it to me, and it died on the person I sold it too.
I got back what I payed for it too!

 

[2door]

Like the old axiom says, "Any port in the storm'. Sometimes ya jus gotta do what ya gotta do.
Good for that guy. At least he didn't walk home pushing his bike.

Tom