Bike in the shop

[desertdog]

08 Vulcan Nomad, with 62,000 miles on it. Started burning oil, first a little then a qt every 1,000 miles. Front cylinder was burning oil.

Put it in the shop Saturday, they finished the tear down yesterday.

Front piston had a 1 inch crack across the face of it, and a cracked oil ring. Also hydraulic lifter was malfunctioning.

So top end rebuild and all new parts, cam chains, etc. Cylinder walls were not scored.

They said bottom end checks out ok.

They are also putting new steering bearings in.

I did not ride it hard, oil changes and all maintenance done on time. If anything I tend to over maintain it.

Bummer, going to be expensive, good thing is it will be a new engine when they are done.

Two weeks to complete if they can get all the parts from U.S. suppliers, 4 weeks if they need to get any thing from Japan.