Recent content by R-III-R Turbo

Ok so finally got some time off work to go ahead and tackle this. I bought the bike used in 2015, started and ran well, performed as good as any stock gen 1, but doing a compression test for the fun revealed a 160ish psi across all 4 condition. Spec was 171 - 228psi, service limit 128psi. I...

Yeah I was surprised, hoped I forgot to open the throttle or something, but no, photographic evidence shows they were wide.

Cranking compression results were 142psi on 1, 152 on 2, 147 on 3, and 150 on 4. Squirting a drop of oil into the cylinder brought compression up by about 10psi. So not a massive jump, could well be rings but not entirely certain. Last compression check was 46K miles, they were all around...

Hi guys, newbie 'ere. My bikes are a Rocket III and a 2004 Busa. The Busa has become increasingly hard to start, this is due to low compression. So I am going ripping the head off to investigate. BTW clearances were checked too all good. Just to save me bother, has anyone who's had the head off...