As I said in my first post, my wife bought me the Busa as a present last March. The bike is a 2002 black se which was a demo bike with 400 miles on it. I was worried about it not being broken in right, but loved the bike and got a great deal on it. I finished breaking it in and put another 2500 miles on it and in August, added a Hindle Exhaust and PowerCommander. I was trying different maps on the bike and was in 2nd gear and opened it at about 4000 rpm. At about 7000, the #3 rod blew through the front of the case. There was no warning, no knocking or anything prior to the failure. I don't do long wheelies, only short power wheelies on occasion. The bike also sees red line only once in a while, and has only been at very high speeds (160 plus, indicated) a couple of times. I had just switched to Mobil 1 20-50 and keep the oil at the top of the site glass.
The service manager was at a loss as to what happened, he said possibly that a piece of gasket material had wound up inside the oil galley of the rod, causing it to break just below the wrist pin. He made good on the repairs and rebuilt the engine with all new parts-cases, crank, connecting rod, piston, valves (bent 2 valves-rebuilt head) and assorted small parts. I just got the bike back on Christmas Eve (the crank was back ordered and took several months to arrive) The bike seems to run well now but I'm in the middle of breaking it in again and haven't gone over 4000 rpms yet.
I wonder if maybe it was improperly broken in the first 400 miles, i mean, who would demo a Busa and not beat on it. A friend of mine has a GSXR1000 that he beat on since he first picked the bike up at the dealer-he says the bikes don't need any break in anymore since the tolerances are so good now a days.
What are your thoughts on what may have been the cause of the failure?
The service manager was at a loss as to what happened, he said possibly that a piece of gasket material had wound up inside the oil galley of the rod, causing it to break just below the wrist pin. He made good on the repairs and rebuilt the engine with all new parts-cases, crank, connecting rod, piston, valves (bent 2 valves-rebuilt head) and assorted small parts. I just got the bike back on Christmas Eve (the crank was back ordered and took several months to arrive) The bike seems to run well now but I'm in the middle of breaking it in again and haven't gone over 4000 rpms yet.
I wonder if maybe it was improperly broken in the first 400 miles, i mean, who would demo a Busa and not beat on it. A friend of mine has a GSXR1000 that he beat on since he first picked the bike up at the dealer-he says the bikes don't need any break in anymore since the tolerances are so good now a days.
What are your thoughts on what may have been the cause of the failure?