There was a little on-going rattle on the engine which grew louder over time. It started out like a ticking sound months ago. It ended up being the big end bearing. :eek
I'd say the bike was down on it's side with the throttle stuck open for a few minutes and the motor running without oil on one side. It was patched up I'd say and sold on to me private, without me or probably even the previous owner knowing what damage was already done inside the motor and in which would have serious consequenses down the road. That is why I would never buy a bike again that I thought was down on it's arse, no matter how trivial the accident was.
The best option to keep the Fazer would have been to get a secondhand motor. But there are risks in doing this because I have to get one from UK and will only have photos and a persons word to go by. A warranty won't be for long either, and if the motor gave trouble after putting it into the bike, I might get my money back, but they sure won't pay £90 of my courier expenses to send it back, plus the labour time in taking the motor back out again.
But that is neither here nor there. I sick of this bike anyway. Since I had it I have been pouring money into it for this that and the other and it has been nothing but trouble from day one. But let me be quite clear that I don't think that every Fazer is like that...I just happen to get a lemon due to my own bad/rushed decision making, coupled with a bit of bad luck.
So with the money that I will get from the breakers, and if I take the money that I would have had to outlay for a motor...then I can get a nice cheap Bandit 600 for my hack again for the winter. A lot of stuff will be compatible with my Bandit 1200 like cables, levers, seat, tank ect ect. I was stupid to sell my last Bandit 600 for the Fazer to be honest given the compatibility between the two bikes, but I always wanted to try a Fazer. Well I had the experience now and don't regret it overall. When the Fazer was running right, it was a better bike to the Bandit 600. But the Bandit just has less things to go wrong IMO and is easier to work on. There are no rads, pipes or coolant to look after, no fuel pumps to pack in ect ect......just a simple no fuss air cooled bike.
I'd say the bike was down on it's side with the throttle stuck open for a few minutes and the motor running without oil on one side. It was patched up I'd say and sold on to me private, without me or probably even the previous owner knowing what damage was already done inside the motor and in which would have serious consequenses down the road. That is why I would never buy a bike again that I thought was down on it's arse, no matter how trivial the accident was.
The best option to keep the Fazer would have been to get a secondhand motor. But there are risks in doing this because I have to get one from UK and will only have photos and a persons word to go by. A warranty won't be for long either, and if the motor gave trouble after putting it into the bike, I might get my money back, but they sure won't pay £90 of my courier expenses to send it back, plus the labour time in taking the motor back out again.
But that is neither here nor there. I sick of this bike anyway. Since I had it I have been pouring money into it for this that and the other and it has been nothing but trouble from day one. But let me be quite clear that I don't think that every Fazer is like that...I just happen to get a lemon due to my own bad/rushed decision making, coupled with a bit of bad luck.
So with the money that I will get from the breakers, and if I take the money that I would have had to outlay for a motor...then I can get a nice cheap Bandit 600 for my hack again for the winter. A lot of stuff will be compatible with my Bandit 1200 like cables, levers, seat, tank ect ect. I was stupid to sell my last Bandit 600 for the Fazer to be honest given the compatibility between the two bikes, but I always wanted to try a Fazer. Well I had the experience now and don't regret it overall. When the Fazer was running right, it was a better bike to the Bandit 600. But the Bandit just has less things to go wrong IMO and is easier to work on. There are no rads, pipes or coolant to look after, no fuel pumps to pack in ect ect......just a simple no fuss air cooled bike.