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Old 18-Jul-2005, 21:12
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Bikes: 916 Senna, 748RS Corse, 1098s Race
 
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Let go during the final session accelerating out of second last corner before entry to clearways?....

Coasted , then I shut down after hearing the noise, visibly all ok from the outside, belts etc, no oil leaks, no smoke.... but mechanically noisy. slap, slap, slap, slap.

Not the alternator/ flywheel as was suspected, so if the crank, conrod or 'big end' have gone, parts quote is £3000. I'm no mechanic obviously.

These are meant to be replaced every 1000 km when set for full race bike mode....ie rev to 14,000. I run my conservatively tuned to 11,000 changes.

7 trackdays into ownership so probably run more like 2000k on them, still a bit unexpected though!

Oh well, still been worth every penny to date....must now find another 748RS engine?
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