| got the v 2 pulleys on my bike - speak to any engine man and he'll tell you that pulleys are the way to go. Not only do the keys only come in limited steps but they are mega hard to come by as Steve points out.
Also buy from Oz now and you benefit from a good exchange rate - cheaper than buying in the UK, even with the import duty...
So far as maintenance is concerned, just had my heads off after approx 1200 miles of use and not a mark - cams and rockers are Ok as well as pistons. Havn't had the bottom end to bits so can't speak for how the cases look to be lasting but there doesn't seem to be any issues right now.
I guess that engine life is down to how hard you ride these things - now I think I ride my bike hard, but know for a fact that I'll never push the bike more than a tenth of what it would have had if it had been a racer. So my insurance is regular strip downs and oil changes - thru maintenance hopefully I'll catch whatever could go before it happens !!!
Hang the expense - it's worth the grin....  |