| Kev, to a point I understand where you are coming from, but if you read all the threads on the other side you'd have had a clearer pic in the first place. The engine was bought and had been standing for a year plus in a wet shed and was in a right state, so it HAD to come apart. yes I COULD have just slung it in the frame, and made it work, but had I done so I would have run an 05 675cc big bore kit and have been none the wiser. Having discovered thats what the bike was fitted with I swapped the big bore kit for a set of std barrels, pistons etc and fitted them . Now who knows how the big bore kit affected the balance of the crank? I just cant see that making sure it was balanced by selecting from a number of components those giving the best balance is wrong in any way shape or form. You yourself said that you can buy engines cheaply enough, so being the owner of 4 of them I have ample parts to swap around...cost is therefore not an issue, and even if it were, its MY choice......NOTHING in the rules says there is a limit to how much I choose to spend on my bike.....and NOTHING in the rules says there is a limit to the number of spare parts I am permitted to own/use/swap between. As has already been said...what IS to be done if a crank regrind is needed ?  |