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royhall:
Just a little heads up warning for anyone in the London area (or anywhere else) thinking of buying a classic bike. I have a Suzuki GS1000 in my garage that came from R*** P****s emporium in London known as ***superbikes (you may have seen the full page adverts in the classic bike mags).

The engine on this bike had a top end rebuild by Mr P****s mechanic before it was sold. The bike has covered 800 miles since and is making a dreadful noise, smoking badly, and leaking oil from the head gasket. On stripping this is what I found.

Re-honed bores with new rings. On measuring the piston to bore clearance was between 7 and 8 thou, should be 2 thou.
The cylinder head nuts were loose, nipped at best.
The inlet valve guides were completely shot.
The wrong head gasket had been used.
The valves sealing surfaces were regressed past saving.
Two valve stem seals had been torn.
Two exhaust studs were in stripped threads with some goo holding them in.
The cylinder head gasket was blown and leaking oil and combustion products.

This bike was advertised and sold as having had a full top end rebuild. So buyer beware eh. 

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Reads like misrepresentation by the seller to me did you purchase it recently might be worth contacting them for a response?

royhall:
On threat of legal action I was reimbursed a sum of money. But not until after a lot of auguments.

SumpMagnet:
I had my own 'dealings' with these guys years back, and would not go near the place ever.

They spend more money coating the engines in silicon spray than they do servicing them. Each 'classic' goes off for an engine valet and tart up, but clearly not a proper service.  The bike I bought had an early fuel injection motor and ran richer than a busload of arabs. After 3 or 4 visits back no joy, including one after the fuel line split sprasying fuel all over some poor sod in an open top sportscar next to me at the lights.

In the end, I fixed it myself, replacing the return pressure restrictor, which was blocked with crud. This over pressured the gallery and dumped it into the inlet every time the injectors opened. Then, the valve guide oil seals started dumping oil and the smoke trails started.

I also discovered swing arm bearings so shot I could hit the swingarm into the pillion footrest mounts. The needle rollers collapsed when I took them out, as the cage had broken up. Packed with grease though.....fresh grease. Lots of it. I'll leat you make up your own minds about that one.....

It came with a 'Full Engine Warranty' .... HAH!

Which did not include anything. Valves..no...wear and tear mate, not covered. Pistons, rings, crank, bearings, gearbox. Wear and tear mate. Cams, camchain? Guess.
What was covered..... 'The Engine and Gearbox' .....
End result....one wiser me and a vow never to go near the place ever again.
I sold the bike on as spares/repair and advised the buyer to tear it down and go through everything and that while it would start and run, I was advertising it very much as a non runner.

royhall:
I'm just at the point of rebuilding the head on the GS1000. I was advised by the Suzuki people at Grumpy1260 to use Ape Racing valve guides as they are the best (and cheaper than original parts). After fitting them the intakes were spot on but the exhaust side the guide doesn't come right through the casting. All eight Ape guides are the same and they are correctly seated. This leaves a gap between the guide and the head casting that cant be correct. On original parts the intake is tapered but the exhaust has a radius end, and it's the taper that's the problem. The supplier is insisting it is correct but surely it cant be. Has anyone encountered this before?


The photos show a fairly large pick tool inserted into the gap, and you can clearly see the difference in the two original guides. Weird.


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