Ive bought an 09 RSTD sight unseen 200 miles away and will pick it up in a couple days.
The story goes.....
The fellow that owned it was on a long trip. When they got up in the morning to continue, they tried to start the bike (which had been performing flawlessly the day before).
There was a loud pop like a backfire and that was it, (they also tried to push start it down a hill).
They took the bike to the dealer for inspection and he seems to think the connecting rods are bent!!!
Dealer speculation is that perhaps the bike was hydrolocked from a carb fuel leak or maybe the timing chain skipped.
Anyway..... The bike was being sold as needing a new motor or a rebuild and I bought it pretty cheap.
My questions are,
What year engine can I replace it with?
Can I use any year crankshaft? con rods? Pistons? Block? if I choose to fix it.
Anybody else have any thought on what could have caused this?
Ive bought an 09 RSTD sight unseen 200 miles away and will pick it up in a couple days. The story goes..... The fellow that owned it was on a long trip. When they got up in the morning to continue, they tried to start the bike (which had been performing flawlessly the day before). There was a loud pop like a backfire and that was it, (they also tried to push start it down a hill). They took the bike to the dealer for inspection and he seems to think the connecting rods are bent!!! Dealer speculation is that perhaps the bike was hydrolocked from a carb fuel leak or maybe the timing chain skipped. Anyway..... The bike was being sold as needing a new motor or a rebuild and I bought it pretty cheap. My questions are, What year engine can I replace it with? Can I use any year crankshaft? con rods? Pistons? Block? if I choose to fix it. Anybody else have any thought on what could have caused this?