01-31-2017, 10:45 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: FL, GA, NC
Posts: 771
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Losing My Sense of Humor...and oil.
Before I purchased the RX3, I read that you had to have a sense of humor to buy a China bike.
I think I may be losing mine. On one of my 100 mile loops, coming out of the Green Swamp area of west central FL, the RX3 started losing power, and within 5 to 10 seconds, the engine stopped running completely, I quickly pulled in the clutch lever, and fortunately coasted into a church parking lot. When I came to a stop and looked down, my pant leg was covered with oil...and so was the RX3....engine, frame, swingarm, rear tire... I suppose it could have been worse. Twenty minutes earlier I was in the wilderness, with intermittent cell phone coverage. Three hours after I called the wife, she shows up with the trailer, we load the bike, and head home. At home, I found the problem... I am pretty sure the piston has seized....parked the bike in the garage to deal with another day. jb
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