Yesterday my son did his second engine removal. Same clothes, same face, but different date and different bikes… (http://howto.werideonsundays.com/my-sons-first-engine-removal-how-tos/ )
My son´s was happy pulling off the 50cc scooter engine but he wanted to experience doing the same work on a bigger bike. I needed to pull off my SR500´s engine so I thought that this will be a good practice project for him. The SR500 engine is very simple to remove compared to other bigger engines and it does not have the liquid cooling system and other funky stuffs which most modern engines have. The muffler and the carburetor was not there and all he have to do was to remove the seat, remove the fuel tank, disconnect the electrical wires, disconnect the cables, and disconnect the drive chain. All I did was to hang the bike on the chain block, gave him some tips and how to´s…
Yesterday my son did his second engine removal. Same clothes, same face, but different date and different bikes… (http://howto.werideonsundays.com/my-sons-first-engine-removal-how-tos/ )
My son´s was happy pulling off the 50cc scooter engine but he wanted to experience doing the same work on a bigger bike. I needed to pull off my SR500´s engine so I thought that this will be a good practice project for him. The SR500 engine is very simple to remove compared to other bigger engines and it does not have the liquid cooling system and other funky stuffs which most modern engines have. The muffler and the carburetor was not there and all he have to do was to remove the seat, remove the fuel tank, disconnect the electrical wires, disconnect the cables, and disconnect the drive chain. All I did was to hang the bike on the chain block, gave him some tips and how to´s…
Yesterday my son did his second engine removal. Same clothes, same face, but different date and different bikes… (http://howto.werideonsundays.com/my-sons-first-engine-removal-how-tos/ )
My son´s was happy pulling off the 50cc scooter engine but he wanted to experience doing the same work on a bigger bike. I needed to pull off my SR500´s engine so I thought that this will be a good practice project for him. The SR500 engine is very simple to remove compared to other bigger engines and it does not have the liquid cooling system and other funky stuffs which most modern engines have. The muffler and the carburetor was not there and all he have to do was to remove the seat, remove the fuel tank, disconnect the electrical wires, disconnect the cables, and disconnect the drive chain. All I did was to hang the bike on the chain block, gave him some tips and how to´s…