> In the process of solving this problem, I talked to a
> motorcycle guy who
> said that BMW motorcycles had this problem a couple of years
> ago, and when
> he went to the BMW school they taught them their recommended startup
> procedure to prevent this problem.
> This procedure is to install the pistons in the cylinders
> with virtually no
> oil on the walls and no oil on the rings. Just put one dab of
> oil on each
> skirt.
UJ,
That's how Sonny Collier, renown Norton engine builder had me start my newly
rebuilt engine. He bored the jugs (cylinders) and supplied the pistons and
rings. A Norton 850 is not easy to kick start with freshly bored,
unlubricated cylinders, but it worked just fine.
Jack
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