Picture: Timing chest
The saga continues. I picked up the REB on Wednesday (Aug 30th). David said he couldn't find anything wrong with it and that is was running fine. Foolishly, I loaded up and headed home without riding it at the dealership. Two hours later as sat in dirt readjusting the exhaust push rod I vowed never to do that again. The bike ran great at first then a couple of miles down the road it lost power and died and would not restart. A check of the push rod confirmed my suspicions. After I loosened up the valve a bit it started right up and I made it home just as it was dying again.
A little side note here......as I sat by the road working on the bike several cars and trucks passed by without stopping. No problem, I knew what I was doing and had my cell phone but I was really surprised when I heard the rumble of a big twin coming down the road and the rider didn't even look my way. No, disappointed is more like it. Things like didn't used to happen and can't believe that any of the ROMEOs would fail to stop and offer assistance to a fellow biker. A nice young lady in a beat up old car finally stopped and asked if I needed help. I assured her I was OK and even got the bike going while she was there. I really appreciated her stopping and let her know it.
Well the REB is sitting at the dealers again. I hauled it down there today. He seems real anxious to get it repaired so I will stick with him for now. For sure the problem lies in the exhaust valve. Last night I took off the timing chest cover just to satisfy myself that the tappets were OK. They looked like new as did all the timing gears (see picture).
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