Sad day, and a bad taste in my mouth from Hondas

[Rustytinhorn]

That happened to me also. Had a flash back when i looked at that whoa! Anyhow the reason that had happened to me was that there was a small piece of the piston that had jammed up in the bottom end and tore the hell out of the crank! Any who i say Hot Rod Crank it and build your dream machine. Good Luck!

Is there really any advantage to running a Hot Rod Crank, besides the fact that its brand new? No offense meant, just curious.

[Jason Hall]

Thanks guys, I can't see leaving the guy hanging like that. He Is a very understanding person and that means alot. I could hardly sleep at all last night trying to figure out why that outer cover wadded up like that. He did say a small piece of the piston broke off, but wow that looks BAD.

I've heard good and bad about wiseco cranks. But I've never heard anything bad about a honda crank. They are very TUFF. I know when you could still buy the short rod cranks from honda, CT and a few other aftermarket engine builders would use stock honda cranks In there big bore motor's.

[Bryan Raffa]

Finally..I can get back at you honda guys,,

Jason ..your a stand up dude in my book!

[Yamada]

Raffa, wanna sell a couple of these????

[ColeTrickle]

Here are some pictures of a 97 cr250 that I'm working on in the shop now. No Idea how this happened either but the guy was riding it, put it away then next time he went to ride it the bike locked up while he was trying to kick start it. I didn't know that the Honda cranks had those covers on them. This one already had a Hot Rod rod kit.

[oldskool83]

sorry to see that...anytime i get an older cycle now i have the motor fully rebuilt so this does not happen. most trikes out there are not taken care of, outta sight outta mind....oh it runs yep it does til this happens.

[brapp]

i have totale bent rode the the shape of a j before on a banshee but never on a 250r. and i have had 2 tri-z's that droped pisces of piston skirt in bottom ends.

[gaukel350x]

hey you would get alot of money for that testicle

[cr480r]

These cranks must be perfectly pressed together in a jig... Because of that tin cover there is no persuading them back to true with out damage occuring... Its impossible to know who and what has been done to these machines in the last 20 years...

[SpeedyTide]

Well said. only 2 hours.. obvioulsy the previous owner wasn't honest with you. I know of many Hondas are still going on thier 22+ year old original motors.

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes..

Yep!! My 'ol '85 Big Red is still going on that 'ol stock motor! I'm 3rd owner.

[NINJA]

I guess that soup can crank finally went. That sucks man! Hot rods cranks are good though. They have a stronger rod on them, just check the runout before you install them. I've only seen two that were too far out for my tastes, but that's two too many. Can't go wrong with a stocker, they're always spot on in my experience. Kudos to you Jason Hall, I've personally never dealt with you, but I won't think twice of doing business with you now.