Its blown up

[Bangkok Black]

My NMAX is blown up.

It's a 2018 V1 model.

 

It's always had a slight ticking noise, and I have heard many others with the same sound. Recently, the sound got much worse and one day it got so bad I took it to a mechanic, and it was the cam chain tensioner. After that, the noise was gone and back to the original ticking noise.

 

The other day, I was riding on an elevated road headed towards Asok with the Mrs. when there was a really strange noise, and it cut out.

Cut a story shorter, the bike ended up back at the mechanic, and it turns out it "nipped up"; he showed me the piston and cylinder.

It was just like my old RD350LC and TDR250 2-stroke when they would throw a ring and seize, sometimes damaging the bore.

He asked if I had " been in the engine", which I haven't, so then he said someone has done a bad repair before. He says 9.000 to fix.

 

Dunno If i want to really. 

 

What's Thai for "bike breakers", "second-hand parts dealers", or something like that?

I would imagine people do break up bikes and sell the parts in Thailand?

 

 

[BarraMarra]

Iv'e been coming here for 20 yrs i stay in Issan for 4 months a year. Iv'e never seen a breaker they ride them till there scrapped. Sounds about right for Cylynder Rebuild they will put a patent barrel piston rebuild. I took the G/fs Dads  Aerox 150cc to have it rebuilt seized it no oil. cost just over 8k. You wont pick a 2018 D-max for under 25k so its worth it having a top end rebuild.