It didn’t last long…

I went to the usual Race week-end with the S2, a good occasion for running it in.

Pig of a bike to start but once running it was superb. After 150 km it was looosening up and I was starting to have some fun.. These thing vibrate like hell! I lost a couple bolts and screws (including newly rechromed indicator bolts, damn), the shifter’s linkage unscrewed itself. You do need a good check and a tool pouch.

Sadly once I arrived at home, it cut out. It wouldn’t idle. The next day when I wanted to go back to Lausanne, it was impossible to start, even after a 4km downhill run. It would run but be impossible to keep running.

My diagnostic: shot center crank seals… Another rebuild is looming.