Happened yesterday. I was cruising right along without a care in the world when suddenly I lost power and heard a loud "pop". Luckily I was just passing an off ramp so I swerved onto the ramp and basically coasted to a stop a couple hundred yards away. Bike was smoking pretty good from what I realized was oil everywhere. It was all over the tire, fender and rear seat. Luckily I didn't loose it and wreck. Oil was just pouring out and I couldn't see where from for a couple minutes. Once the smoked cleared I started feeling around looking for the source of the leak. That's when I noticed my drain plug was missing. I just bought her! She's a 2021 CBR650R with only a little over 800 miles on the clock! I bought her brand new without a single mile on the clock. Paid cash for her as a reward to myself for busting my ass the past two years starting up my new company. I called for a Lyft and found a drain plug at a nearby Napa along with some oil at a shop. After putting on the new plug and filling her with oil, I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. She started right up but without a doubt now has a very loud tick that is heard throughout the entire rpm range.
Because of the hour and my location, I didn't have much of a choice but to ride her home which was about 15 miles or so. I didn't want to drive her but I had to. No noticeable lack of power, smoke from the exhaust or other symptoms of damage...except for the loud tick. And when I say tick, I mean TICK.
How screwed am I? Am I screwed as I think I am? Anyone have anything like this happen to them? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-J
Because of the hour and my location, I didn't have much of a choice but to ride her home which was about 15 miles or so. I didn't want to drive her but I had to. No noticeable lack of power, smoke from the exhaust or other symptoms of damage...except for the loud tick. And when I say tick, I mean TICK.
How screwed am I? Am I screwed as I think I am? Anyone have anything like this happen to them? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-J