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<blockquote data-quote="Gene Nehring" data-source="post: 61502" data-attributes="member: 2973"><p>Kenny,</p><p></p><p>I bought my Comet under the same sort of conditions, in fact your experience is almost exactly the same as mine.</p><p></p><p>When I bought my Comet it smoked a bit and had been rebuilt ten years earlier. It too was good up to 70mph and was generally pleasant to ride. I was riding with my friend Mike after John M rebuilt his Comet motor and I knew something was not right buy just listening to the difference between the two machines. Riding beside Mike made it more obvious to me that something was off.</p><p></p><p>So this winter I pulled the head and found that the piston had an extremely worn thrust face and that other sundry items needed attention (including big end). I know have John rebuilding my motor and I can't wait to have it back in the bike.</p><p></p><p>We have new parts from Maughan and sons, valve springs from Terry Prince and some other upgrades. This is worth it to me to be able to have trouble free motoring for years to come.</p><p></p><p>In short find someone to have a good look at it for you if you are not comfortable or don't have the experience. Top end would be the best out come, complete rebuild even for a comet is not cheap.</p><p></p><p>Eugene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gene Nehring, post: 61502, member: 2973"] Kenny, I bought my Comet under the same sort of conditions, in fact your experience is almost exactly the same as mine. When I bought my Comet it smoked a bit and had been rebuilt ten years earlier. It too was good up to 70mph and was generally pleasant to ride. I was riding with my friend Mike after John M rebuilt his Comet motor and I knew something was not right buy just listening to the difference between the two machines. Riding beside Mike made it more obvious to me that something was off. So this winter I pulled the head and found that the piston had an extremely worn thrust face and that other sundry items needed attention (including big end). I know have John rebuilding my motor and I can't wait to have it back in the bike. We have new parts from Maughan and sons, valve springs from Terry Prince and some other upgrades. This is worth it to me to be able to have trouble free motoring for years to come. In short find someone to have a good look at it for you if you are not comfortable or don't have the experience. Top end would be the best out come, complete rebuild even for a comet is not cheap. Eugene. [/QUOTE]
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