A Creative Way To Repair A Piston
Folks, check out the photo above. What do you see? If you guessed a plate with four screws covering a hole in a piston, it’d be a crazy guess… and you’d be absolutely right! From the occasionally wonderful resource that is Reddit, comes this photo of a Suzuki GT750 “Water Buffalo” engine, obviously disassembled. Unfortunately, I don’t know much more about the owner or the bike, other than this picture was originally from a Dutch motorcycle forum.
The repair is undoubtedly asinine, however, judging by the carbon buildup on the piston it appears as though the bike actually ran after this “fix.” For how long, how well or how far is still a mystery, but “ZZrenz,” the Reddit poster, claims a new owner had brought the bike in to this shop shortly after purchasing it, leading us to believe the previous owner went to dangerous levels of frugality in order to patch the bike up just enough to sell it to an unsuspecting new owner.
Being cheap is one thing. This? There are no words.
Troy's been riding motorcycles and writing about them since 2006, getting his start at Rider Magazine. From there, he moved to Sport Rider Magazine before finally landing at Motorcycle.com in 2011. A lifelong gearhead who didn't fully immerse himself in motorcycles until his teenage years, Troy's interests have always been in technology, performance, and going fast. Naturally, racing was the perfect avenue to combine all three. Troy has been racing nearly as long as he's been riding and has competed at the AMA national level. He's also won multiple club races throughout the country, culminating in a Utah Sport Bike Association championship in 2011. He has been invited as a guest instructor for the Yamaha Champions Riding School, and when he's not out riding, he's either wrenching on bikes or watching MotoGP.
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